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Netball: Partner Co-ordination

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DESCRIPTION

2+ players, one ball per player, 1/3 space.

1. Players set up facing eachother about 1 metre apart with a ball each.

2. Sidestepping the third, players alternate each ball using one handed passes.

3. Variation: One partner is 'bumping' the ball off to the working partner with their own ball using high passes.

4. Variation: One partner is bumping the ball side to side with their own ball. Finishw with some over head bumps.

5. Variation: Partners side step down the court with one partner as the 'bumper'.

COACHING POINTS

Use 'soft' passing when doing the alternating of passes and 'move' with the ball.

Encourage good footwork and ideally not stepping while the ball is in posession.

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OFTEN USED WITH...

Driving Onto The Ball:

Set up: one third space, one ball between two, cones (one between two).

One partner to be standing on the third line with the ball facing the baseline.

Other partner starts on the baseline, drives out to cone (about halfway down the third), turns and drives back to the baseline. Turns again and accelerates to partner who is holding the ball.

Play should recieve pass before the cone.

Movement

Out and in to receive the ball in the middle:

1 worker 1 feeder

1 ball 4 spots

Worker runs out one of the spots to run back to the middle to receive the ball pass it back to the feeder and run out to the next spot (either in clock or anti clock wise direction).

Ball skills

Moving Spider:

The feeder passes the ball to the working player (blue 1).

The passes should be varied (short, wide and high).

Blue 1 must move to the ball as early as possible and pass it back to the feeder before returning to their starting postion - ready to go again!

Zone defence