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Netball: Passing diagonally then straight - Overhead and Chest Pass

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Have two lines of players both stood behind a cone on the edge of the first third.

The red player starts with the ball. The blue player sprints to the cone on the baseline and receives the diagonal overhead pass from the red player.

Once they have received the ball the blue player then passes the ball to the next player in their team before sprinting the back of their line.

The drill repeats the other way round (blue passing to red). Drill continues in this way.

COACHING POINTS

Time the move and sprint onto the ball - players should be moving at all times and not standing waiting for the pass.

This should be a continuous drill and is a great one to integrate into your pre-match routines as it gets large groups of players moving.

Progression:

Add a defender in the middle for players to practice passing over.

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Pass and Move - Box:

The red players around the outside square have a ball each and move anti-clockwise around the box.
Red players must make a pass inside to the blue players when they are on a corner and receive the return pass when they reach the half way point down the line.
They then play another one-two pass receiving the return pass on the corner of the square.

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Quick Passing:

Split the group into 8s.

2 Balls starting with Player 1 and Player 4. The players then pass the balls diagnoally until the ball reaches an end. They then pass the ball straight to the person opposite them and continue the practice.

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Interception - group activity:

Red 2 has the ball and red 1 starts in the opposite corner

Blue 1 runs forward and Red 2 passes a diagonal pass to Blue 1

Red 1 moves on a diagonal to intercept the pass

Following the interception red 1 feeds a straight pass onto Blue 2

Red 2 then runs straight to receive a diagonal pass from Blue 2 and Blue 1 moves across to intercept this pass.

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Diagonal Passes:

4 players line up, each standing on a corner of the square with one player stood between two cones with the ball.

The drill starts when the player with the ball passes the ball diagonally, anti-clockwise, with a chest/ shoulder pass to the next player who is running forward to receive the pass. After they have passed the ball the players should stand on the next cone.

This player then passes diagonally to the next player before running to the next cone.

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