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We have finals coming up and the GS we are playing on is 6ft 5inches and we have no way of stopping her. She is strong and gets every rebound because she can out reach all of us. The only benefit is that she can't shoot very well and she cannot jump, although it doesn't really matter since she gets the rebounds and is taller then any of us can jump
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Lee-annes NetballCoach, Australia
I once played against a 6ft 7 GK (i was the GS and I`m only 5"4). He got not one rebound nor intercept for one reason. I used zoning to keep him away from the goal ring. Teach your defence to zone/block her from the goal ring. Make her shoot from a distance, and then block her from rebounding. Im guess though she takes up realestate under the goal ring like Ramelda from the firebirds and just uses her height to get the passes and rebounds. Not much you can do about that, but if she moves then don`t let her back to the goal ring. this must be done regardless if the ball is down your end or hers. Its a 100% of the time type of defence, or she will just work her way back to the goal ring.
Good luck.
