Berri Neil talks us through 3 of her favourite group netball drills for shooters to practice holding, rolling, and circle entry.
All drills need four people – let us know if you try these drills by tagging @elitenetballacademy on social media.
Netball Shooting Drill One:
The Hold
This shooting drill will:
- Strengthen your hold
- Help you pick up the back defender
- Help you get used to facing a 2 on 1
- Create space in the circle
- Be a good option for the feeder
For this netball shooting drill, you’ll need four players. Split the circle in half and place a defender in either half. Have a feeder at the top of the circle and an attacker (shooter) between the two defenders.
Get the two defenders to simultaneously drive slowly on a straight line forwards and backwards towards the feeder making sure the defenders never get parallel to one another and one is always slightly more in front of the other. As the defenders move, the shooter should constantly adjust their body angle and hold to pick up the back defender as they swap over.
When the feeder sees a clear line to the attacker, the feeder can send the ball into the backspace.
If there is a post, the shooter can turn and shoot.
Netball Shooting Drill Two:
Rolls
This drill will:
- Improve your rolls
- Improve the timing of your rolls
- Improve your footwork
For this netball shooting drill, you’ll need four players. Two feeders standing opposite one another with the space of one netball third between them.
An attacker (shooter) and defender are in the middle. The aim is for the attacker to practise rolling into the backspace.
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