Julia

1. By Julia
Northey

2. There are many different rules in
netball.
Some of these include:
 Obstruction: where you fall on/push
someone.
 Stepping: where you step both feet
forward while holding the ball.
 Drag: where you drag you foot, while
holding the ball.
 Held ball: where you hold the ball for
more than three seconds.

3. Some rules don’t have names, but you still
can get a penalty for doing them. For
example:
If a ball is thrown in the air by you, you
can’t catch it unless it has hit the
ground, the ring or another player. Some
rules are just common sense,
like passing to people in your team, not the
opposing team, trying to get the ball into
your ring, not the opposing’s teams
ring, and trying not to hit anyone, being if
they are playing, umpiring or watching.

4. There are seven main positions in one team.
 All together there are fourteen players on
the court at one time.
 C (centre) start in the middle and serve
the ball to the other players in their team.
They can go everywhere in the field,
except the goal circle.
 There are eight people (out of fourteen)
that are aloud in the goal circle. GS (goal
shooter) and GK (goal keeper) can only
stay in the end third of the court.

5.  GA (goal attack) and GD (goal defense) can
go in the GA’s goal third and the center
third. They can also go into the goal circle.
GA and GS can shoot, and GD and GK
defend.
 WD (wing defense) and WA ( wing attack)
can go into the center third and the WA’s
goal third, but may not entre the goal
circle. The teams pass the ball up and
down the field, attempting to shoot a goal.

6. Scoring in netball is very simple. One goal
equals one point. There are different
strategies in shooting. Some players may
rather short distances, or some may rather
longer distances. Shots may not be counted
if there was a call back earlier on or if the
shooter is out of the circle.

7. The red center has the ball so the blue
centre stands back so it can help defend
so the ball doesn’t get passed to the red
wing attack and goal attack. If the ball
gets passed the blue centre, it could get
to the goal shooter or goal attack when
they get to the goal circle. The goal
keeper and the goal defense have to
defend the goal.

8. Netball training is important because it
gives the players time to practice and
speak about their strategies. Different
areas such as shooting, running, team
work and defending are all discussed and
practiced. Players usually have specific
roles to play, so they will train on these
parts more than others, such as GA & GS,
GK & GD, C,WA & WD.

9. One umpire will work
in the red side
There are usually two umpires on one
court at a time. One will be in the 1st
third, and one will be in the 3rd. They will
umpire in these thirds, and they each
umpire half of the center third . Umpires
have whistles that they blow when
someone has stepped, held the ball,
obstructed or shot a goal.
And the other in
the blue side

10. One mascot that is very well known is
‘Diamond Girl’. Diamond Girl dances her
way around the country attending test
matches and big games. She has a long
blonde ponytail and is dress in green and
gold. At the first she went to she was
teaching everyone part of her ‘diamond
dance’.

11. In 1891, James Naismith went to
Springfield U.S.A. He had created men’s
basketball and he wanted to make a
woman’s version. He removed the
backboard to make it easier for the
woman to shoot goals though the hoop
with a soccer ball sized ball. In the
1970’s they decided to change the name
from woman’s basketball to ‘netball’.

12. Different netball teams or groups can
have different sponsors. These sponsors
help the netball teams by donating
money, prizes or clothes. Getting a
sponsor is very simple. The teams will
simply ask someone to be their sponsor.
They are most likely to say yes. If the
teams win tournaments they will
advertise their sponsor or sponsors.

13. The Swifts are a very popular New South
Wales team. They all wear a short red
and blue singlet top dress. The 2012
players are; Kimberly Borger, Carla
Dziwoki, Mo'onia Gerrard, Kimberlee
Green, Kristy Guthrie, April
Letton, Samantha May, Sonia
Mkoloma, Susan Pratley, Jo
Sutton, Vanessa Ware and Amorette
Wild.

14. Liz Ellis is one of the most well known
names in netball. She has had an 18 year
career. In this time she has won 2
Commonwealth Gold Medals, 3 World
Championships, 4 National League titles
and 4 Most Valuable Player awards. She
has gained an Australian record of 122
Test matches played.

15. The theory of ‘boys can’t play netball, It’s
a girl game’, is false. As girls can play
basketball, boys can play netball and a
fair few do. There are mostly all girl
teams, but there are some mixed boy/girl
teams and there are also some all boy
teams.

16. 1) Netballs are usually the size of soccer
balls, but they can be bigger or smaller. A
soccer ball sized netball is a size five.
2) If someone has ear rings in or nails
longer than their fingers, they cannot
play. They must take them out/cut them.
Otherwise, they could scratch
someone, lose their ear rings or cut their
ears with the ear rings, if they are
sleepers.

17. 3) The netball court is just like a
basketball court without some of the
lines. All the lines on the netball court
are one colour. Usually white or blue.
4) Though the game is called
netball, there is actually no net. There is
just a ring, unless the players are on a
basketball court.

18. I like netball because it is a competitive
game. Yet it is still friendly. Some people
are more rough than others, being that
they may obstruct more or less. I myself
can be rough if I need to, but I rarely
need to be, as most people I face are
friendly. Most of my time playing netball
has been in the goal third, being a GS or
GK. I have also spent some time being a
GA, GD or WD.

19. When I was in kindergarten I played ‘fun
net’. It was the game little kids played.
One of the games was when one of the
ladies threw a ball at you and you had to
catch it. She threw the ball at my face.
Hard. So hard that it knocked out my
tooth. I didn’t play in year one because of
that. I played in year two along with
years three, four, five & six because we
played real netball and not fun net.

20. Another funny memory was on my first
gala day in year two. Our team had years
two, three & four. One of the teams we
faced was a full year six team. My best
friend was so short that she was running
through the girls’ legs. It was very funny
to watch her.

21. At home I have four medals and five
trophies for netball. I have only ever
played netball for St. Josephs before and
there was only ever one team in my age
group, so coming to McCarthy and playing
here will be a very new experience, and I
can’t wait for the season to start! 

22. We used to play netball at the fields in
West Tamworth. Now we play at the
sports dome. When you get older, (About
year four and up) you can play on the
concrete. When you are just starting
netball, you play on grass incase you fall
over.

23. Most primary school netball teams just
wear the school sport uniform. McCarthy
has a specific netball uniform. Famous
teams have their own netball uniform.
These usually with a short skirt and a
singlet top or a short dress. They have
special team colours on these uniforms.

24. There are lots of different types of
netball competitions. There are test
matches, gala days and round robins.
There are also just friendly matches.
When playing for a school you feel like
it’s a friendly match when it’s actually
not. School matches are usually round
robin matches.

25. Your team, along with everyone
else's, will be put in a draw. You will be
assigned a team each week along with a
court number. You can face teams more
than once within the season. Games
usually go for one hour, but on gala days
they can be from fifteen to thirty
minutes.

26.  Thank you too:
 http://www.google.com.au/
 http://www.netball.asn.au/
 http://www.google.com.au/imghp?hl=en&
tab=wi
for making this slideshow possible!! 