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Christmas Tree Drill

Set up: Full court, 6+ players, 10 cones. Players start in two groups on the baseline. Cones are set up in a ‘Christmas Tree’/zig zag like formation down the length of the court. One at a time, each player runs straight to the first cone. Side steps to the second cone. Runs a diagonal to the third cone. Sidesteps to the fourth cone and finishes with a diagonal to the last cone. Players then join the group on the other side and do the same movements going back down the court. Players are running continuously and leave the baseline with the player in front has reached the first cone.

Group practices

Courtline Passing

Side/backline throw in Place 6 different coloured cones in different places on the side and back lines to signal start position of the throw in. Coach calls out a colour and one of the attackers runs to pick up the ball from this cone. Play until each ball next to the cones has been used (6 times). 1 point if the attackers get the ball to half way (You can give them the option to get to goal if you want, which would be worth 2 points, but having a full court of players could leave the players at the other end being less active). You can also give the defenders a point for successful intercepting

Group practices

Creating Space - Conditioned Game

Full court, 14 players, 1 umpire, 2 sets of bibs, 2 hoops, 8 cones. A normal game situation is set up. 4 cones are set up down each sideline. Players are to run around a cone, on the sideline, once they have passed the ball to a player. Once they have run around the cone then they can come back into play.

Movement

Line drive - through court movement

Set up: One ball, full court, 5+ players. 1. Players line up down the middle of the court, evenly spaced. 2. Ball starts at one end and will simply be passed down to each player. 3. Players have to make a movement and time this with receiving the ball. 4. Player recieves a pass then turns and passes down the line.

Extras

Partner agility circuit

Set up: Full court space, 4 x mini hurdles, 8x short ladders, 10x cones. Players are divided into 2 groups. Players start at baseline. Two players, from the front of each line begin by jumping over the mini hurdles (set up at right angles to each other). They then run to ladders set up in a cross formation. Action 1: Forward steps into each square. Action 3: Left turn: Forward steps into each square and backwards to return to the middle. Action 3: Right turn. Steps in and out of squares both directions to the middle. Action 4: Stright weave with both feet in each square. Players run towards cones set out in a zig zag formation across the middle third space. Players run from cone to cone in a zig zag direction. The focus is on taking off the outside foot. Players sprint to the end baseline then turn and sprint back to where they came from.

DIY Drills

Three Man Weave

Set up: 6+ players, full court space, 1-4 balls, 8 cones Three cones are set up across the width of the court about a meter in from the sideline. In groups of three players line up across from each other behind the cones. Cones may be placed along the sideline so player understand they are to stay on the outside of theses cones but still in court. The ball starts with the middle person. Player on the left cone drives out straight and receives a pass from the middle. Middle person then runs to the person they passed the ball to. Player on left who received the pass, deliveries the ball to the third player who has driven out on the right. When players pass they the follow it to the player they have passed to take their position. Players continue this ‘weave’ down the court.

Group practices

Through Court Backup Options

A game using the full court, 4 attackers, 4 defenders, 2 trailers. Split the court in half, 2 attackers, 2 defenders in each half. Both trailers in one half with attacking players "1". Attackers are aiming to move the ball from one end of court to halfway (and then on to the other end of court) 10 reps, keeping score (this can be reduced if you have a bigger squad). Rules: Defenders are fixed to their attackers up to halfway 2 original trailers are fixed to their half A1s can go anywhere. As they cross the halfway line they become trailers for the other attackers. (You can separate the court and just have the halfway aim for each side if players at one end are not getting the opportunity to be as active)

Decision making

Through court movement

Set up: 7+ players, one ball, full court. Players set up in loosely positioned areas. Ball starts down one end i.e. with the shooter and players work the ball through the full court.

Attack

Warm up - Coach Calls

Equipment: Dependant on numbers, one ball between 2, full court area. Players are in 2 lines down the length of the court. One line of players has the ball. The other line stands inbetween these players facing them (i.e. not directly opposite). Coach wil call either number; one, two or three. Followed by either left or right. The number determines the movement. Left or right determines the way the workers drive. If workers drive left they should lead with their left hand to the ball and if they drive right, the right hand should touch the ball. One: Workers drive to either left or right. Tap ball. Drive back on an angle to recieve a long pass. Two: Workers drive and tap either left or right hand. Drive back the same angle with a side switch half way back. Three: Same as two but once workers reach their start point they drive forward and recieve a flat pass from the post.

