Netball

Every Thursday afternoons, we have netball sessions. Liz is our mentor. Last week, we learnt how to intercept a ball. The key way to do this is to land on two feet with your arms straight, and to make contact with the ball with your outside hand. This is a very easy and handy part of netball because if you don’ have the ball, you don’t score any points. We each had turns passing and intercepting the ball.

Another thing we learnt was defending. When the opposing team is moving the ball at pace, you can put your hands up to slow the movement of the ball and give time for your team to regather and defend. It is the most important part of netball. Liz taught us skills to use when we defend. We have to copy the opposition player with the ball. What this means is to copy the exact same movements as the opponent. You also need to take small steps so that you won’t take big steps and stumble.

Last but not least, we put all of our skills to the test by playing a game. The object of this game was to intercept the ball and tag people out by passing the ball around. Our team was into the game and tagged 4 people. Our legs were pumping hard and were moving fast. The last 2 people to be tagged were still running and finally stopped in their tracks as we exhaustively got them out.

What a way to wrap up the netball sessions with a game. It was really enjoyable for me because the skills in netball are really useful in other sports as well. My highlight was obviously playing the game. I had so much fun, that I can’t wait to go this week!