Netball: Whole court attacking challenge

Improve your attacking players' preliminary moves - to help them outwit their marker and get free to receive the pass

Get your team working together in order to get the ball flowing through court and turning more over ball.

With this out and out fitness session, work your players hard to improve their speed and stamina

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

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.

1. 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.
2. As D moves to mark A, A changes direction quickly and drives towards the other D, who moves to shut her down.
3. A should change direction again quickly and drive towards F.
4. F passes the ball to A once she is free.
5. A resets and repeats.

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

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.