Decision making

When to use Backup

A game using the full court, 5 attackers, 4 defenders, 1 trailer. Split the court in half, 2 attackers, 2 defenders in each half. trailers in one half and the last attacker in the centre position. Attackers are aiming to move the ball from the end of court with the Trailing player to halfway (and then on to the other end of court) 10 reps, keeping score (this can be reduced if you have a bigger squad). Rules: Defenders are fixed to their attackers up to halfway Original trailer fixed to their half Attackers from the trailer's half can go anywhere. As they cross the halfway line they become trailers for the other attackers. The Centre is undefended.

Decision making

Three Man Weave Movement - Net...

Set up: 6+ players, full court space, 1-4 balls, 8 conesThree cones are set up across the width of the court about a meter in from the sideline. In groups of three players line up across from each other behind the cones. Cones may be placed along the sideline so player understand they are to stay on the outside of theses cones but still in court. The ball starts with the middle person. Player on the left cone drives out straight and receives a pass from the middle. Middle person then runs to the person they passed the ball to. Player on left who received the pass, deliveries the ball to the third player who has driven out on the right. When players pass they the follow it to the player they have passed to take their position. Players continue this ‘weave’ down the court.

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Full Netball Court Extras - Ne...

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Through court movement Set Pla...

Set up: 7+ players, one ball, full court.Players set up in loosely positioned areas. Ball starts down one end i.e. with the shooter and players work the ball through the full court.

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Down Court Movement Roles & re...

Full court, 6+ players, 1 passer, 1ball.Ball starts down one end of the court with a passer to start the drill.3 sets of partners set up down the court.Partner set 1 drives away from passer then forwards.Passer decides who to pass the ball too. The player who does not recieve the pass is to drive out and down the court. Other partners repeat this process.

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Whole court attacking challeng...

Split group into 3 equal teams. Ideally 6 per team. 1 team is the attackers, 1 team are defenders, 1 team is resting off the court. Split court in half. Half of the defence and attack are restricted to defending half of court while the rest of the players are restricted to attacking half of the court. 1 A starts with the ball on the baseline. Attackers have 5 minutes to get the ball to the other end of the court and score as many times as they can. If the ball is tipped, intercepted or dropped the ball is taken back to the start. After 5 minutes, defenders become attackers, attackers come off to rest, resting team become defenders.

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Line drive - through court mov...

Set up: One ball, full court, 5+ players.1. Players line up down the middle of the court, evenly spaced. 2. Ball starts at one end and will simply be passed down to each player. 3. Players have to make a movement and time this with receiving the ball.4. Player recieves a pass then turns and passes down the line.

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Full Team Finisher Group pract...

Full team cross drillSet up: 8+ players, one court space, 2 balls.Players set up in four corners in equal numbers, opposite lines facing each other.Both balls start on the same side with the person and the front of the line.Opposing front 2 players drive out on a diagonally and receive a pass from the opposite line.They turn pass back to the side they came from (but the opposite line). Then immediately become a defender for the person who now has the ball. The person now at the front of the line, with the ball now delivers a pass to players who have driven out on a diagonal and the drill begins again.

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Line drive - through court mov...

Set up: One ball, full court, 5+ players.1. Players line up down the middle of the court, evenly spaced. 2. Ball starts at one end and will simply be passed down to each player. 3. Players have to make a movement and time this with receiving the ball.4. Player recieves a pass then turns and passes down the line.

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Through Court Backup Options D...

A game using the full court, 4 attackers, 4 defenders, 2 trailers.Split the court in half, 2 attackers, 2 defenders in each half. Both trailers in one half with attacking players &quot;1&quot;.Attackers are aiming to move the ball from one end of court to halfway (and then on to the other end of court)10 reps, keeping score (this can be reduced if you have a bigger squad). Rules:Defenders are fixed to their attackers up to halfway2 original trailers are fixed to their halfA1s can go anywhere. As they cross the halfway line they become trailers for the other attackers.<em>(You can separate the court and just have the halfway aim for each side if players at one end are not getting the opportunity to be as active)</em>

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Full Squad Shapes Warm ups - N...

