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Young girls are so easily distracted and it is impacting alot on how they play. How do I stop this?
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Amy HolleyCoach, Australia
Keep the drills age appropriate and short. Keep progressing the skill so they don't feel like doing the same activity again. I also like to add a bit of competition to training. Bribery also helps!
Lee-annes NetballCoach, Australia
how young are we talking Emily? as its quite normal for young girls to not concentrate and get bored during a game as their attention spans are quite short. try and have realistic expectations, as unless they are constantly being stimiulated and challenged then girls under 10ish (and there are exceptions to this) are likely to not be too focused unless they have the ball in their hands. during training its pretty much like Amy said, lots of fun and energy with challenging and fun drills, that you can make competive. during games, lots of talking and encouragement from yourself and parents from the sidelines will help them too.
