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Netball: Down Court Movement

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Full court, 6+ players, 1 passer, 1ball.

Ball starts down one end of the court with a passer to start the drill.

3 sets of partners set up down the court.

Partner set 1 drives away from passer then forwards.

Passer decides who to pass the ball too. The player who does not recieve the pass is to drive out and down the court.

Other partners repeat this process.

COACHING POINTS

The player that does not recieve the ball is to make an obvoius drive to owards the sideline and cut back in.
This allows for space in the midcourt and reduces bunching abd waiting for the ball.

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Down court progressions:

Full team lined up down the length of the court about 2 metres off the midline.

1.Ball starts down one end of the court. Players are to drive straight to reci

2. Players are to make a movement (i.e. dodge) before receiving the ball in the middle of the court. Players to turn and pass down the court.

2. Players make a movement before driving into the middle of the court.

3. First player in the line 'clears out', second player drives foward to receive the pass. Pass is given to the player who has peeled out and so on down the court.

Movement

Delivering ball to shooters:

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Delivering the ball midcourt through to the circle edge/shooters

Set up:

Half court, two balls, 5+ players

1 player standing on base line, another player with the ball standing around the third line.

Description:

Note: The video shows the drill being played out with 2 groups of players, you could just focus on one group i.e. 1 line, 1 V driver. The description is based on one group.

Player on base line near shooting post, V drives towards court edge and receives a pass from the player in the line with the ball.

Player who passes the ball drives directly to the circle edge in a straight line and receives a pass from the player who has driven out on the V.

Player who had initially drove out now drives into a position under the hoop to receive a pass from their player and put a shot up.

Shooting

4 Corners - Short Long:

One ball, 1/3 space, 6 players.

4 feeders form a square.

1 defender and 1 attacker work in the middle of the square.

Attacker is to pass and recieve one short pass and one long pass from each corner.

Movement

Beat the defender:

Set up: A wall, one third space, one ball, 4+ cones, 2 players.

4 cones are set up in a zig zag formation down the length of a third space towards a wall.
The ball is placed on the furthest away cone.
A defending player stands in the middle of the cones, they are to ‘pick up’ the attacker when they drive out.
The attacker, drives out towards the first cone and zig zags towards all cones to move past the defender and get the ball off the cone.
The attacker passes the ball to the wall and gets the rebound.

Movement

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