I have thoroughly enjoyed using your site to help me with my coaching plans for my under 9's netball team.
How do I teach timing to a defence player who continually comes in late and gets penalised for contact. I dont think its intentional, but it is continual
what drill could i do to improve running into space for netball ?
I have a new netball team, they range from girls or have never played to ones whom played last year. They are from year 3 to 5. How do you coach such a mixed team easily?
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!
How do we get taller girls to jump?
What is the best way to intercept a lob out in mid court and also goal circle?
Whats a good drill to help with coming infront of their partners instead of the immediate thought of dropping back for a pass?
Looking for a simple drill to teach Under 9's defensive play without contact
Hi allWhats the best way to defend a great holding shooter?And I also have a player who every time receives the ball she'll just pass straight away, I always keep encouraging her to hold it for just a little bit as most of the times and look for options 1,2, or 3, the pass just isn't in the right space, or she'll pass to a heavily defended player, etc I have been doing a lot of drills involving timing, space, driving and passing she tends to get it in training just not in match play. She just seems frantic. Any tips. As I just want to get this across to her.
I'm a 17 year old centre and i have trouble defending as i am short any tricks to help me?
Hi, i have a group of 16 year old girls who are playing c2's this season, we have just made finals but will be playing extremly rough teams. the girls have done very well not to take it to heart and keep pushing. However they are so small and tend to get beat up by the bigger and much older players. im hoping for advice on how to play (esspecialy in the ring) around them, as they are too small to push back or hold their own ground. thank you :)
what is the best tactic or strategies to use to bit the opponent defence?
Hi. Whilst playing Wing Defence, I had one WA pretty much doing the splits on the semi circle, preventing me getting near to her. No matter which side of her I go on, she simply just turns. Quite genius really. Any ideas other than standing behind her and hoping I don't make contact should the ball be passed to her? Thank you.
Hello, just wondering if anyone has any tips or advice to give to goalers on how to beat a split ring defence. thanks so much
How will we do this correctly?
proper attack set play
How to get players to think about position on court and timing
Lately my players have been passing to the other team. Their timing is off and their play is way to fast down court.
I coach 10 and 11 year olds that need quite a bit of work. They still need to build their upper body strength and passing accuracy. I am teaching them to use chest passes as the pass that they should use the majority of the time and use shoulder passes for longer range passes. I find that their shoulder passes are weak and not accurate, but something we are working on progressively. We have an umpire that constantly yells at the kids and demands that they use shoulder passes all of the time and has told me that I am coaching them wrong and that I don't know what I am doing. What are your thoughts on this? I do the best I can as a volunteer coach.
Hi everyone. I am a first time coach and my team knows nothing! where should I start and what drills would you recommend?
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