Hi Gillian, this is so timely for me. I coach an under 16's team with
the bulk of players just coming up from U13's. We had our first game
this morning and this would have to have been one of our major
problems...the dancing and dodging and lobbing to players behind. So my
main issue is to encourage the girls to go forward and be in front for
the pass. So thanks for the drills and we shall see how we go at
training this week. Trudy

--- In netballcoaching@yahoogroups.com, "Gillian Lee" <gillian@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I thought it would be worth us all sharing our thoughts on the best
activities for U17 teams.
>
> Skills you teach that have the most influence on their game play and
the activities that teach these skills.
>
> I've found that teaching players a 'change of direction', a 'double
lead', '3 steps in 1 direction and then change direction and lead in the
other direction' - whichever way you want to discribe the same thing.
>
> I find players either dance behind their defenders too long before
they actually run somewhere so this helps
> AND
> I find the player with the ball seems content to just pass the ball to
a player who is leading even if they have a defenders in front of them.
>
> I'll attach some drills to the next email - We'd all love to hear your
thoughts on these drills and do you find any variation or different one
help your teams.
>
> I look forward to hearing from you all.
>
> Cheers
>
> Gill
>