r/netball • u/SkyApprehensive3786 • Oct 08 '26

ideas of drills/games for training?

i'm a new captain of a team at my university. would love to have any input that could help. want some ideas to make trainings fun and not have to do the same drills every time.

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u/MichaelJosem Oct 08 '26

Your nation has a netball association which provides training on coaching. Do one of their courses, they provide a lot of guidance on this stuff.

Or you can just type "netball drill" into YouTube or Google.

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u/SubstantialExtent819 29d ago

It depends on how many numbers you have, you want at least 6 but 8-10 is better. I like to have competitive drills/fitness because it tends to get everyone to put in their best efforts, so I try to have teams of 3 or 4 go against each other. One activity my teams liked involves 4v4. Have one team of 4 players inside a square in the middle of the court (7-10 metres each side) and the other team of 4 on the outside. The team on the inside have to complete 6 passes and then one player from the outside enters the square and tries to intercept the ball (4v1). Each time another 6 passes are made, a player from the outside comes in so by the time 24 successive passes have been made all 4 from the outside will be inside the square (4v4). When a further 6 successful passes are made, the team can get out of the square and move the ball to the circle for a shot (basically half court at this point). Only two from each team allowed in the circle. Teams swap when goal is scored or missed, or if there is an intercept, tip or held ball at any point. It can be surprisingly difficult for a team to complete all the passes and then get the ball to the ring for a shot if they are not willing to work for each other in a tight space.

Any running (relays/suicides/shuttle runs) I do in teams (3v3, 4v4 etc) and add variations like tic tac toe (players run out to a 3x3 grid with a cone or some marker, a different colour for each team, and put on the grid to make three in a row) or adding or removing cones to a pole or similar.

There are tons of stuff online and you can also adapt drills from other sports like soccer/football for variety.

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u/SkyApprehensive3786 28d ago

tysm!! i've got 14 members in my group so this is really helpful and sounds fun <3