Analysis of NetballStrength 1 (fitness component)My fitness strength in netball is agility. Agility is the ability to move and change direction quickly (at speed) whilst maintaining control, and is essential for one to be successful in netball. In general, netball is a very fast moving game.
Due to the many different rules of the game, matches usually stop and start very frequently, which means the possession of the ball changes from team to team very often. The team needs to use their agility to be able to quickly adjust their positions, and react to the play whilst maintaining control of their bodies, especially if they use zone marking.For me as a competitor, agility is extremely important as I play in a defensive position (goal defence or goal keeper). I must be able to change direction in a very short amount of time, in order to react in the best possible way to the opposition’s use of the ball. Having good agility also allows me to intercept the ball, giving my team an advantage. We can then change the direction of play, again using agility, and play up to our end of the court, towards the goal.
My agility also allows me to mark my opponent efficiently, for example if I’m playing goal defence, and I am holding my player outside the shooting circle. Another way in which I benefit from having good agility, is that it means I am able to dodge away from my opponent when a throw-in is being taken on the goal-line by the goal keeper, or dropping back and then subsequently driving forwards to then receive the pass (all in the space of three seconds).To be able to intercept the ball efficiently (for example caching it rather than just hitting the ball out of play) I need to be able to manoeuvre myself into a suitable position, whilst maintaining control of my body so that I don’t give away a penalty for contact, or by going within three feet of the player in possession of ball and giving away a penalty for obstruction. By being able to use my agility to hold a player outside of the shooting circle without causing contact (for example, by leaning/pushing onto the opposition) this benefits our performance as a team, as it takes one shooter out of the game, meaning there’s less chance of the opposition scoring, or getting the rebound if they miss a shot, as there’s two defenders against one shooter. Linking to holding a player outside of the circle, if the shooter gets around the defence by going off court via the goal-line, the defence is able to mark them (whilst staying on court) and still prevent them entering the shooting circle, unless the shooter attempts to come back onto the court through the same way they moved off, then the defence has to allow them to come back on.An example of when I recently used my agility successfully, was recently last month when my team (Woodley Netball Club) played *INSERT TEAM* in my Winter League. I was playing goal keeper, and came out to the edge of the circle to mark the goal attack out of the game, and allowed my goal defence to sprint into the circle to mark the goal shooter, who then received the ball and took a shot. My goal defence is taller than me, so was more likely to block the shot, and I was still holding the goal attack at the edge of the circle, as we knew they were the better shooter out of the two.
I was on my toes at the edge, waiting for the shooter to take the shot, and as they took it and missed, I turned around and sprinted to retrieve the rebound. I managed to jump and grab the ball before the goal shooter, and did this without causing any contact.Another example of where I used my agility to perform successfully, was last week, when we were playing a friendly against Wokingham. In this match, I was playing goal defence, and the ball had just gone out of play so the goal keeper was going to take a throw-in. I was currently being marked by both the centre, and the goal attack. This meant I couldn’t stay near the shooting circle in case the ball was intercepted, so I dragged my two players back the centre third line, then changed direction and drove back to my goal keeper. I then managed to successfully receive the ball, and play it up the court towards our shooters.
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Strength 2 (skill)My skill strength in netball is my shoulder passes. It is a one- handed pass, which comes from the shoulder, and is used to cover longer distances on the court than what a chest pass would.Weakness 1 (fitness component)Weakness 2 (skill)
