2. Netball is a non-contact generally indoor sport
similar to, and derived from, basketball.
It is usually known as a women's sport.
It was originally known in its country of origin,
the United States, as "women's basketball.
Invented in 1895 by Clara Gregory Baer, a
pioneer in women's sport, netball is now the
pre-eminent women's team sport (both as a
spectator and participant sport) in Australia
and New Zealand and is popular in the Wes
Indies, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom.
3. The first Netball World Championship was held
in 1963 and was hosted by England.
In 1995 netball became a recognized Olympic
sport, making its inclusion in future Olympics
possible, and in turn has been included in the
Commonwealth Games since then.
4. The objective of a
game of netball is for
players to pass the
ball to a teammate
within the
opposition's goal
circle and score goals.
The team with the
most goals at the end
of a game is the
winner.
5. Like basketball, netball is played on a hard or
soft court with scoring hoops or "rings" at both
ends.
The court is slightly larger than a basketball
court, being 30.5 m long and 15.25 m wide.
Court markings are no more than 50 mm wide.
A 90cm-diameter "centre circle" is located in
the centre of the court.
6. At each end of the court there is a 4.9 m-
radius semi-circular "shooting circle" or "goal
circle" from within which all scoring shots must
be taken.
The goal posts are 3.05 m high from the top of
the ring to the ground and have no backboards.
The rings have an internal diameter of 380 mm
and are located 150 mm forward from the post
and are made of 15 mm diameter steel.
7. A netball will often
have a patterns
engraved or stitched
The ball resembles a into its design similar
basketball but is to a volleyball.
lighter, smaller, slightl Gilbert is the official
y softer in ball supplier of the
construction, and International
generally white. Federation of Netball
Associations.
8. There are seven players on each team, who are
given nominated, named positions.
Each player must wear a "bib" showing one of the
abbreviations below, indicating that player's
position.
Each player is only allowed in certain areas of the
court: a player in a section of court that is not part
of their playing area is deemed "offside".
9. The positions are described below:
i. GS
ii. GA
iii. WA
iv. C
v. WD
vi. GD
vii. GK
10. Netball rules do not permit players to let their
landing foot touch the ground again if it is
lifted at all while in possession of the ball, So
players can take 1.5 steps while holding the ball.
Players are entitled to balance on the other
foot if the landing foot is accidentally lifted.
The ball cannot be held by a player for more
than three seconds at any time, and players
may not tap the ball to themselves more than
twice ("replay").
11. The player cannot catch the ball, drop it, and
pick it up again; this is called a replayed ball.
The duration before it is called a drop is
determined by the umpire.
These rules, combined with the restrictions on
where one player of a particular position can
move, ensures that everyone on the team is
regularly involved in play.
12. Contact is only
permitted provided it
does not impede with
an opponent or the
general play and
players must be at
least three feet (90
centimeters) away
from a player with the
ball mean attempting
to defend.
13. If impeding contact is made, a penalty is given
to the team of the player who was
contacted, and the player who contacted must
stand "out of play", meaning they cannot
participate in play until the player taking the
penalty has passed the ball.
14. A game is played in four quarters, each one
lasting fifteen minutes, with intervals of
three minutes between the first and second
quarters, and between the third and fourth
quarters.
There is also an interval of five minutes at
half time.
If a player has an injury, a team-mate or
umpire calls time, and the time keeper pauses
the timer.
15. When the game starts and the player has
swapped places with another player, or is
healthy, play is resumed and the timer is
restarted.
16. Player is ready to
pass ball.
Player is trying to steal
ball from opponent.
17. The positions are described below:
Goal
Shooter
i. GS
ii. GA
iii. WA
iv. C
v. WD
vi. GD
vii. GK
18. The positions are described below:
i. GS Goal Attack
ii. GA
iii. WA
iv. C
v. WD
vi. GD
vii. GK
19. The positions are described below:
i. GS
ii. GA
iii. WA Wing Attack
iv. C
v. WD
vi. GD
vii. GK
20. The positions are described below:
i. GS
ii. GA
iii. WA
iv. C Center
v. WD
vi. GD
vii. GK
21. The positions are described below:
i. GS
ii. GA
iii. WA
iv. C
v. WD Wing
Defense
vi. GD
vii. GK
22. The positions are described below:
i. GS
ii. GA
iii. WA
iv. C Goal
v. WDDefense
vi. GD
vii. GK
23. The positions are described below:
i. GS
ii. GA
iii. WA
iv. C
v. WD
vi. GD
vii. GK Goalkeeper
