Netball: Team Drill - Intercepting Game

Players will be focusing on forcing the error and making that all important interception to turn over the ball to increase their teams success on goal.

Develop your defenders ability to deny space to prevent them from gaining any depth and struggle to make connections across the court.

Develop your players' defending capabilities by breaking down an interception into different elements.

Players in pairs with 1 ball between them.

They have to keep possession of the ball by passing it around and running into spaces, whilst 1 or 2 catchers are nominated to try and intercept the balls.

When a pair lose the ball, they move out of the area and those intercepting continue to do so until all balls have been intercepted OR a time limit is reached.

The two blue players pass the ball between themselves quickly and accurately. Meanwhile the white players stands in the middle, watching the ball pass from left to right.

When they are ready the white player should position themselves between the ball and its intended recipient to make the interception.

Players work in groups of 4.

The feeder stands with the ball in front of the 3 other players. The two receiving players stand 5 meters away from the feeder and 2 meters apart. The defending player is only a few steps behind the receivers.

As soon as the pass is made by the feeder the defender can make their move and try to intercept the ball before it reaches its intended target.

The receivers are not allowed to move towards the pass.

When the defender successfully intercepts the ball they can swap with the receiver who now becomes the defender.

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.