12th session

I arrived 15 minutes before the session and set out a few cones for the session. The girls arrived all 5 of them and we performed a little warm up consisting of running, changing direction, jump up and down etc. We then went onto some static stretching getting the muscles warm. from then i asked all the girls to grab a ball each and queue behind the cone that was placed on the court. The drill consisted of the girls, one by one they throw the ball to the feeder (me), then were to sprint into the circle to catch the ball and take a shot, after taking the 1 shot they were to go to the back of the queue. This was repeated until about 15 - 10 minutes. The next drill was working on centre passes, there were 4 girls so it made it easy to do, i was playing the position centre and the 2 girls without the bibs were playing the attackers while the other 2 girls with the bibs were playing the defenders. The 2 girls without the bibs the attackers had to try and dodge past the defenders to recieve the ball from me. The other 2 girls with the bibs the defenders had to try and stop them from getting free for the ball and defend as much as they could to prevent them from getting out to revcieve the pass. We did this for a repeat of 5 - 10 minutes then changed positions for everyone to get a chance at playing both roles the defender and the attacker. this was agin repeated for the same time 5 - 10 minutes. 2 of the girls had to go for dinner so there were only 2 remaining. We did a little game where the both were the attackers and i was the defender, this would make it harder for the 2 girls to get free and pass but it is good practice for them on pressuring them. They seemed to enjoy the little game with me against them, i think it was a good experience to show them what they will have to play against if they want to go ahead and play for club level. There were 20 minutes left another 2 girlscame back from their dinner so i let them play a litlle 2 vs 2 game until the time had ran out.

Centre passes


If the attackers or defenders go across the line before the start whistle is blowin the player who goes offside will be given a free pass against them, they have to make sure that they do not run out for a centre pass until the whistle has blown.

"On a centre pass if a player enter the central third before the whistle is blown a free pass will be awarded. "(Essex netball.co.uk)

Dodging

"You need to use very quick footwork to trick your opponent into moving one way.

Feint to go one way by moving your feet and body.

Once you have your opponent off balance, you can set off in the other direction and into space." (Chioma Ezeogu, BBC sport academy.co.uk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/netball/masterclasses/newsid_2821000/2821987.stm

www.shenfield.essex.sch.uk