What Is Netball?
A lot of people either don't know what netball is or don't know much about it, so I'm here to explain it.
Netball is a sport that is usually played by girls, but sometimes boys are allowed to play. It can be played indoor or outdoor, and requires two teams. Seven people from each team take the court every quarter. Each quarter usually goes for fifteen minutes, but it can be more or can be less, depending on which age division you play in.
The uniform is usually a skirt and shirt, but if you're a guy you'd most likely wear shorts. If you play in a higher level of netball, sometimes you may wear a bodysuit. Which is a one piece netball uniform.
That's a picture of a netball court, and where all the positions stand at the start of the game. Depending on what position you play, you're allowed in certain area's of the court. There are seven positions ..
Centre - This is the person that starts off with the ball at the start of the game or when someone scores a goal. Centre has the most space to move about in than any other player on the court. It's allowed to go everywhere on the court except for the goal circles. Centre attacks and defends.
Wing Defence - This is the person that defends the Wing Attack. It's allowed in two thirds of the court except for the goal circle.
Goal Defence - This is the person that stops the goals and defends the Goal Attack. It's allowed in the exact same places on the court as Wing Defence, except it's allowed in the goal circle.
Goal Keeper - This person tries to defend the Goal Shooter, and stop them from getting the goals in. The Goal Keeper is only allowed in one third of the court.
Goal Shooter - The person that shoots the goals. Only allowed in one third of the court.
Goal Attack - Also shoots. Kind of like the Goal Shooter's sidekick. This person is only allowed in the middle part of the court and the end where s/he shoots.
Wing Attack - This is the person that gets the ball down to the shooters. Allowed in the exact same place as Goal Attack except for the goal circle.
So now you know what it is and all the positions. What about the rules?
I'm not going to name every single, little rule, just the basics.
Before the game starts, you must take all jewellry out and make sure you're nails are short enough so you don't scratch anyone. If you have jewellry that absolutely has to stay on, you'll get it taped.
You're not allowed to step, or the other team gets the ball.
If you push or nudge another person, this is contact. If you done it, you'd have to stand beside a person in the opposing team while they throw/shoot it. It's also contact if you're trying to defend and you're not three feet (if you play in a younger division it could be shorter).
You're not allowed to go into wrong parts of the court, or you're offside and the other team takes the ball.
If the ball goes outside of the court, the team that didn't hit it out takes the ball from the outside of the court where it went out.
You can't bounce/dribble the ball like in basketball, you must throw it. Sometimes if you bounce it, it's called replay. Which is where the other team takes the ball where you bounced it.
Each time someone scores a goal, you get one point. Then take it back to the centre to start it off again.
If I missed anything, tell me. If you want to know more, ask.
Netball is a sport that is usually played by girls, but sometimes boys are allowed to play. It can be played indoor or outdoor, and requires two teams. Seven people from each team take the court every quarter. Each quarter usually goes for fifteen minutes, but it can be more or can be less, depending on which age division you play in.
The uniform is usually a skirt and shirt, but if you're a guy you'd most likely wear shorts. If you play in a higher level of netball, sometimes you may wear a bodysuit. Which is a one piece netball uniform.
That's a picture of a netball court, and where all the positions stand at the start of the game. Depending on what position you play, you're allowed in certain area's of the court. There are seven positions ..
Centre - This is the person that starts off with the ball at the start of the game or when someone scores a goal. Centre has the most space to move about in than any other player on the court. It's allowed to go everywhere on the court except for the goal circles. Centre attacks and defends.
Wing Defence - This is the person that defends the Wing Attack. It's allowed in two thirds of the court except for the goal circle.
Goal Defence - This is the person that stops the goals and defends the Goal Attack. It's allowed in the exact same places on the court as Wing Defence, except it's allowed in the goal circle.
Goal Keeper - This person tries to defend the Goal Shooter, and stop them from getting the goals in. The Goal Keeper is only allowed in one third of the court.
Goal Shooter - The person that shoots the goals. Only allowed in one third of the court.
