Warm up before a game

Janet Coach, Australia

(1) 5 minutes - jogging, high knees, grapevine, bum kicks, skips, fast feet, backwards running etc. (2) 5 minutes dynamic stretching - arm swings, leg swings, squats, torso twists, arm reaches, (3) 5 minutes passing routine suitable for small space e.g. short pings, train tracks, four corners in a small sqaure. If the space is too limited for running or passing a ball most of the activities in 1 & 2 can be done on the spot or in a very small area. You only need to warm their muscles up for safety reasons rather than raise their heart rates ready for full on competition.

Sophie DooloCoach, Australia

Its not really a game but I get my U11`s line up on the base line and only using one third of a netball. I get them to do run throughs of side stepping, high knees, bum kicks, great vine, sprinting and many more. Or you could split a third into thirds (if that makes sense) and play ship, shark, shore.

erin corlisCoach, Australia

I would look at a dynamic running warm up first e.g running, high knees, lunges , then work in pairs to warm up passes e.g just passing chest passes to each other and bounce passes.\

Then i would look at the straight line drill e.g 2 lines faces each other, running one at a time towards the other line while receiving the ball from the person who is facing them, pass it off to the line they are facing , then join the opposite line.

Then try 4 corners, this is where you have 4 corners of players and 2 players from opposite corner run through to the opposite corner and receive the ball from the left corner and then pass straight on ( for 11yr olds I would make them stop with the ball). Then the other 2 corners who passed the ball now run to the opposite corner and receive the ball from their left. (great drill for small spaces)

Hope this helps