Netball: Jailbreak

Develop your player's attacking capabilities, to successfully get free from the defender and maintain possession.

This session works on players attacking capabilities including speed, agility and decision making skills.

Help your players shake off the opposition with a change of pace and direction in this week's session

Can your players do one of the most important skill in netball and get free from an opponent? Find out with this footwork and movement plan

Jogging and footwork patterns.

Players jog around the court, preforming different footwork patterns along different sides can be any lines on the court, players do not have to run around the perimeter).

With older players allow the player at the front of the line to lead, the other players must follow their example. Regularly change the player at the front of the line.

Whole group face the coach who then calls one of the following:

1. Here: Group run forwards.
2. There: Group run in the direction that the teacher is pointing.
3. Everywhere: group run anywhere, dodging everyone.
4. Nowhere: Group jump up, land and turn waiting for the next instruction.

Two lines stand about 5 meters apart with another two lines stood perpendicular so that players are stood in an 'x' formation.

As one player runs out without the ball they receive a pass from directly in front of them.

They must immediately pass the ball to the player on their left and then run to the back of the line opposite their starting line.

• Split your players into two equal teams and put down an equal number of cones in each final third.
• The two teams compete against one another, trying to take cones/bibs from their opponents area and place them behind their line.