10+ players, 5+ balls, half court area.1. Half of the players stand in a star/circle shape, these are the feeders.2. Each feeding player has a partner who stands next to them to start, these are the workers.3. Each feeder has a ball.4. Workers drive into the middle and recieve a pass from the feeder two people away. i.e. they skip a person.5. Worker passes back to the line they have come from and drives towards the feeder who delivers a short bounce pass. 6. The feeder continues to drive around the worker and recives a long pass into the middle.7. Worker passes the ball back out to initial feeder who passes the ball back.8. Worker skips another feeder and passes to them, then joins the line.

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Down court progressions Moveme...

Full team lined up down the length of the court about 2 metres off the midline.1.Ball starts down one end of the court. Players are to drive straight to reci2. Players are to make a movement (i.e. dodge) before receiving the ball in the middle of the court. Players to turn and pass down the court.2. Players make a movement before driving into the middle of the court.3. First player in the line 'clears out', second player drives foward to receive the pass. Pass is given to the player who has peeled out and so on down the court.

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Christmas Tree Drill Warm ups ...

Set up: Full court, 6+ players, 10 cones. Players start in two groups on the baseline. Cones are set up in a ‘Christmas Tree’/zig zag like formation down the length of the court. One at a time, each player runs straight to the first cone. Side steps to the second cone. Runs a diagonal to the third cone. Sidesteps to the fourth cone and finishes with a diagonal to the last cone.Players then join the group on the other side and do the same movements going back down the court. Players are running continuously and leave the baseline with the player in front has reached the first cone.

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Street Ball Group practices - ...

Split your players into 2 equal team (1 team in bibs) and use the whole court. <hr /> Rules of Street Ball: <ul type=&quot;&quot;circle&quot;&quot;> All players can go anywhere (no positional restrictions)<br /><br /> Players score a point by touching the ball down on the opponents goal line (court backline)<br /><br /> First team to score 10 points wins<br /><br /> Netball rules apply - no moving with the ball, defenders must be 1 metre away and no holding of the ball longer than 3 seconds

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Tramlines - Team drill Warm up...

Unlimited number of players, 1 ball between 2, 1 full court length. Players pass the ball between thier partner whilst moveing down the court.When players reach the end of the court they peel out and pass over the inside line using overhead passes.Transition should be continuous.

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Partner agility circuit Moveme...

Set up: Full court space, 4 x mini hurdles, 8x short ladders, 10x cones.Players are divided into 2 groups. Players start at baseline.Two players, from the front of each line begin by jumping over the mini hurdles (set up at right angles to each other).They then run to ladders set up in a cross formation. Action 1: Forward steps into each square.Action 3: Left turn: Forward steps into each square and backwards to return to the middle. Action 3: Right turn. Steps in and out of squares both directions to the middle.Action 4: Stright weave with both feet in each square. Players run towards cones set out in a zig zag formation across the middle third space. Players run from cone to cone in a zig zag direction.The focus is on taking off the outside foot. Players sprint to the end baseline then turn and sprint back to where they came from.

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full court SESSIONS
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3 Stages of Defence - Full cou...

Three is the magic number! Get your players to make the right decisions when defending - mark, block or intercept?

Developing confident feeders!

Develop your players feeding in order to feed the ball accurately into the circle, whilst also improving their confidence.

Through Court Play, Set Plays and Backing Up

Use this exciting extended skills session to improve how your team use the full court, support one another and bring the ball down court

The 4 Ds - Deny, Dominate and be Decisive in Defence

Coach this adrenaline packed plan and teach all your players how to dominate in defence, deny space and regain possession

Refresher Session: Improving Ball Skills and Handling

Beat the new year blues and work on: Court Positions, Ball Handling Skills, Hand-eye Coordination and Passing and receiving

Marking the ball - Shut out Defence

Defensive Balance, Leaning and Jumping! Make yourself big, cover the passing options and shut down the space!
full court ANSWERS
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Does anyone have any training tips on Channels?

Does anyone have any training tips on Channels?

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baseline throw in sets

baseline throw in sets

kathy Coach, England

Does anyone have any exercises or drills to stop my girls passing to th other team??

Does anyone have any exercises or drills to stop an entire team of girls from passing the ball to the defenders instead of their own team mates...? THey can all throw a pass to each other in training, I've tried adding pressure situations where they have defenders to evade to replicate the real game but in games they cannot seem to get it together...help!

