Netball

Netball was my favourite team sport while at school and up until a year ago I used to play for a league team however work has got in the way recently but I'm hoping to take it up again soon. Netball is played on a court and the objective of the game is to score more points than the opposition. Teams comprise of seven players and they have assigned positions. There are estrictions on where each player can go on the court, for exampl only the Goal Attack and the Goal Shooter are able to enter the attacking area and take shots at goal. Similarly on the defense on the goal keeper and goal defence can enter this area as well. This means that while ...  Read the complete review

Netball is an indoor sport played in many schools. It is a sport mostly played by women. The proper netball teams have seven members. Each player is only allowed to play in certain parts of the playing surface. Point is scored when the ball is thrown in the goal post which is similar in size to goals used in hockey. The beauty of this sport is (other than mostly women playing it) lack of contact between players and fouls. I played netball once in school when football was called off due to bad weather. When you watch netball it all looks so easy. Players holding a small ball and running with it. This is deceiving because netball requires a sharp mind ...  Read the complete review

A netball match consists of four quarters of 15 minutes and each team has seven players. The court is divided into thirds with semi circles in each end third and each position on the team is allowed in a different area on the court. Only goal shooter and goal attack are allowed to shoot for goal and one point is given for each goal scored in the 10ft high ring. After a goal is scored the ball returns to a centre pass taken by the centre from the centre circle. Centre passes are taken alternately by the two teams. Netball is a game associated with cold hard courts and too many rules. The only netball that most people have been exposed to however is school ...  Read the complete review

As some of you will know I am a keen Netballer and have been since the age of 11. Netball is a unique game and is played at a tremendously fast pace. In a nutshell netball is played by 2 teams of 7 players, with each player playing in one position. Each position has restricted areas of the court (which is divided into thirds by the way). The aim of the game is to beat your opponent by scoring more goals than them, simple really. Netball developed from Basketball which in turn was invented in 1891. By 1897 the game had moved outdoors and the court had been split into 3 sections. By 1924 the London and Home Counties Netball Federation was formed with the aim of ...  Read the complete review

I have played girls netball at school since I was 11 and I have always found it to a fun way to keep fit and I have made some good friends playing for various teams. When I came to university I was keen to keep going but didn?t want to play for a competitive university team. I think that environments like that can get a bit bitchy and it is a big commitment. The university also had a group who played mixed netball, and so I joined that and have found it to be a really refreshing way to play the game. There were girls and also quite a lot of guys who played. A lot of the men were men who had been brought up on basketball and have a different style to ...  Read the complete review