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Netball: Follow your player

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DESCRIPTION

Players work in pairs (one defender, one attacker).

The court is divided into 3 channels along the length of the court. The ball is placed in the center court channel.

Players must jog, sprint and dodge their way through each outside channel - with the defender trying to stay between the attacker and the static ball in the center of the court.

COACHING POINTS

Defender shadows the attacker, keeping her on the outside of the channel.

Start slowly and build up pace gradually. On the coach's whistle players must stop where they are and the defender should take up a static position - half covering their player, ensuring they have a good body angle which enables them to see both the ball in the center and the attacker using their peripheral vision.

PROGRESSION

A thrower can be added who can pass to an attacker if they manage to find space between the defender and the ball.

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Follow the ball:

Players stand in pairs, with the worker standing behind the ball holding player.

Depending on where the ball holding player holds the ball the worker should respond to the position of the ball using fast feet.

If the ball is held high above the player's head, the worker needs to come in front of the other player. If the ball is held low the worker needs to rotates to the back of the other player, ball held to left/right worker responds to position of ball and snakebites to the left/right.

Defence

1 vs 1 Defending in the Circle:

Slowly the two attackers pass the ball back and forth down the court towards the circle. The defender must move to the ball side of the player inside the circle.

The defender must remain on their toes and keep moving as the two attacking players can put the ball into the circle at any point.

Defence

GK dancing:

3 Blue players pass ball to each other and attempt to pass the ball to a static player White 4 (varying types of passes). Defender Green 1 adjusts positioning according to the position of the ball and she attempts to intercept feed.

Progression:-

Attacker becomes a little more active.

Blue players make a smaller area so ball movement is quicker

Interception

Figure of 8 defence:

Players work in pairs with one ball and three cones, placed in a triangle.

The feeder stands above the top of the triangle.

Using quick, small steps the worker has to rotate around the cones in a figure of 8 before then receiving the ball and returning it to the feeder at the top of the triangle.

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