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Netball: Whole court attacking challenge

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Split group into 3 equal teams. Ideally 6 per team.

1 team is the attackers,
1 team are defenders,
1 team is resting off the court.

Split court in half. Half of the defence and attack are restricted to defending half of court while the rest of the players are restricted to attacking half of the court.

1 A starts with the ball on the baseline.
Attackers have 5 minutes to get the ball to the other end of the court and score as many times as they can. If the ball is tipped, intercepted or dropped the ball is taken back to the start.
After 5 minutes, defenders become attackers, attackers come off to rest, resting team become defenders.

COACHING POINTS

Attackers have to employ a variety of ways to get free from their defenders. Keep the ball moving by attackers always being an option.

Must keep moving and think about what they are doing when they do not have the ball. Attackers should be making preliminary moves ready to get the ball.

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1-2 Taking on two defenders:

One A starts with the ball. She passes to her partner who has made a move to get past a defender.
First A then moves, taking on the other defender to receive the ball back from her partner, a 1-2 passing pattern.
A then passes to another A at the front of the opposite line to where she started.
Defenders mark tightly.
Working As line up at the back of the opposite line to where they started.
New As repeat.

Getting free

Diamond getting free:

Feeder starts with the ball outside of the diamond, 2m from the edge. Attacker and Defender start in the square.
Attacker has to get free from defender and receive a pass from F at the cones of the diamond.
Defender has to prevent A from moving, restricting her space.
Work for 2-4 minutes with A moving to as many different cones as possible to receive a pass from F.
Swap roles.

Movement

Taking on two defenders:

Position cones 8-10m apart. A starts at one cone, F stands with the ball at the other cone. 2 defenders stagger themselves between the two cones as shown.

A sprints towards the first defender in the attempt to convince the defender she is driving a certain way. A should be driving hard enought that D moves to close her down.
As D moves to mark A, A changes direction quickly and drives towards the other D, who moves to shut her down.
A should change direction again quickly and drive towards F.
F passes the ball to A once she is free.
A resets and repeats.

Movement

Turn and Pass:

Players work with one ball in pairs inside a square area. The player without a ball (Red 1) sprints across the box to receive the ball on the other side.

Player 1 then turns as they receive the pass. Red 2 then runs across to receive ball on the other side etc.

Make sure players are balanced and are in control before they make the next pass.

The worker must not move across the square until the feeder is ready to release the ball.

Passing

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