Netball: Side Steps

Develop your player's footwork and movement skills in order to successfully get free from the defence and maintain possession.

Master your team?s basic footwork and get them using the 1, 2 release with this session!

Are your players fit and ready? Find out with this Fitness and Agility session, working on acceleration and a speedy change of direction!

Don't be caught off balance. Improve your players' footwork to help them protect the ball and pass up court with a speedy forward pass!

Split your players into 4s or more with 2 balls. Both blue players start with a ball.

1. The blue players both throw the ball to the Red players who in turn return the ball.
   
   
2. After returning the ball the red players swap places.
   
   
3. Repeat once more.

Time the cross-over moves so that players receive on the move.

4 players or more. 1 ball.
Blue 1 drives forward to receive the ball from White 1.

Blue 1 lands, turns and feeds to Blue 2, before returning to the back of the blue line.

Blue 2 feeds to White 1 driving on to the ball.

Red player 1 passes the ball to Blue player 1, and then runs forward to receive a return pass from Blue player 1. Red player 1 passes to Blue player 2, receives return pass and then passes the ball to Red player 2, and joins line behind Red player 2.

The starting player passes the ball to the player moving towards the ball from the opposite group.

The receiving player who catches the ball should land on 1 foot, then land on their 2nd foot and pivot onto their 1st landing foot to pass the ball back the player on the side where they started.

Exercise reverses in the other direction.