When your team are without the ball you want them to be constantly closing down your opposition, squeezing the space and applying pressure on every single pass! Working hard in this way will help force errors and create opportunities for your players to make the interception.
To give your players plenty of defensive practice, helping them to react to cues around them and reduce scrabbling for the ball, this session aims to develop a quicker pick up to cut down on loose balls and give your players the skills and confidence to go and win the ball back after a loss of possession.
Teach your players how, where and when to make the interception, reacting to visual cues and timing their movement to perfection!
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
Most club teams defend one-on-one and nothing else. A well-drilled zone gives you a second option, and against the right opponent it is the difference between chasing and controlling.
The backline pass is the most under-coached restart in netball. Get it right and you turn a dead ball into an attacking weapon before the opposition has reset.
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