Play your own Game or Counteract the Oppositions
Written by Melissa O'Brien
Coaching my team to win involves many strategies. The question of playing my own style of game or coaching my players to counteract the opposition’s style of play is such an important coaching skill.
Firstly, I stick with my game plan performing strategies and skills that I have been drilling into my players from the beginning. As the season progresses the players are slowly starting to react automatically also beginning to read the game. As a situation occurs on court I want my players to react and implement our strategies and following our ‘game plan’
This section offers eight different ways to set up for the centre pass.
The theory of scoring from every centre pass then gaining possession from one of the opposition’s centre passes sounds logical. If only winning was that easy.
So you’re coaching and nice little team and have been working hard with the team all season implementing strategies and skill development and now you find yourself in quite a distracting situation.
Should we prepare ourselves and our players for a constant barrage of distraction coming from the opposition’s bench and supporters, and remembering this won’t happen in every game. It is my belief that teams who practice this kind of intimidation lack the skills to win fairly and squarely.
Most teams will be down to the business end of the season. For those teams restricted to have all players play 20 quarters before players are eligible to play the finals series will be choosing their games wisely to play everyone.
Other teams that are nowhere near finals contention will be giving everyone a run.
The push is on by all the State Associations to keep players in our game competing with other sports for player registrations.
Due to more media coverage Netball has had the ability to find sponsorship dollars enabling States to set up programs for young players. These programs form the term ‘Player Pathways’.
Energy Netball subscribers will now be able to access a NEW area ‘Specialist Sessions’.
This is a new Coaching Resource and can be found under the ‘Coaching Resources’ drop down box.
In a sold out stadium Thunderbirds were crowned Champions of the 2010 ANZ Championship.
Erin Bell and Emily Beaton played their way into the Australian squad and impressed Australian Coach Norma Plummer.
Every position on court is important from the GK through to the GS. Each has a role to play and a responsibility for their role on court.
The ANZ Championship has weeded out the try hards and come up with two teams fighting it out for the title.
Bridget, the defender, has just turned thirteen and Ally, the shooter is sixteen (pictured in the photo).
Bridget’s elevation is incredible and from a two foot take off her vertical jump is close to impossible for anyone her age group to contest. Why? Bridget plays netball and basketball.
Motivating Netball Players to do their Homework
Written by Melissa O'Brien
If you have one training per week and play one competition game per week do your players have personal goals to achieve away from training?
Sometimes it can be difficult to coach a team when some of your players are involved in other netball teams eg. Rep and state league.
Week after week the development of your team may be affected by weather. There is an alternative and that is utilising a squash court as your training venue.
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Melissa coached me at State League level for over 10 years.
I was the fittest I have ever been under Mel. I never knew I was capable of that level of fitness. It was the most physically and mentally toughest time of my sporting life but also the most fondest time.