Netball

About

• About the Game - netball From Netball Australia - should answer all those questions about origins, rules etc. The Court details
• A to Z of netball Resources from Storm
• Netball From Wikipedia; the basics of the game, including the court, positions, rules, competitions etc
• Netball development From IFNA
• Nevis Netball About the game
• Netball -The game From Netball Online
• Net ball Resources A really useful directory from Andy Dawson, Check out the Netball Drills section
• Netball From Sport Is Good the game, where to play, finding team members, Forum, promotion of events
• NetBall Images Specialist netball photography site providing access to pictures of many UK netball tournaments and events, print ordering and printing to other media (posters, mugs, tshirts) etc
• Netball Online An independently run netball website with the goal is to provide as much information for as wide an audience as possible. Join us in the forums for heaps of discussion/debate, catch up on the rules or the history of netball, check out the latest results from around the world or find out when and where the next game of netball is being played.

History

"In 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts a 30-year-old Canadian immigrant to the USA, James Naismith, was ordered to invent an indoor game for high-spirited young men at the School for Christian Workers (later the YMCA). Basketball was born...with the original game featuring nine players - three forwards, three centres and three guards - simply because Naismith had 18 youths to keep amused. Women's indoor basketball began exactly two days later when female teachers to the gym were captivated by the game but it wasn't until 1895 that the current game of netball was well and truly shaped." (From the IFNA)

• World Netball Championships 2007 Official site
• IFNA
• Origins and Basics From This sporting Life
• History From the Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006 site

Rules

Books may be purchased from any of the national netball associations that are affiliated to The International Federation of Netball Associations or from IFNA itself. They are not available on the web. The Information available on the web on rules, is limited).

• Netball Court rules From Wikipedia
• Netball rules See also England Netball
• 1998 Rule Changes From Andy Dawson
• Alternative Rules If you cant find a full-sized court; 5 a side and indoor netball
• Dragon Netball Rules Primary children in Wales.
• Netball Rules A Yahhoo selected best answer on explanation of netball rules and responsibilities

Equipment

• Netball Court details From Netball England and Netball Victoria - all the info you need to define the specifications

Coaching

• CanCoach Netskills Coaching Resources - Broad Range of Books & CDs to help all coaches and teachers. Free Coaches Forum & Tips
• Coaches Notebook And Coaching tips from Gordan Goodman; Warm up and ball skills, Drills, Match practice
• Netball Coaching The very best netball coaching resources for players of all standards, including manuals, videos, links

Drills

• Defence Drills From Samoa Netball - suggestions and observations for coaches
• Defending in the Goal Circle From CanCoach NetSkills; see also: Improve Your Coaching
• Excellent selection of drills from SportPlan
• Animated Drills On dodging/ warmups from Sportgle
• Dodging and pivoting drills
• Player Marking drills From SportPlan
• Netball Drills From Andy Dawson, including good Warm-up suggestions
• Netball training sessions Ideas from Wellington East netball club (NZ)
• Netball drills From Dave Hulme to improve awareness, agility etc
• Netball Sport Academy From the BBC; netball skills and master classes with illustrations and features on improving your game eg improve your chest pass,
• Netball in Sussex Has some useful Netball resources onsite, including, injuries, coaching, skills
• Passing Drills From Andy Dawson
• Netball Tips and technique From Netball fun eg Pivot and step
• Netball drills to improve your techbnique From Samoa Alive.
• Wamups Drills listed by Andy Dawson}
• Warming up Drills From Gordon Dudman

Fitness

• Fitness and Agility drills From Andy Dawson's netball resources - a ntural place to start to find this kind of information
• Fitness Testing For Netball from Top End Sports provides useful information and test with diagrams.
• Fitness Tests and Targets For Netball from the Welsh Netball Association - quite comprehensive
• Netball training drills Including warming up
• Fitness Tests for Netball Strength, power, speed ...

Injuries

Ankle Strapping Consider the game of netball - the short sprints, the hard stops, the twists & turns required to play the game. The forces that are pushed down and through the joints in the lower body can be very severe. Knees, ligaments and ankles are the all too frequently injured whilst playing. The wearing of a form of support for the ankles & knees is becoming more common amongst netball players as a means of injury prevention. England Netball is now suggesting that players routinely strap their ankles before a game. Here are two ways adopted to tape an ankle for sport. The strapping for both these methods is a wide adhesive tape. A stretchable bandage has no effect. The first is the old fashioned 'figure of eight' strapping around the ankle & the sole of the foot. This is easily self applied. The second is a little more radical and may require assistance. This method has been referred to as the stirrup method; there are no doubt other names. Adhesive tape is passed under the heel and anchored to the calf by a banding of tape around the calf. Further tape is then applied over this 'foundation' around the ankle. The alternative is to purchase a medical/sports pre formed ankle support. From Craig our UK Netball Librarian

• Use of adhesive ankle strapping
• A guide to taping and strapping for the ankle
• Why Tape ? some helpful diagrams and advice for injury prevention
• Ankle Strapping for sprain support
• Acute ankle injuries from jumping "Ligamentous injuries around the ankle joint are among the most common sporting injuries especially in jumping sports". Anatomy, treatment
• Landing in Netball Effects of taping and bracing the ankle; trial
• Landing techniques By SmartPlay: its effects and limiting problems from jumping and running
• Netball injuries treatment and prevention Provides some background to sports injuries as experienced by netballers as well as the basics of sport "first aid" and some useful strategies for treating injuries.
• Netball Injury Prevention A review of the literature
• Injury Prevention - Netball injury stats, warming up, improve your technique
• Injury Potential in Netbal L a consideration of the effects of the sudden halt as they receive the ball
• Monash University, Australia Downloadable file on netball injuries - the facts, safety tips
• Biomechanics and injuries in Netball. "The rules of netball require players to halt suddenly as soon as they receive the ball. This means that ground reaction forces on landing after catching the ball are relatively high compared to other activities. Netball has a high injury rate (when compared with basketball, for example), with most injuries occurring at the ankle and knee" Read on....
• Pre-habilitation training and netball injury prevention Involves strength and conditioning exercises for specific muscles that help to reduce injury risks, before an injury actually occurs.

Organisational bodies

• International Netball The sole governing body of Netball throughout the world; information about the sport (rules, facilities, fair play, umpiring), news and events. National links; extensive archived news and results by country International Events
• XVII Commonwealth Games (Manchester 2002) Netball - history, schedules, news etc
• IFNA Monthly publication and stop press
• links to national organisations

Events

• World Netball Championships 2011 Official site for the 2011 Championships, to be held in Singapore

Servers-Blogs-Forums

• Netball Forum Relatively new; dedicated to the sport of UK netball, but open to netball players around the world

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Organisational bodies

• Asian Federation of Netball Associations History, events, contacts

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Organisational bodies

• Netball Europe (FENA) Federation of European Netball Associations, now also known as Netball Europe. There are seven affiliated members at present. These are England, Gibraltar, Malta, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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Scotland

Wales

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