Netball Coaching & Club Guides

Everything you need to coach and run a Netball team - from positions and drills to subs, fixtures and Gift Aid.

Netball Positions Explained: All 7 Roles, the Bibs and a Court Diagram Fundamentals

Netball Positions Explained: All 7 Roles, the Bibs and a Court Diagram

Seven players, seven bibs, and a set of court lines that confuse every new parent on the sideline. Here is a clear, no-jargon guide to all seven netball positions - what each one does, where they are allowed to go, and a simple court diagram to make it stick.

June 2026 | Sportplan Coaching
15 Netball Drills for Juniors (U9-U14) That Keep Them Moving Drills

15 Netball Drills for Juniors (U9-U14) That Keep Them Moving

Standing in a queue is the fastest way to lose a young netballer. These 15 junior drills (U9-U14) are built around touches, repetitions and fun - so every child is moving, with a ball, almost all the time. Grouped into warm-up, passing, getting free, shooting and small-sided games.

June 2026 | Sportplan Coaching
Free Netball Training Session Plan Template (Warm-Up to Match Play) Session Plans

Free Netball Training Session Plan Template (Warm-Up to Match Play)

A blank training plan is the hardest part of coaching. This free 60-minute netball session template gives you five clear phases with suggested timings, explains why each phase matters, and shows you how to adapt it for juniors, seniors and longer sessions. We then drop real drills into a fully worked example so you can run it tonight.

June 2026 | Sportplan Coaching
Netball Team Selection and Fair Quarter Rotation Across a Squad Coaching

Netball Team Selection and Fair Quarter Rotation Across a Squad

Picking a junior netball team should not feel like a weekly headache. Here is a practical, fair approach to selection and quarter-by-quarter rotation across a 10-12 player squad - including a worked rotation grid - so every child gets meaningful court time and no one is pigeon-holed into a single bib.

June 2026 | Sportplan Coaching
How to Run a Junior Netball Team: A Complete First-Season Guide Club Admin

How to Run a Junior Netball Team: A Complete First-Season Guide

You have said yes to running a junior netball team and now the doubts are setting in. Relax - thousands of volunteers do this every season with no coaching badge and no experience. This is your friendly, step-by-step first-season guide: getting set up, planning your early sessions, sorting kit, managing parents, fixtures and the money, without drowning in admin.

June 2026 | Sportplan Coaching
Best Free Apps for Netball Clubs and Small Teams in 2026 Apps & Tech

Best Free Apps for Netball Clubs and Small Teams in 2026

Running a netball team eats your evenings: chasing subs, asking who's available, herding a noisy group chat. The good news is the best tools for the job are now free. Here is an honest roundup of the leading free options for a netball team or small club in 2026 - what each does well, where each falls short, and how to pick.

June 2026 | Sportplan Coaching
Spond Alternatives for Netball Clubs: What to Use Instead Apps & Tech

Spond Alternatives for Netball Clubs: What to Use Instead

Spond is genuinely good - free, ad-free scheduling and chat, and its club admin is free at any size too. So why do netball clubs still move to Teamo? For real, specific reasons: your own branded club app, a free club website, Direct Debit subs, Gift Aid and governing-body integrations. Here is an honest look at where Spond stops and what to use instead.

June 2026 | Sportplan Coaching
Netball Subs and Match Fees: Collecting Them Without Chasing Parents Club Admin

Netball Subs and Match Fees: Collecting Them Without Chasing Parents

Every volunteer treasurer knows the grind: the carrier bag of coins, the spreadsheet that never balances, and the weekly text asking parents - again - for this week's fee. Here is how to set fair netball subs and match fees, work out what to actually charge, and collect it all without chasing a soul.

June 2026 | Sportplan Coaching
Starting a Netball Club: Affiliation, Safeguarding and Admin Checklist Club Admin

Starting a Netball Club: Affiliation, Safeguarding and Admin Checklist

Founding a netball club is exciting - and surprisingly admin-heavy. From England Netball affiliation and a proper bank account to insurance, court hire and, above all, safeguarding, here is a clear, honest checklist of everything you need to get a new club off the ground the right way.

June 2026 | Sportplan Coaching
Keeping Netball Parents and Players Informed Without the WhatsApp Chaos Club Admin

Keeping Netball Parents and Players Informed Without the WhatsApp Chaos

Every netball club starts with a WhatsApp group and most quickly drown in it - missed messages, fee chasers buried under banter, and a safeguarding headache nobody wanted. Here is what good club communication actually looks like, and the rules you can set to keep things sane even if you never leave WhatsApp.

June 2026 | Sportplan Coaching
Planning Netball Fixtures and League Nights the Easy Way Club Admin

Planning Netball Fixtures and League Nights the Easy Way

A season of netball fixtures and weekly league nights does not have to mean a chaotic group chat and a frantic Thursday scramble for a seventh player. Here is a practical, repeatable way to plan the whole season, collect availability early, confirm your squads and make sure nobody ever misses a match.

June 2026 | Sportplan Coaching
Gift Aid for Netball Clubs: How to Claim It and Automate It Club Admin

Gift Aid for Netball Clubs: How to Claim It and Automate It

Gift Aid can add 25p to every £1 your supporters donate - real money for kit, court hire and coaching. But the rules trip up a lot of grassroots netball clubs. Here is a plain-English, carefully caveated guide to what qualifies, how to register, how to submit a claim to HMRC, and how to automate the whole thing.

June 2026 | Sportplan Coaching
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