Netball Analysis of a Performer Above My Standard.

Authors Avatar

A.S P.E Coursework – Sarah-Jane Poingdestre

Section B

Netball Analysis of a Performer Above My Standard

The performer I have chosen to analyse is a much more experienced player than me. She has captained school teams, and has also played at Island level by being selected as part of the Jersey under 18’s squad. I watched her play in game situation with people of different abilities and also in several practice/isolated situations.

Core Skills

Passing and Receiving

        When receiving a pass she has very good control of the ball. Once caught the ball, she brings the ball into her body to protect it. She has good coordination and is able to control the ball with both one and two hands, according to the type of pass and the situation she is in on court. This is great advantage to her in a number of situations during the game, as a two handed catch is slower, and by performing a one handed catch in a well defended area, the ball can be received, controlled then immediately released. Although she has good general control of the ball, I noticed on a couple of occasions during the game she infringed the repossession rule. She has good awareness of the game, and due to her experience she is able to read different situations and adapt very quickly to the direction, height and pace of a pass. This often means jumping to receive the ball, and she never waits for the ball to come to her, and judges the timing of the pass ensuring that she is in the air at the correct time, in order to receive the ball whilst still in the air.

        Due to her experience, she is to successfully implement the full range of passes during the game. She is aware of the suitability of different passes and generally, chooses the correct situations for her choice of pass. Once received the ball, she is very quickly able to read the different cues and decide what would be the most suitable pass to make next. All her passes have a lot of force, and she is used to receiving strong, hard passes. One of her main weaknesses when passing which I observed when she was playing amongst less able players, she found it very difficult to adapt the strength of her passes to suit the ability of her less able and experienced team-mates, which on several occasions caused them to panic and not catch the ball properly, giving possession of the ball to the opposing team.

Join now!

        I observed her performing four main different passes in a practice situation, as well as in a game situation:

Chest pass: - She performs good technique in this pass and releases it at chest level, making it easy for her team mates to receive. Her pass is fast, accurate and controlled, and she directs the pass well using her fingers to follow the pass through.

Shoulder Pass: - She often uses this pass and attends to favour it out of all the different passes. She achieves the required distance from the bass and has good accuracy, however sometimes she puts too ...

This is a preview of the whole essay