Sports Studies-Risk Assessment : Netball

GCSE Physical Education (Sport & Coaching)

Cara O’Toole

Sports Studies-Risk Assessment

Netball

All sporting activities carry some risk. We can reduce the risk and help to prevent injury by preparing for sport properly, and take part with the right attitude.

Netball is a fast, exiting team sport. It is played in many countries throughout the world. It is an easy game to pay, but at a higher level becomes very tactical game that needs great skill.

Warm up/Cool down

Warming up before playing Netball is vitally important, you need to prepare your body for exercise. You need to stretch thoroughly from your neck down to ankles, as all the muscles off the body may be used throughout the period of the game or training session. Stretching also decreases the risk of muscle stiffness, before stretching a 3-5 minute jog must take place to increase the body temperature for stretching.

To cool down you need to jog/walk for a few minutes to decrease the body temperature and remove waste products from the working muscles. A cool down is also essential to remove lactic acid to stop it pooling which would cause cramp.

Fitness

You need to be reasonably fit to play sport, being fit can reduce the possibility of injury, if you are unfit you are automatically increasing the risk of injury. If injured you will physically be not able to play your sport, meaning your fitness will atrophy and deteriorate. In netball the centre ...

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Fitness

You need to be reasonably fit to play sport, being fit can reduce the possibility of injury, if you are unfit you are automatically increasing the risk of injury. If injured you will physically be not able to play your sport, meaning your fitness will atrophy and deteriorate. In netball the centre players; Centre, Wing attack, Wing defence, Goal attack and Goal defence should be physically fit as a lot of running is needed the Goal shooter and Goal keeper need to be physically fit also. You must also be sure that our body has been trained to cope with the demands of sport. Short bursts of sprinting during warm up are good practice for a match(fartlek training)

Techniques and Skill

We need the techniques and skills of our sport to perform well. We need to practice to perform difficult skills with out any trouble. When we have good skills, it shows in a positive way in our performance. In Netball good footwork is essential, and quick reaction, as the maximum time you are allowed possession of the ball is three seconds. We need to know our ability and how far we can go. A skilful player will have confidence, which can help to avoid injury. Apart from shooting, the primary skills of netball are throwing and catching. There are 3 different passes that are most commonly made in netball, The Chest pass, The shoulder pass and The bounce pass, these are all used constantly in a game off netball. A player may step with the other foot in any direction any number if times, pivoting on the landing foot. The pivoting foot may be lifted, but the player must throw or should before regrounding their foot. If this rule is broken the player must then be penalised, the ball is given to the opponent for a ‘free pass’, because a ‘foot fault’ has taken place.
Footwear

Trainers should be worn, if the sole is wider than the ankle it will give your ankles more support and balance. They must be made of lightweight material. Spiked soles are not allowed in netball.

Jewellery

No items of jewellery except a wedding ring or a medical alert bracelet shall be worn, if either of both is worn they must be taped.
No adornment that may endanger player safety can be worn.
Fingernails must be short and smooth.

Environment and Surfaces

Before playing a game of Netball, the court must be checked for any objects that could be potentially harmful, for example Litter, Glass obstruction, Cans or Stones.

The environment can effect a game of netball, if played outside in windy conditions, this is why many teams train indoors, if you play on a concrete pitch, you put your self at a much greater risk of being more seriously hurt, if you fall over.

Etiquette

Etiquette is essential in sports, whatever the score both teams usually show sportsmanship at the end of a match by chanting 3 cheers for the opponents followed by clapping, if correct etiquette is not shown you are considered quite rude also shaking of the oppositions hands is appropriate.