Introduction and Player Profiles

NETBALL

Netball is a no-contact invasion ball game played between two teams of seven players.  The court is divided into thirds with a goal circle at each end, and the players’ movement between these sections is determined by their position (shown on their bib).  Only the players who are playing ‘Goal Shooter’ and ‘Goal Attack’ are allowed in the goal circle, and therefore are the only players allowed to shoot.  The game is played in four quarters each of 15 minutes (60 minutes in total), and after this time, the winner of the game is the team with the most goals (Woodlands, 2006; Thomas, 2000). Whilst men do play netball (it is particularly popular in Australia and New Zealand), the sport is dominated by women.

PLAYER PROFILES

Name: Stuart Marriott

Age: 41

Stuart has no experience of playing netball and has absolutely no knowledge of the rules or tactics involved. 

Name: Daniel Bagley

Age: 17

Daniel has some experience of playing netball whilst at school, but has never played for a team or competitively.  Even though he has a basic understanding of the game he isn’t confident in his knowledge of the rules or tactics.  

References

Thomas, M. (2000) Know The Game: Netball (3^rd Edition) A & C Black: London.

Woodlands, J. (2006) The Netball Handbook. Human Kinetics: Illinois.