Netball: defence game

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How to create a roster to fairly rotate a team of 10 players?

How to do a roster to rotate 10 netball players

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Passing Problems !!!!

Hi I am a first year coach of a 9 and under team.My girls are struggling with the concept of running to space and receiving a pass on the move while advancing the ball to our attacking third.It seems no matter how hard i try to implement drills for passing at practice, come game day the girls still group together and call for the ball standing still. Any ideas/drills anyone could suggest would be greatly appreciated. Regards Mark

mark roberts Coach, Australia

defenders not using 3ft rule?

what's the best way to stop a defender from not using the 3 ft rule?

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Quick feeding into circle

Quick feeding into circle

Celina Turner Coach, New Zealand

How do I teach a GK to defend in the circle?

How do I teach a GK to defend in the circle and change up the way she defends based on her partner?

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How to approach training after a bad loss due to poor shot conversion?

How do I approach a training after a bad loss due to shots? They are 10 year olds and the team played well but due to only 20% of goals going through the hoop the score didn't reflect the closeness of the game. Ta.

Vannessa Schedewy Coach, New Zealand

How do I get my under 10's to contest the ball.

Hi there, Can someone give me some drills/games/ideas to help my girls to attack the ball. They are not contesting the ball at all or chasing it down, they are being way too polite. Thanks

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Girls aged 10 chasing their partners on defence and not watching the ball?

Hi I have a team of 9/10year olds, when the ball is coming through the court and they are on defence, they have started chasing their partners and not watching the ball. At some stages today, they had their backs to ball, and no idea where the ball is? Any good drills out there, that work on marking the partner, but watching where the ball is too?  Looking for those intercepts. They have started facing their partners, Thanks.

Vannessa Schedewy Coach, New Zealand

Defender tipping not pulling in and looking down for the 3 feet

I have a defender who always tips the ball out, never tries to catch with 2 hands to gain possession, how do I get her out of this bad habit? The same defender always looks down to ensure she is 3 feet before putting her hands over the ball. This takes only takes a second but normally the attacker has passed the ball before she looks up.

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Upgraded halfway through competition

Hi,We're halfway through the competition and our team was undefeated. Secretly we were already thinking of playing in the finals. We've just learned that our District has upgraded us to the next higher grade. We'll be at such a disadvantage not knowing any of the teams. Also all the teams in our previous grade had byes and so we've played 5 games and had 1 bye. The teams in our new grade have had no byes and have played 6 games. So the next team up (also undefeated) has 18 points but we have 15 points. Seems an unfair advantage to me. Is there a way to adjust for the bye we've had?Lastly, our next game is against the team that is at the top of the ladder. What can we do to be as best prepared as we can be? Many thanks in advance!

Coach, Australia

Player rotation team of 9

Hi allI was wondering what is the best way to rotate a team of 9. And so that they get to play every position throughout the season? Girls in year 3. And also so that they don't get easily confused.

carie williams Coach, Australia

response to intercept

How do you get players to respond to one of their team members intercepting a ball. I find when someone intercepts, the team does not make leads quick enough and we end up throwing the intercept away.Any drills to practice this?

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How would you advise your team playing tall players?

i would like to know how i can advise my team to effectively handle taller opponents if them are short.

Bwalya Andrew Coach, Zambia

Defence

Whats important about defence

Natalie Milicich Coach, New Zealand

game sense session plan

Hi all, currently passed my level 2 however still have ammendments on coursework , for my 4 linked sessions i have to include a game sense session. My area is the stage of defence , stage 1 , 2 and 3 covered in three sessions , please can any one help me with an idea of how to approach a game sense session related to defence please!!

Abi kennedy Coach, England

attacking

what is the best tactic or strategies to use to bit the opponent defence?

victor nesphory Coach, United Kingdom

Is this type of defending an a...

I play school and state netball as a GK/GD, when my other player is defending the GS or GA, I hold on to her defenders leg/hand for an extra lean. Because I'm quite larger and taller than most girls and already have a pretty good lean, when I ask my defender to hold me so that i am closer to deflecting the shot, she uses two of her hands and her body strength to hold me. My coach told me not to do this because she believed I wasn't allowing myself nor my other player to get an intercept or rebound, even though we had gotten most rebounds and had gotten a few intercepts with this technique. Is this an disadvantage or advantage to us?

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Why do I need speed in netball...

the importance of speed in a game of netball

Mia Boyd Coach, Northern Ireland

GD Staying with GA. Rebounds b...

How do you get the Goal Defence staying with the Goal Attack, especially when the Goal Attack drops down behind the Goal Defence and gets the ball all the time in the Goal Circle?How do you get the Defence in the Goal Circle to rebound and how do you get the Goal Shooters following their shot and rebound?

Jenny Ryan Coach, Australia

game sense session plan | Spor...

Hi all, currently passed my level 2 however still have ammendments on coursework , for my 4 linked sessions i have to include a game sense session. My area is the stage of defence , stage 1 , 2 and 3 covered in three sessions , please can any one help me with an idea of how to approach a game sense session related to defence please!!

Abi kennedy Coach, England

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