Netball: Intercept- Hunting the Ball

Develop your player's understanding of the importance of defensive pressure, while allowing them to practice their 1st and 2nd stage defence.

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Set up: 1 ball, one third space, 1 feeder in between 2 lines of players in partners.

Feeder sends ball into open court space.

Players contest for the loose ball. Player who does not receive the ball becomes the defender. Defender gets three feet and arms over the ball.

Player with the ball passes back to feeder. 

Set up: 1 ball, half court space, 4 players.

Players set up as if the ball is to be taken from the midcourt into the shooting circle. 

Aim is for GK/GD to time an intercept that will be delivered into the pocket. 

5 players, 1 ball, half court space.

2 players set up near baseline as posts (one in circle and one in pocket).

1 defensive player is set up between the two posts.

2 working players start on half way with the ball. They pass the ball down the court between eachother. Either player delivers a ball to one of the posts.

The defender has to attempt a flying intercpet. 

Inside the shooting circle set up a smaller semicircle with cones, dividing the the semicircle into an inner and outer section of roughly the same width.

Feeder starts play in the goal third, to one side. The GS runs out of the circle to receive the pass. They then have the option to pass to an attacker (who is on the edge of the circle opposite to the side feeder) or to pass back to the unmarked feeder who has run in.

Whichever of these receives the ball will pass it back to the attacker once the attacker has run into the circle.

Points:

• If the attacker receives the ball inside the inner circle then they get 1pt.
• If the defender makes a successful intercept or forces the attacker to receive the ball in the area of the circle outside of the cones then they get 1pt.

 The first to 5 points wins.

If the attacker receives the ball you can get them to take a shot, and have the defender recover quickly to mark.