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Netball: Reversing Roles - Conditioned Game

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A 6 v 6 game with 3 attackers and 3 defenders.

All attackers can shoot from anywhere in their circle.

After 2 goals have been scored by one team, defenders and attackers reverse roles and now shoot in the opposite goal. Throughout this game normal netball rules apply.

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2 Vs. 2 - Pass and Move:

Players take it in turns to run through the defender's areas as pairs. The player without the ball leads into the space. Working together they should try to pass and move, maintaining possession of the ball, from one side to the other.

If players successfully pass and support each other to the other side without losing the ball they pass the ball to the next pair and then join the back of the queue.

If the ball is intercepted though the pair who lost the ball become the defenders and the original defenders take the runner's place at the back of the queue.

Getting free

Sprinting with defenders:

In Pairs.

Blue players stand in front of white. White players run towards one line, sudden change of direction and sprint back to try and lose the defence. Defence start as static defence, then become active.

Getting free

Pass chase:

2 groups of 4 with one ball in each group standing in two interlocking squares.

The idea of the practice is that the ball starts on opposite sides and both teams pass the ball in the same direction around their square.

The teams are competing to pass the ball around their team the quickest and overtake the ball from the other group.

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King Ball:

Each team has a King (player) standing on their bench.

The aim of the game is to get all your team's players (Kings) onto their bench.

To become a King, the players on the same team must successfully pass the ball between themselves to their existing Kings, abiding by the rules of netball, and the king must catch the ball without falling off the bench!

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