Netball

1. Netball

2. About Netball
● Netball is a ball sport game played on a netball court.
● It is a game spirit played with 7 players.
● Each player has a different position.
● The winning technique for netball is simple-good team-work and the ability to score more goals then the
opposition!
● Although seven players play the game, only two people are aloud to score the goals.

3. Netball Court

4. Netball Positions
● GS- (goal shooter) is allowed to shoot, and only allowed in the goal third.
● GA- (goal attack) is also allowed to shoot but is also allowed in the goal third and centre third.
● WA- (wing attack) is allowed in the goal third (not goal circle) and centre third, and has to feed the ball into
the goal circle.
● C- (centre) is allowed everywhere apart from the goal circles. Its job is to move the ball down the court.
● WD- (Wing defence) is allowed in the centre third and goal third. Marks the WA trying to stop the WA from
getting the ball (defending).
● GD- (goal defence) is allowed in the goal third, including the goal circle and in the centre third. Marks the
GA defending the ball and trying to not let the GA Shoot.
● GK- (goal keeper) is only allowed in the goal third, marking the GS stopping the GS from shooting.

6. Ball
❖ The ball resembles a basketball but is lighter, smaller, slightly softer in construction and generally white.
❖ A netball will often have a pattern engraved or stitched into its design similar to a volleyball.
❖ Gilbert is the official ball supplier of the International Federation of Netball Associations.

7. Stepping, Footwork, and Passing
❖ Netball rules do not permit players to let their landing foot touch the ground again if it is lifted at all while in
possession with the ball, so players can take 1.5 steps while holding the ball.
❖ Players are entitled to balance on the other foot if the landing is accidentally lifted .
❖ The ball can not be held by a player for more than three seconds at any time, and players may not tap the
ball to themselves more than twice (“replay”).
❖ The player cannot catch the ball, drop it and pick it up again; this is called replay ball.

8. Contact and obstruction
➢ Contact is only permitted if does not impede with an opponent or the general play and players must be at
least three feet (90 centimetres) away from a player with the ball attempting to defend.
➢ If impeding contact is made, a penalty is given to the team of the player who was contacted, and the player
who contacted them must stand “out of play” , meaning they cannot ‘participate in play until the player taking
the penalty has passed the ball.

9. Playing time
★ A game is played in four quarters, each one lasting fifteen minutes, with intervals of three minutes between
the first and second quarters, and between the the and fourth quarters.
★ There is also a 5 minute interval at half time.
★ If a player gets a injury, a team-mate or umpire calls time, and the time keeper pauses the timer.
★ When the game starts and the player has swapped places with another player, or is healthy, play is
resumed and the timer is restarted.