Netball: Sumo Wrestlers

Work on your team?s attacking skills and protect the space created with this session

Develop your player's ability to have a strong, dominant and decisive body position to deny and close down space for their opponent up and down the court.

Stick to your opposite number like glue with this up close and personal defending session and practice peripheral vision, shielding and communication in defence!

Space is a vital commodity on the netball court. Teach your players how to create space and take advantage of it with driving leads to make connections and dominate their area.

Players run in pairs along the length of the court.

The defender runs alongside the attacker, trying to keep the attacker on the outside edges of the channel by turning their body as the attacker jogs/ changes direction.

Do this four times and then swap roles.

Players work in groups of 5 - 3 passing players on the outside of the triangle, one attacking player in the middle and one defender who is marking the central player.

The defender has to prevent the attacker from getting free to receive a pass from the outside players.

All players have a bib tucked into the back of their waistband (must be visible).

On the whistle, players attempt to catch as many bibs as possible - whilst keeping their own one in the back of their waistband.