It is important your players can effectively lose their defender to help your team maintain possession of the ball, by offering and re-offering to provide options for the ball carrier.
What?s in the Session?
The session begins with a fun warm-up focusing on your players using and trialling a range of movement to get free from the taggers. This is a great warm-up to get your players focusing on the theme for the upcoming session. The session continues to provide a series of small group drills, allowing your players to practice getting free in small, tight areas. ?End zone game? allows your players to begin using the skills they have learned and apply it to a team situation. Here, your players will start to read off each other and find space to provide offers for the ball. The session concludes with a modified game of netball, with certain conditions placed upon the game to get your players demonstrating what they have learnt.
You players must be able to see and utilise the space available, working as a team and unit to provide at least 2 offers for the ball carrier.
in more ways than one
sportplan_netball
in more ways than one
sportplan_netball
July is the month that decides your season. Netball is not a steady jog - it is a string of short, sharp, repeated sprints with barely any recovery. Here is how to build a pre-season engine that still has legs in the final quarter.
The double play - pass, drive, receive it straight back - is the quickest way to slice through a settled defence. Elite coaches like West Coast Fever's Dan Ryan have made it a signature. Here is how to build the give-and-go into your team's attack.
Split circle defence is the system the top three NSL teams have built their identity around in 2026. The Goal Keeper and Goal Defence divide the circle into zones, switch in synchrony, and make every passing option look risky. Here is how to coach it.
