Netball Drills

Whole group drill, 5 cones, 2 feeders (red) and 2 balls. Players drive forwards, change direction on the cone and make the interception from a high ball from the feeder at the 2nd and 4th cone.

4 Attackers with one ball stand on four corners of the square, they are not allowed to move from their cones. To start with include 3 defenders. These players must move around the area trying to intercept passes from the attackers by driving into the space between the passer and the receiver. If a defender attempts to intercept the ball and fails and is out of position as a result one of the other defenders should spot the gap and endeavour to cover the space.

Split players into pairs with one ball and three cones, placed in a triangle. The feeder stands above the top of the triangle. Using quick, small steps the worker has to rotate around the cones in a figure of 8 before then receiving the ball and returning it to the feeder at the top of the triangle. Start slowly before gradually increasing the pace.

3 Feeders, 3 defenders, 1 attacker, 1 ball.  Attacker has to work her way through the defenders passing and receiving the ball from the feeders 6 times.   Defenders to mark in zones so as not to overload he attacker   Attackers should be demonstrating a variety of ways of getting free from the defenders i.e. roll, change of direction, dodge, feint dodge. Add another attacker so that both players have to work together.

Position cones 8-10m apart. A starts at one cone, F stands with the ball at the other cone. 2 defenders stagger themselves between the two cones as shown. A sprints towards the first defender in the attempt to convince the defender she is driving a certain way. A should be driving hard enought that D moves to close her down. As D moves to mark A, A changes direction quickly and drives towards the other D, who moves to shut her down. A should change direction again quickly and drive towards F. F passes the ball to A once she is free. A resets and repeats.

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.

Pair your players up, with 1 ball per pair. The player that is the worker receives 3 passes to the left over an increasing distance, then repeat with 3 passes to the right (worker runs back to centre each time.) Encourage the worker to try to land on their outside foot.

The WA and GA will start in a staggered position, with one player (GA in this example) on the line and the other (WA) positioned off the line Both the WA and GA will offer for the centre pass GA receives the ball from the C WA recognises that they did not receive first ball and drives deep down court to receive the second phase ball from the GA The GS will hold their space until the WA has released the ball and the GS will receive the ball into space The GS will put the ball up for a shot 

The WA and GA will start in a staggered position, with one player (WA in this example) on the line and the other (GA) positioned off the line Both the WA and GA will offer for the centre pass WA will receives the ball from the C GA recognises that they did not receive first ball and will clear out to get down court into the circle Once the C has passed the ball to the WA they will then drive deep down court to receive the second phase ball from back from the WA The GS will hold their space until the C has received the ball and is ready to pass in - they will then drive onto the ball, driving towards the edge of the circle to leave space for the GA The GA should be able to receive the ball from the GS under the post 

It is common that the defending C will drop back and double mark either the WA or GA, if that happens...  The WA has been double marked and therefore will pull wide taking both the WD and C with her - this has now left room for the GA  Both the WA and GA will drive out and offer for the ball, however the GA will receive the ball from the C As the defending C has been pulled wide, it will allow the atttacking C the central channel to drive hard and get the ball from the GA at the top of the circle  The GS will be holding their front space and receive the ball from the C ready to put up a shot 

Both players move in the same direction with the feeder moving backwards. The feeder must play the ball to any side of the receiving player, within arm's reach, for them to react to, collect and pass back as quickly as possible. Players progress like this from one side of the court to the other, taking short fast steps, staying up on the balls of their feet.

Two feeders stand in middle of the court, either side of the center circle. The attacking player passes the ball out to the feeder and then runs out, looking for the return pass. The defender must react and look to push the attacker wide and/or intercept the ball.

1 team starts with the ball and tries and make 10 consecutive passes. The other team can send 1 or 2 players across to try and win the ball for their side. If the other team wins possession back for their team the roles reverse in other area (10 passes scores a point.)

When the teacher calls out a series of players' numbers they should run onto the court. The players' whose numbers have just been called then play using normal netball rules until a goal is scored.

Have the players get into pairs. One player starts with the ball and drops, places or throws the ball in random places around a semi circular area. The other player in the pair stands around a metre opposite keeping a close eye on the ball. They need to react as quickly as possible to gather the ball either before it bounces or after only 1 bounce. After 10, have the players swap over so that the passer is now reacting to the ball.

Set up: 1 ball, half court space, 4 players. Players set up as if the ball is to be taken from the midcourt into the shooting circle.  Aim is for GK/GD to time an intercept that will be delivered into the pocket.