Netball Part 3 - Passing

Morning!

There are many ways to pass the ball in netball, i have a few here listed with a short description of how to perfom and when they would be used.

Chest pass
How do you do hold the ball? Place your hands on either side of the ball, forming a W with your thumbs at the back making sure the ball is close to the chest to get the most power behind the ball. Release by pushing your arms forward directly towards your target player.

Where should your feet be? They should be shoulder width apart and firm to the ground to get the most power out of your legs.

When should this pass be used? Mostly short distances as they can be intercepted if too far, also short passes are faster and this is definately a fast way to get the ball moving.

Shoulder Pass
How do you hold the ball? You would cradle the ball in you strongest hand and support with the other, you need to have the ball to the side of your strongest side ear. To release you need to spring forward your strongest hand and release the ball. Making sure you release the supporting hand too!!

Where should your feet be? They should be firm on the ground slightly bent, with your weakest side leg in front of the other, as you release the ball you need to straighten your back leg to give you more power behind the ball.

 When should this pass be used? This is used generally in the defensive side, to clear the ball from thier attack and make sure the ball goes as far as possible, without going over a whole third (this is a foul)

Bounce pass
How do you hold the ball? In the same way as chest pass hold the ball fairly close to your chest or perhaps a little higher to get more of a force to go downwards. Release the ball again same as the chest pass although pass to the floor to bounce just in front of the target player (this just takes practice to work out the best distance) i would say slightly closer to them than you but roughly half way.

Where should your feet be? Very firm on your feet shoulder width apart, slightly bent knees.

When should this pass be used? This is a great pass for surprising the oposition, especially if the defender at the time is quite tall. The taller the person the better a bounce pass works, as it is harder for the interception the higher up they are. I like using this pass to get into the semi-circle as our shooter is short and usually the person marking is very tall.