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Wednesday, March 03, 2004

What's right? What's wrong?

Came across a netball.austrialia web site, pointing out the common faults of a netball player.
Which i find it useful, So was thinking of showing you girls.

//When Catching..

CORRECT
Move to meet the ball
Extend arms and finger tips towards the ball
Keep eyes on the ball
Fingers spread to the side of the ball (thumbs behind)
Snatch the ball in the air and pull towards the body
Controlled land - one or two feet
Cushion land with flexed ankle, knee and hip
Allow time to gain balance
Pivot and prepare to pass

COMMON FAULTS
Movement away from the ball - body and arms
Arms bent and held close to the body
Eyes not on the ball
Catching with palms of the hand
Thumbs not behind the ball
Fingers under the ball
Uncontrolled land
Unsure of landed foot
No cushioning of land
Insufficient time to gain balance

//When dodging..

CORRECT
Drive off in one direction - on 'change'
Keep body and head upright and steady
Push off strongly with the outside foot in the new direction
Pump arms strongly
Movement should always be forward to the ball

COMMON FAULTS
Not executing a definite first move
Eyes and head looking down
Using inside foot to push off and change direction and not executing a definite push off to allow a quick change of direction
Keeping arms hanging beside the body and not using them to increase the power of second move
Running parallel to the first dodge position - in a straight line

//When sprinting..

CORRECT
Run on balls of feet
Bend elbows and knees and drive forward with them
Run lightly
Keep head erect

COMMON FAULTS
Running on heels or toes
Keeping arms straight beside body or swinging them across the body
Running flat footed or not keeping knees flexed during ground contact
Eyes down.

so lets try to improvise on the common faults we make. =]

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