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Netball: Christmas Tree Drill

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Set up: Full court, 6+ players, 10 cones.

Players start in two groups on the baseline.

Cones are set up in a ‘Christmas Tree’/zig zag like formation down the length of the court.

One at a time, each player runs straight to the first cone. Side steps to the second cone. Runs a diagonal to the third cone. Sidesteps to the fourth cone and finishes with a diagonal to the last cone.

Players then join the group on the other side and do the same movements going back down the court.

Players are running continuously and leave the baseline with the player in front has reached the first cone.

COACHING POINTS

As players warm up, encourge them to increase speed.

You could change movements between cones, for example, high knees, grapevine, heel flicks, lunges.

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Christmas Stocking Warm Up:

4 teams have a 'Christmas stocking' (box 2m x 2m) each and they each start with 4-5 objects that are 'presents' (spare shoes, coloured cones, bibs etc).

They learn which objects belong to their team and each team puts all their objects in a ball bin (or coned area) in the middle.

Play starts, only one person from each team can run forward to collect an object from the middle at each time.Â

The other players can steal presents from other teams, but they have to put it back in the box in the middle.Â

Teams can try to defend their stocking.

Teams are aiming to fill their stocking again with the presents they had originally.

Warm ups

Christmas Fitness Circuits:

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10 fitness exercises with a Christmas theme:

C - Criss-cross squats.
H - Handstand
R - Running continuosly
I - In and out press-ups
S - Scissor crunches
T - Tag-team burpies
M - M-shape runs
A - Ab cycle
S - Sprint and walk
! - Explosive star jumps

Warm ups

Clearing:

Form two lines side by side (A RED and A BLUE)

Set up 3 feeders in a triangular shape

The player at the front of the BLUE queue will start with the ball

They will pass the ball to the first feeder (1) they will then follow their pass and drive around the back of the feeder to re offer for the next ball

At the same time the player at the front of the RED queue will drive straight and receieve the ball from the first feeeder (2)

RED will then pass to the feeder straight ahead (3) and follow their pass, moving around that feeder

Feeder 2 will pass the ball to BLUE who will have driven around the first feeder to recieve a straight ball (4)

BLUE will then pass off to the third feeder (5) and follow their pass, going around the back of the feeder and re join the opposite queue

RED will have driven around feeder 2 and will receive the ball from the third feeder (6) they will then pass the ball to the next player at the front of the BLUE queue

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