Hi Trudy,
             Although not common in the Rugby game, it's a problem in most games where the players are interspersed.i.e. field hockey, Australian rules, basketball, netball and soccer all have moments when players turn their backs.  In netball as the distance is short, the player should ideally minimise the time they have their back turned by sprinting faster to where they want to go. Seems ridiculously easy, but requires not so much fitness, but the concentration to move quickly. Gut running is the expression . Secondly, not running in a direct line from defence to offence, but running at an angle so as to be able to see where the ball is and where the player is running to by merely turning the head a few degrees. The other thing is to run wide, near the sidelines, and glance back over the shoulder, and in that way get a broad sweep of where the player is running to as well as being able to see where the ball is. This also has it's draw backs. Running backwards, is fraught with peril also.  Tjese just seem to be the common sense things to do.
 
 
Tony
 

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From: trdycmpbll@...
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 00:31:38 +0000
Subject: [netballcoaching] Drills for players turning their backs on play