Netball Ladder - Fast Feet Ladder Netball Drills
Its a ball sport consisting of seven players per team and played by two teams. Netball on its development, is a derivation of the early basketball which had its roots from England. Netball games are always played on a rectangular court consisting of two erected posts each having goal rings at their ends. Each of the two teams aims at scoring goals by passing a ball within the court and attempting to shoot it through the goal ring. The players are assigned to their specific positions which enables define the role of each player in the team hence restricting their movement to certain areas of the court. Once the game begins an individual player has a time duration of three seconds of holding onto the ball before passing it to the next player or taking a goal shot. The team with the most goals will win. A general play of netball game takes sixty minutes. Movements and reactions in a netball game include, ball catch turn catch, ball catching skills, catch overhead, over-under passes, one handed pass and catching over head.
A netball ladder is an essential training tool used to improve balance and co-ordination of the player, speed, footwork and the overall agility. Its range in sizes in terms of their lengths. They are made of heavy duty nylon having weighted rods whose design is to limit ladder movement and therefore can be ideal for large groups. It can be designed with extendable clips used to join ladders to create space for longer runs. They are easily rolled up for storage in weatherproof bags after training. The netball ladder is capable of doing several kinds of practice including; unlimited combinations of netball specific direction change, combination of both forward and lateral movements and addition of sprint outs and netball specific skill creating a unique and challenging training environment.
Training with the aid of a netball ladder improves the balance
of a player. This means that a player can very comfortably execute movements such as catch turn catch and catching overhead without losing their balance and losing the ball to the opponent. With increase in foot speed enables the players to move more faster down the game court to the goal rings and passing without falling or losing the ball for example while passing. Improved specific change of direction will definitely improve the ability to dribble hence increasing the winning chances of the team with better ball handling abilities. The power of moving the limbs quickly and easily is a major key in a netball game and the ladder will definitely improve that and the overall agility of the body. Players always tend to take long forward strides and short backward strides; using the ladder as the training tool will enable the to take more even strides. Players also tend to bump into each other during the game; this is solved by a
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