I have thoroughly enjoyed using your site to help me with my coaching plans for my under 9's netball team.
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Netball is a game of short, sharp efforts: sprints of a few metres, sudden stops, changes of direction and jumps, repeated through four quarters. Good conditioning drills copy that pattern, with short work and short rests, and use a ball wherever possible so players get fitter and practise their netball at the same time.
Shuttle runs and suicides over netball-sized distances, cone patterns with sharp changes of direction, jump-and-land work, and circuits that end in a pass or a shot. Keep the efforts short and repeat them.
Train the way the game is played: short sprints, quick stops and jumps with short recoveries. Two or three sessions a week of interval running and agility work, plus strength for the legs and core, builds match fitness.
Cone and ladder drills that make players stop, turn and accelerate in a few steps, such as zig-zags, T-shapes and mirror drills with a partner. Finish each with a catch so players learn to stay balanced on the ball.
A full match is four quarters of 15 minutes, with short breaks between quarters and a longer one at half-time. Junior and social formats are often shorter, so check your league's rules.
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I would like to give my girls some extra training to do at home to help build up their core strength, arm strength, speed and balance on the court. Any suggestions as to what i can give them. They are 13 and are all keen for it. I just need something that they can do that lasts no longer than 30min and that they can do about 3 times a week. That way if training is cancelled due to rain they can still do a netball based workout at home.
My 2017 season has just finished with my 13B team and I want to start making some session plans for next year now as I will be busy with work beginning of next year. The girls really need to do fitness and I know they enjoy it too which is great. If anyone has any suggestions please leave a comment.
Hi all, At the end of this season we selected our rep teams in readiness for the next years competitions and to ensure that all girls had time to organise and commit to representative teams. We have played in a social league for a few weeks and will break for the Christmas period in two weeks time returning in mid February. I am keen to keep the girls active, and was wondering if anyone has documented an off season training plan as such. I would like to get the girls to concentrate on footwork , ( use of skipping rope) and fitness, as well as basic ball skills, but am not sure what expectations i should have with them ? They are all 14 yrs old. Thanks in advance Gary
where do i find the free agility and fitness library, i have just joined and was promised it is for free? where do i view it? also in your one answer on fitness u say go to "drills" and then "fitness drills" but there is no such option under "drills"?
Goals or standards set for each age group from u/9 to senior level. As in what is required from an u/13 player in order for her abilities and skill as well as her fitness to be good at this age level. Agility? Sprinting? etc.
I am just wondering if anyone has a good fitness lesson for U.13's. I've got a new team with some super fit girls and some very unfit girls. Their skills are as widely mixed as their fitness abilities and I'm struggling knowing what I can do to accommodate all girls. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I am wanting to assess the fitness of the players in my new team, to find a candidate for Centre. I want it to be a game so they don't know What I'm doing. Any suggestions?
My girls are doing exceptionally well in their grade and i am very proud, however i am wondering if i should work on fitness with them or not? Help?
Describe the appropriate trainning programmes for physical fitness improvements in netball
Hey um me and my other coaches are training our team boys in fitness but it is related to netball but if any of you have any good circuits or circuit fitness games I would appreciate it, and we are coach under 11s tomorrow thanks
How does one design a conditioning program with the aim of increasing the aim of increasing the teams fitness? a program that includes aerobic, anaerobic and agility aspects and the pre- and post-tests
I am wanting to get myself into best possible fitness before the season starts. What are some training's/ ideas that could help?
How do you improve your fitness as a net baller during your summer break. I know that summer holidays are meant for a break but I just want to keep up with my fitness. Asked using Sportplan Mobile App
Often after half time my team has a bit of slump in the 3rd quarter what is something we can do in to keep the momentum going?
Hi, this is a question for both me as a player and to pass on to players in social netball teams that I organise. I'm looking for any advice or tips to pass on to attacking players who are 'blocked out' by defenders, for instance when GS comes out to support and then can't get back into the circle. I often feel like I'm ballroom dancing with defenders rather than getting away from them! Any short drills that I could do with teams (we occassionally meet up and do a bit of pre-match training) would also be great. And if anyone has anything that individual players can do in their own time that would awesome! I'm a big fan of Rae Druce's Netball Fitness ebook, the advice for skipping & plyometrics is really transforming my flat footwork and jumping ability so anything I can do and encourage other players to do would be great. Thank you!
How do you design a Netball pre-season screening assessment?
My club with various ages and abilities is currently on break right now but will start our pre-season practice in mid August with the season starting in November.Basing off of the last season we know that fitness was an issue i need some help in how to prepare my A & B grade squads better for the up coming season!
I would like to do a fun session with my 17 year old as we are at the bottom of the ladder and will not make finals now.
Hi,I am designing a boot camp for my U12 and U16 Team and I need any and every kind of technical assistance I can get from my fellow coaches worldwide. So please help me in designing this camp.Thank you.Kind Regards,Loona
Hi Everyone I've been playing defence for a long time now, and only last Saturday did I start to play centre. It was during our warm up on that day, (before our game) when my coach told me that I would be playing centre. I agreed to do it, but the problem was that the other team was a really good and very fit team. I struggled a lot durig the game, and i felt like i was dying the whole time! Also because I had never played centre before I didn't know how to feed the ball into the goal circle. I also don't know how to defend on the goal circle. Also what is the centres main job?Thanks so much for all the help! Asked using Sportplan Mobile App
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Quiet teams concede easy goals. Teach your players to call for the ball and talk through defence, and your combinations hold up when it matters.
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I have thoroughly enjoyed using your site to help me with my coaching plans for my under 9's netball team.
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Wow what a great website, I have found sportplan an important tool for me when planning my netball sessions with my netball team. There are alot of very helpful tips/ideas/skills that I can learn and teach to my team. Thank you sportplan I hope to continue to use your helpful tips and to learn more about improving my teams netball skills. Thanks again....keep it up....
I have been using Sportplan now for 3 years and can honestly say that I have never repeated the same session twice. My girls are always focused and are improving every year. Thanks Sportplan.
What a fantastic tool. The Chalkboard and session tools make an unbelievable difference in making training plans in both time and organization. I will be instructing all of my assistant coaches that this tool must be used for all sessions during the season, so that we may build a club coaching resource library.
I can't get enough of the Sportplan, It has given me back the enthusiasm i was starting to lose. My girls are so keen and are ready at 14 to take the next up in their game. Sportplan will help no end.
