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Netball: Christmas Star

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DESCRIPTION

Set up: 10+ players, 5 cones, 3 balls, one third space.

1. Place 5 cones out in a star formation.

2. Players disperse themselves evenly behind the cones.

3. Start with 3 balls, players at the front of the line start with the ball.

4. Players choose who they are to pass to.

5. Once they have passed they then join the line the passed to.

COACHING POINTS

Encourage a variety of passes.

Remind players how to know a player is ready to recive the ball to limit accidents i.e. hands are out in front, eye contact, name called.

Start to get players to link the idea of passing and moving into a game situation.

PROGRESSION

Add in more cones and more balls. Players will need to increase awareness. Bring in defence in the middle of the 'star'. Finish with a timed challenge i.e. 30 seconds of no drops.

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Christmas Fitness Circuits:

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10 fitness exercises with a Christmas theme:

C - Criss-cross squats.
H - Handstand
R - Running continuosly
I - In and out press-ups
S - Scissor crunches
T - Tag-team burpies
M - M-shape runs
A - Ab cycle
S - Sprint and walk
! - Explosive star jumps

Warm ups

Driving Onto The Ball:

Set up: one third space, one ball between two, cones (one between two).

One partner to be standing on the third line with the ball facing the baseline.

Other partner starts on the baseline, drives out to cone (about halfway down the third), turns and drives back to the baseline. Turns again and accelerates to partner who is holding the ball.

Play should recieve pass before the cone.

Movement

Chest Pass:

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Spread your hands around the ball in a 'W' shaped position
Bring the ball to your chest with your arms close to your body
Step forward with either leg, usually your most dominant, and push through with the ball transferring your body weight forward
Aim for your partners chest

Fundamentals

Christmas Stocking Warm Up:

4 teams have a 'Christmas stocking' (box 2m x 2m) each and they each start with 4-5 objects that are 'presents' (spare shoes, coloured cones, bibs etc).

They learn which objects belong to their team and each team puts all their objects in a ball bin (or coned area) in the middle.

Play starts, only one person from each team can run forward to collect an object from the middle at each time.Â

The other players can steal presents from other teams, but they have to put it back in the box in the middle.Â

Teams can try to defend their stocking.

Teams are aiming to fill their stocking again with the presents they had originally.

Warm ups

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