Goal Attack - Also shoots. Kind of like the Goal Shooter's sidekick. This person is only allowed in the middle part of the court and the end where s/he shoots.
Wing Attack - This is the person that gets the ball down to the shooters. Allowed in the exact same place as Goal Attack except for the goal circle.
So now you know what it is and all the positions. What about the rules?
I'm not going to name every single, little rule, just the basics.
Before the game starts, you must take all jewellry out and make sure you're nails are short enough so you don't scratch anyone. If you have jewellry that absolutely has to stay on, you'll get it taped.
You're not allowed to step, or the other team gets the ball.
If you push or nudge another person, this is contact. If you done it, you'd have to stand beside a person in the opposing team while they throw/shoot it. It's also contact if you're trying to defend and you're not three feet (if you play in a younger division it could be shorter).
You're not allowed to go into wrong parts of the court, or you're offside and the other team takes the ball.
If the ball goes outside of the court, the team that didn't hit it out takes the ball from the outside of the court where it went out.
You can't bounce/dribble the ball like in basketball, you must throw it. Sometimes if you bounce it, it's called replay. Which is where the other team takes the ball where you bounced it.
Each time someone scores a goal, you get one point. Then take it back to the centre to start it off again.
If I missed anything, tell me. If you want to know more, ask.
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:] Monique, you're damn cool then.
Late of the Pier., November 5th, 2007 at 03:16:27pm
O= Netball is my favourite sport! It's theonly sport that I'm not so terrible at.
I use to play C, WA, GA and WD. But mostly C.
Yeusss. I played it all. Because our team was teh sh*t.
Dobbemort_8thHorcrux, November 2nd, 2007 at 07:04:13pm
x] Last year when I went to Gunnedah to play.
This girl was making animal noises.
Late of the Pier., October 2nd, 2007 at 07:43:01am
GK for me.
best thing is to dance around the shooter to annoy them and then yell out something really random at them.
Not a Real Doctor, August 28th, 2007 at 02:03:12pm
I used to play GA and GS but I kinda got bullied so I quit
I'll_Be_Back, August 28th, 2007 at 03:59:26am
oh god, i have always had a certain hate for netball, mainly because i never had any fun in any games of it. But this year in sport, i took a different approach to it, i made up my own rules and ran with the ball, i ran everywhere in the court, and i wasnt even sposed to . teehee.
and then our team asked us who wanted to be C, and noone wanted to do it because they thought they couldnt do it, so i yelled out 'ill do it!!!"
so i got to do what ever i wanted. teehee..
and then i came up behind my friend with a party blower thing and distracted her! lol.
Isabel., August 26th, 2007 at 08:30:08pm
I used to play Wing Attack and Centre.
..I suck at netball though. XD
vonny, August 26th, 2007 at 10:58:41am
Lol, thanks Sarah.
Yeah, there are bounce passes. =]
Lol, but you can't continually bounce it.
o_o
Late of the Pier., August 26th, 2007 at 10:45:11am
I used to be mainly GK, but I was also WD at times.
Netball was fun.
ZootSuitRiot, August 26th, 2007 at 09:34:36am
last night i went on wikipedia to learn about netball and, quite frankly, you explained it much better, skippy. :D
shutterbug, August 26th, 2007 at 01:59:18am
In regards of bouncing the ball, isn't there such a pass as a Bounce Pass or something? o_o we used those. x]
I used to play netball a lot in primary school but I don't really play it anymore
I played WD :D
Mike Dirnt., August 26th, 2007 at 01:34:02am
Whoa, I've never even <i>heard</i> of this. Sounds like ultimate frisbee, except with positions and goals instead of touchdown areas.
Cool blog ^_^
Miley Cyrus, August 25th, 2007 at 11:00:21pm
I usually play C.
But sometimes I go in WA.
But I love WD.
XD
Late of the Pier., August 25th, 2007 at 10:17:05pm
I used to play GA.
Cradle of Fear, August 25th, 2007 at 08:10:15pm
I used to play GD And C.
:]
Fast And The Furious, August 25th, 2007 at 07:11:50pm