• April 16, 2021

A guide to netball

Netball is a team game that was originally created shortly after basketball. It was developed with women in mind in order to accommodate the social conventions of women’s participation in sports at the time, in 1892. Although it originally emerged from the game of basketball, netball has many more differences than similarities. The rules of basketball developed slowly and gradually to form this new sport ‘Net ball’ in England. In the 1960s, the rule was standardized internationally and the International Netball Federation was formed. Since its popularity increased, it has been a popular game within the Commonwealth nations. There has been a long and continuous effort for Netball to be included in the Olympic Games and this remains a goal for the INF.

The game is made up of two teams of seven players, who compete against each other to maintain possession of the ball and score points. It is played on a court slightly larger than a basketball court and each game lasts 60 minutes. This is divided into four quarters, with a five-minute interval at halftime. The court itself is made up of three different areas, each area dictating different rules of movement for positions. Within the seven players on each team, there are different positions in which you can play. Each position has its own restrictions and rules on the court.

Defense, attack, score!

It is a fast paced, energetic and skilled game. Whichever team is in possession of the ball, they have the goal of getting the ball from one end of the field to the other, where their goal circle is located. They can do this by jumping, throwing, running, and catching the ball. While the objective of the opposing team is to defend the team and get the ball. The winning team is the one that has scored the highest number of goals at the end of the match.

While passing the ball between players, all players at any one time can only hold the ball for a maximum of 3 seconds before they must pass it. If the ball is in your possession, you should not take more than 1.5 steps while holding the ball. To score a goal during the game, the ball must be passed to a player within the goal circle. Once it is passed to the participant, they must shoot the ball into the opponent’s goal ring. To be counted as a score, the ball must go through the hoop. The only two people who can score a goal are the shooter or the attacker, and they do so only when they are in the goal circle.

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