Netball: Diamond getting free

Improve your attacking players' preliminary moves - to help them outwit their marker and get free to receive the pass

Develop your player's ability to get free and move into space to receive the ball effectively under pressure, ensuring they lose their defender to maintain possession.

Don't let any of your players go alone in attack with this session, working on their attacking movement to become an option for their team-mates

The session takes players through a series of fun and competitive practices to challenge and drive players to further improve their essential netball skills for the up and coming season.

Split players into 4s inside a coned area. The attackers (white) start with the ball on the outside of the playing area.

To begin with White 2 feints a movement one way and then sprints in opposite the direction (to begin with use a passive defender).

After white 1 has passed the ball, she then has to do a feint dodge and run in opposite direction to receive the ball.

Try to get 3 / 5 passes in a row before possession changes.

1. In turn the worker feeds the ball to the feeder and then drives to the spot.
2. The worker then changes direction and drives on to the fast and flat pass from the feeder.
3. Finally the worker passes to the next player in the opposite line who then passes to the feeder and repeats the exercise in opposite direction.

This drill enables players to begin to link the movement patterns up the court from the centre pass.

2 lines of players beginning in the centre third, 1 shooter and 1 defender in the shooting area.

Players in 1 line have a ball each, player in opposite line sprints to receive a pass on the circle edge.

Feeder (after passing ball) also drives to circle edge to support the first attacking player. Meanwhile the attacking player with the ball passes to the shooter and makes a shot for goal.

Players then join the back of the line and the next pair attack.

1. One A starts with the ball. She passes to her partner who has made a move to get past a defender.
2. First A then moves, taking on the other defender to receive the ball back from her partner, a 1-2 passing pattern.
3. A then passes to another A at the front of the opposite line to where she started.
4. Defenders mark tightly.
5. Working As line up at the back of the opposite line to where they started.
6. New As repeat.