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stage 1 defence, how do you perform it?

what is stage one defence? do how do you perform stage one defence? is it easy to set up?

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Lee-annes NetballCoach, Australia

i would suggest stage one defence would be in front defence, or shadow defence. have your defender stand in front of an attacker in between 2 cones and the attacker starts slowly moving from side to side between the 2 cones and the defender has to keep with her. ensure the defender is slightly to one side of the attacker to always keep them in their sight and that their footwork is small side to side movements to ensure when the attacker changes direction that the defender can keep up with them. increase the intensity of the movement of the attacker and then eventually add in a feeder pass for the defender to intercept.

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