Netball: Timing the Lead

This practice encourages concentration and awareness.

3 players (A, B and C) stand on the cones making the top three points of a star (they are static during the practice), the fourth point in made up of a queue of players in pairs.

The first pair start. Players 1 passes the ball out to player A and follows their pass, running around them.

Player 2 runs staright forward and receives the pass from player A in the centre of the star.

Player 2 then passes out to player B and follows their pass running around them.

Meanwhile player 1 has run back into the centre to recieve from player B.

Player 1 then passes it out to player C and follows their pass around them.

Player 2 runs in to receive the pass from player C in the centre

Player 2 then passes the ball out to player 1 and player 1 passes it to the next pair.

They both then join the back of the line.

Rotate the static players as and when.

Split players into pairs with 1 ball between them and set up as diagram (half a third each if available).

Black C is the feeder and has the ball. The white C is the worker and will be working for 2 minutes and will then swap roles with the black C.

1. The worker starts in the corner - side steps the horizontal lines then changes pace and direction, while sprinting the vertical lines.
2. The worker then heads towards the feeder to receive a pass when the feeder wishes to put the ball in.
3. The worker then sprints back to the corner changes pace and direction back to a side step then repeats around the whole grid creating a star shape.

The worker works for 2 minutes trying to complete as many circuits of the star as possible in the 2 minutes.

The feeder can only pass the ball to the worker when they are driving forwards to start with.

1. The Player with the ball passes to player in space on the left.
2. The player receiving the ball jumps into the air, prior to pass and turns in the air to receive ball, finishing up facing backwards to return ball to player in the same queue.
3. This player then passes diagonally to the right.

The aim of this drill is to get the players to think about passing and moving in variety of directions at speed.

The ball must always travel around the edge of the rectangle/flag. You can change this direction from clockwise to anticlockwise as an when you feel they are ready (or to try and catch them off-guard).

After making a pass players must swap positions with their opposite player.

You can add in as many players as you like along the edges but always leave one pair at either end.