Netball: Going for an Interception

Develop your player's ability to have a strong, dominant and decisive body position to deny and close down space for their opponent up and down the court.

Develop your player's defensive ability, allowing them to practice their 3 stages of defence in order to force errors and successfully obtain interceptions.

Develop your players understanding and use of fast, accurate footwork to make successful interceptions or force an error.

Ensure your team get their basic defence correct in order to build and develop their skills to secure to possession.

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Firstly, try to not let your shooter set up a holding position, however if she does... 

• Keep moving your feet around the shooter to put pressure on her and ensure she has not free space to hold into 
• Try to stay as close as possible but without contacting the shooter
• Ensure you move around the shooter both in front and behind for the best chance of success 

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• Form an upright 'T' position against your defender to hold your back space
• You can put your arm up to signal where you want the ball to go 
• Do not move/release the hold until the ball is coming over your head

The starting player passes the ball to the player moving towards the ball from the opposite group.

The receiving player who catches the ball should land on 1 foot, then land on their 2nd foot and pivot onto their 1st landing foot to pass the ball back the player on the side where they started.

Exercise reverses in the other direction.

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• Set up in pairs
• 1 partner (A) has the ball.
• Partner A faces away from partner B.
• A Passes the ball in the air to themself and turns.
• Partner B jumps back to 3 feet distance and immediately puts arms up to defend the ball. 
• Player A moves ball around and player B is to track the ball. 
• Switch over players.