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Simple Session Plan

Can anyone help with a Session plan I need to do for assessment in the coming months, looking for something simple and to the point.  I am running out of ideas?? 

Maureen Perez Coach, England

How to get my players thinking about court positions and timing drives?

How to get players to think about position on court and timing

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Best position to leave vacant if only 6 players can attend?

Just wondering what is the best position to leave vacant if only 6 girls can attend a game. It's u11's with 2 brand new players & we are getting beaten by large margins & it's one of our seasoned players that will be off Asked using Sportplan on Mobile

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Planning coaching sessions for a 1 hour session?

I currently play for and captain a team and often run some training sessions during the summer for my team. There are quite a few things I think we could work on and also things the ladies want to focus on too. Sometimes I think I have had overloaded sessions e.g. too many drills and not enough time to complete them properly and then to have a mini game to put it all in practice at the end. For an hour session, how many drill sessions do you think would be ideal and is it better to focus on say a couple of skills per session?

Anne-Marie Clegg Coach, England

game roster for a team with 10 girls

i have 10 girls on a team. i need help with a game roster, so its as fair.

anne brear 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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Best positions to leave out when training with teams of 4-5

Starting a new team and we only have 9-10 players, would love to play a full court match just to test people starting abilities/skills but wondering which positions are best to leave out when only practicising with team of 4-5? Asked using Sportplan Mobile App

Laura Langman Coach, England

What positions to play new players

I am a new coach who has a team of 8 under 9’s. 4 have played before 4 have not. How should I rotate them so they all get a equal time on court and should I put the same player all in attack for the whole game and all in defense for the whole game to make it less confusing for them. Thanks Asked using Sportplan Mobile App

Tamara Coach, Australia

Half Court Game-how does it pl...

To give my girls practice at a game I would like to know how to set them up on half a court and what the rules are please

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Using stratagies in netball | ...

Hi, i am predominantly a U12yrs coach but i want to transition in to coaching the high school girls. I love all these drills and session plans and have found them very helpful, but i am looking now for information on strategies used in netball eg/strategic positioning of players when changing from attacking to suddenly defending after a turnover, or when should the GA drop back . when to use a zone defence or side-on defence. All these questions that aren't covered by drills. Is there somewhere to get this info or is it just learn as u go. Thank you

Lisa Coach, Australia

Training with kids and parents...

Hi, This week I'm planning an extra fun training session for my U9's. After an all day carnival on the weekend, I thought having the parents join in our session could be fun. Has anybody done this and got any good ideas for games that would work for the kids and parents - any ideas for fun ways to modify the rules for a full court game that would even up the girls and parent's skills would be appreciated too. Thanks in advance.

Michelle Evans Coach, Australia

What's the best technique to t...

Hi there I"m coaching a wonderful team of yr7 girls (11-12yr olds) they have lots of potentional however no matter how much I tell them to "find the open spaces" they don't and keep all running towards the ball as they are very keen. Then we have all this open space and about 3/4 players bunched together. Ideas of drills/ strategies to teach them would be much appreciated. Thanks - Trish

Trish Goulter Coach, New Zealand

Substituting with 8 players | ...

Hi, I have a team of 11 year olds with 8 in the team, is there a fair way of substituting fairly so they all get equal court time. I do not want any arguments with parents.ThanksDi

Dianne Rainbow Coach, Australia

How do you stop crowding | Spo...

My friend coaches an under 13s team and when someone has the ball they all run for it like seagulls going for bread. The coach has told them many times to spread out and for not everyone to run to the ball at once but the girls keep doing it and they can't get the ball down the court.

Laura Henshaw Coach, Australia

9 players - 4 girls off half a...

9 players - 4 girls off half a game each week or 2 players off per quarter? I coach a 10 yrs team in a very close A grade competition. There are 9 players therefore 2 reserves are needed each quarter. Is it best to have 4 girls off for half a game each week, less disruption to team but best players are then off for half a game - girls are off every second week, or 2 girls off each quarter, more disruption but best players are only off for quarter of a game, girls are off every week. I am required to give all players equal time on the court throughout the season. Thank you.

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Fun fitness assessment game id...

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?

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How to create a roster to fair...

How to do a roster to rotate 10 netball players

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