Netball: Mark your man - Cut out the pass

Improve your players' ability to read the game and regain possession with this mixture of man-marking and zonal defending session

Blue players 1 and 2 pass the ball to one another, attempting to make space for a straight pass to one of the white players

At the same time green player 1 shadows the movement of the ball between the 2 Blue players and attempts to intercept pass to one of the white players.

Two feeders stand in middle of the court, either side of the center circle.

The attacking player passes the ball out to the feeder and then runs out, looking for the return pass. The defender must react and look to push the attacker wide and/or intercept the ball.

Split players into pairs with one ball and three cones, placed in a triangle. The feeder stands above the top of the triangle.

Using quick, small steps the worker has to rotate around the cones in a figure of 8 before then receiving the ball and returning it to the feeder at the top of the triangle.

Start slowly before gradually increasing the pace.

Using cones create two end-zones either side of the middle 3rd on the court and divide your players into 2 equal teams.

One player starts with the ball in their end zone and starts the game with a pass.

The team in possession of the ball has to always keep one player in the oppositon's end zone - This players has to be marked by 2 defenders.

The rest of the players play in the centre, this creates an overload for the team in possession.

The aim of the game is for the team in possession to score as many points as possible before losing possession or within a time limited.

A point is scored with every pass and 5 points are scored for every pass made to the player in the end zone.