It is crucial for your players to maintain a narrow foot base and fast feet to be able to outwit their opponent and get free to offer for the ball.
What?s in the Session?
The session begins with a fun warm-up focused on your player's movement. This will get them familiar with pushing off their outside foot and cutting the angle to get free. The session continues this theme providing a number of movement drills to get your players on their toes and feet moving fast, enabling them to change direction quicker. ?Pass for points? allows your players to practice their movement in a small area, this will highlight the importance of quick feet and the use of angles to get free. The session concludes with a normal game of netball, with certain conditions placed upon the game to get your players demonstrating what they have learnt.
This is a key skill and is vital to maintain possession of the ball, giving the team more chances on goal.
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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