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Netball: Warm up - Coach Calls

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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.

COACHING POINTS

You may like to walk through this first.

Players need to move at the same time for the calls to work.

Ensure workers stay 'open' when driving back, they should turn their back and should always have eyes towards the ball.

This is tiring so keep rotations moving.

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Screening Drill:

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4 players.
1 feeder starts with the ball approximately on the 3rd line in shooting 3rd.
1 defender stands front on to feeder with 1 attacker screening this defender (see coaching points if unsure on setup).
Other attacker to stand on the opposite side to the side being screened. They are to either drive across the pair or cut behind them to receive a pass from the feeder.
The screening attacker then rolls off the defender and receives a pass in the space.

Getting free

Beat the defender:

Set up: A wall, one third space, one ball, 4+ cones, 2 players.

4 cones are set up in a zig zag formation down the length of a third space towards a wall.
The ball is placed on the furthest away cone.
A defending player stands in the middle of the cones, they are to ‘pick up’ the attacker when they drive out.
The attacker, drives out towards the first cone and zig zags towards all cones to move past the defender and get the ball off the cone.
The attacker passes the ball to the wall and gets the rebound.

Movement

Centre Deep:

The WA and GA will start in a staggered position, with one player (WA in this example) on the line and the other (GA) positioned off the line
Both the WA and GA will offer for the centre pass
WA will receives the ball from the C
GA recognises that they did not receive first ball and will clear out to get down court into the circle
Once the C has passed the ball to the WA they will then drive deep down court to receive the second phase ball from back from the WA
The GS will hold their space until the C has received the ball and is ready to pass in - they will then drive onto the ball, driving towards the edge of the circle to leave space for the GA
The GA should be able to receive the ball from the GS under the post

Centre Pass Set Plays

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

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