Players required: 3 to 4 players Equipment required: 1 Netball Ball and 3 cones Drill 1 (No ball required) Players start on the left/right. Players side shuffle across to opposite cone. Player then moves diagonal from that cone and sprint forward/quick feet and do move back to the same cone backwards. Player then sprints forward past the remaining cone. Drill 2 (Adding the ball) Same movement as drill 1 Introduce a feeder a to the drill. Player stands 1m away from the box. Directly after side shuffle the feeder passes a bounce pass to the player to receive. The player returns the ball with a straight pass. Player runs diagonal run and on their way backward receives a high pass. Player returns in the ball with a straight pass. Player the sprint forward past the last cone and replaces the feeder. Feeder joins the back of the line. Drill 3 Same movement as drill 1. Feeders passes a bounce pass at the top of the diagonal cone and the player returns the ball with a straight pass. As the player returns to the back cone going diagonal the feeder passes a straight pass. Players catches and returns with a straight pass and drives forward past the final cone. Player takes the place of the feeder becoming the new feeder.
Drill 1: The aim of this is to get players working on the change of directions and speed without the ball. When doing the side shuffle players need move side ways with quick feet. When moving diagonal forward there needs to be a change of pace and players need to alternate forward. Drill 2 & 3 Bounce pass can be released before the player has reached the cone to force them to move quickier. Bounce passes need to be low passes. Ensure that once the player has made the final pass back to the feeder that the player drives forward sprinting past the final cone.
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