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Attack Drills

Attack in netball involves players keeping possession and passing the ball across the centre and goal zones to the shooting circle (court linkage), al...

Ball skills Drills

The essential netball ball handling skill videos below will improve your players' ability to handle the ball. These ball skill drills will help your p...

Decision making Drills

The decision making drills and videos below will improve your players' understanding of the game, training them to think quickly while developing the...

Defence Drills

There are three stages of Defence in netball: Shadowing - Being on your toes, ready to pounce 2. Pressure (3 ft) - Make things difficult for the opp...

Footwork Drills

The footwork drills and videos below will ensure your players don't give away free passes when catching, lunging, landing, pivoting, and passing. Foo...

Getting free Drills

Netball is all about getting free, losing your marker or making clearing runs so they can receive the ball without it being intercepted. There's plent...

Group practices Drills

Group practices are a great way of building a team that works well together, creating a bond in your team by challenging them to work on their speed, ...

Interception Drills

Interception of the ball in netball is when a player regains possession of the ball during a pass by the opposition. It requires speed and a good def...

Passing Drills

Using the passing drills and videos below your player will learn to accurately execute one and two hand passing - including the chest, bounce, should...

Rebounding Drills

Rebounding in netball is when a player attempts a goal by shooting but the ball hits the goalpost and bounces back into play. The rebounding drills b...

Shooting Drills

Shooting is how your team score goals in netball, by feeding the circle, getting the ball to your attackers for them to shoot and score. The more goal...

Wall drills Drills

The netball wall drills are a great way of your player to practise their netball passing and receiving ball skills by themselves - helping to sharpen ...

Warm ups Drills

Warm ups in netball are important because they get your players' muscles ready for exercise and help to reduce the risk of injury. They're also a grea...

Zone defence Drills

Zone defence relates to your players' ability to take space away from the other team when they are attacking and you are defending. The zone defence d...

Dodging

category: Getting-free

Split players into 4s inside a coned area. The attackers (white) start with the ball on the outside of the playing area. To begin with White 2 feints...

Dodging In 4S

category: Getting-free

In 4's. Feeder 1 passes the ball to 2. As she turns, player 3 has dodged to get free from her defence (player 4). Repeat the practice with player 1 n...

Sprint Dodge

category: Getting-free

Player stands behind a line. Feeder has a ball. On a command white 1 sprints out and receives a ball from Blue 1.

Sprint Dodge

category: Getting-free

In 3s. One player has the ball. The other two stand behind a line - 1 attacker, 1 defender. On a command from the feeder, the attacker drives out to r...

Roll Dodge

category: Getting-free

For the first few run throughs blue 1 is a static defender. White 1 steps across the defender with their right foot, pivoting on the left and then rol...

Lob Pass - Dodging

category: Passing

For this drill your players will need to get into groups of 4, with 1 ball between them. 2 players work inside the grid whilst the other 2 stand on op...

Dodge/Shoot/Rebound

category: Shooting

Blue player 1 dodges to receive from blue 2. The player inside the circle then returns the pass and dodges again. Before being allowed to make the sho...

Changing Direction

category: Getting-free

4 cones are placed as shown in diagram.Red player 1 runs to any cone, changes direction and receives ball from White player 1 back in the centre. Def...

1-2 Taking On Two Defenders

category: Getting-free

One A starts with the ball. She passes to her partner who has made a move to get past a defender. First A then moves, taking on the other defender to...

Changing Direction - Group Practice

category: Group-practices

Setup the practice as shown.Feeder 1 has the ball. Worker runs out towards a cone, changes direction and sprints to receive a pass from the feeder.

Holding Space

category: Getting-free

Players work in 4s, with 1 ball. GS and GK work in the middle with a feeder either side. The GS in the middle positions herself on the opposite side t...

Get Away!

category: Getting-free

Split your players into 3s and select 2 lines on the court (ideally getting players to work within a third of the court each). On the whistle the att...

Under Pressure And Score

category: Getting-free

i 4s 1 ball. 2 feeders with the ball. GS and GK in the circle GS has to get free to receive the ball and if she feels she is in a shooting position sh...

Getting Free

category: Getting-free

Blue player 2 starts with the ball and the other two players set up a few meters away, with the defender marking B1. When everyone is ready: B1 should...

Circle Edge Drive

category: Getting-free

This drill enables players to begin to link the movement patterns up the court from the centre pass. 2 lines of players beginning in the centre third,...

Roll Chain

category: Getting-free

In groups of 6 or 7 set up as below. Before receiving the ball the player must roll before receiving the ball. Ball should advance through the court...

Run Ahead

category: Getting-free

Set up 2 lines of cones of, with 5m across between each cone and line. Players with the ball start on the right channel and the players without the ba...

Get Away

category: Getting-free

Players work in pairs and number themselves 1 and 2 inside a 5 by 5 metres grid. The coach tells player number 2 to try and get away from player 1 so ...

One Hand Lob Pass

category: Passing

Put your players into pairs, about 2-3 metres apart from one another with one ball. Using one hand players must lob pass to one another (don't forget ...

Cones - Run/Balance/Shoot

category: Shooting

Feeder starts on the edge of the circle. Worker 1 runs around a cone, drives into the circle to receive the ball before making the shot. Rebound, fe...

Free To Catch

category: Getting-free

Players stay in groups of 3 with 1 ball.2 players stand in the grid and 1 player outside with the ball. The players inside the grid alternate to get f...

Changing Direction - Group Practice

category: Getting-free

Setup the practice as shown.Feeder 1 has the ball. Worker runs out towards a cone, changes direction and sprints to receive a pass from the feeder.

Marking Player And Intercepting

category: Defence

Blue 1 and 2 passing to each other. No. 3 is dodging from side to side. White 1 defends. Feed can come in at any time to no. 3 and defence attempt...

Number Pass

category: Passing

Teams of 3 or 4. Each team numbers themselves 1-2-3-4 and has one ball. The ball should be passed around the team in numerical orders whilst moving ar...

Netball team passing drill- changing speed and direction

A dynamic netball passing drill you can use to develop passing and movement skills. This drill is all about change of direction and pace. You'll need ...

Netball - attacking movement - the dodge

This netball drill is designed to help players to use a dodge in order to outwit a defender. For more netball drills and netball skills visit: ...

Norma plummer's netball drills -- defence

Norma Plummer, one of the world's best netball coaches gives tips on defensive skills and how you can't smoke if you're serious about your sport. Make...