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Netball Drills for Kids & Netball Clubs Near Me: 5 Fun Drills to Improve Skills
Are you looking for netball drills for kids or searching for netball clubs near me? Netball is a fantastic team sport that helps children develop fitness, coordination, confidence and teamwork while having fun. Whether your child is completely new to the game or already plays for a local team, practising simple drills at home or during training is a great way to build their skills and enjoy the sport even more.
In this guide, we’ll share five fun and easy netball drills for kids that focus on essential techniques such as passing, footwork, speed, balance and teamwork. These beginner-friendly activities are perfect for schools, clubs, coaches and parents looking to help children improve their game in an engaging way. You’ll also discover some fantastic netball clubs for kids across the UK and find out how to search for local netball classes and training sessions using the Club Hub directory.
In this article
- Benefits of netball for kids
- River Dance footwork drill
- Two-Pass Challenge passing drill
- Ice Cream footwork drill
- Rob the Nest teamwork drill
- Figure of Eight agility drill
- Eagles Netball Club – Maidenhead
- Netstars Netball – London, Surrey & Kent
- Sabina Netball Club – Kent
- Find netball clubs for kids near you
5 Top Netball drills for kids
River Dance – Netball Drills For Kids
So our first netball drills for kids is a very simple one. The River Dance. During this netball drill you should stand face to face with your partner and hold onto each other by the shoulders or arms.
Both players must try to tag their partner’s feet with their own, without being tagged themselves. To make this a bit harder you could do this with your hands behind backs. This drill benefits: Practice fast, precise footwork and enhance coordination.
Two-pass challenge – Netball Drills For Kids
Children need to work in pairs with one ball between them, to begin with. Standing approximately 4 metres apart, pairs pass the ball using either a chest pass or bounce pass.
Introduce a second ball for those children who are ready to be challenged further. Both players pass the ball at the same time using their chosen type of pass.
Ice Cream – Netball Drills For Kids
We thought we definitely should include this drill in our Netball drills for kids article. It’s called Ice cream. One player or coach will have a whistle while the other players jog around the court.
The whistle blow signifies to the others to make a low jump. As the jumping players’ first foot or ‘landing foot’ makes contact with the ground, they must yell “ice” (imagine that the landing foot is stuck in ‘ice’ to avoid the temptation to step).
As their second foot contacts the ground, they must yell “cream”. The initial landing or “ice” foot must stay grounded – to be used as a pivot point only. The other foot or “cream” foot can be moved to maintain balance. Another blow of the whistle signifies to continue jogging and repeat the process.
This fantastic ‘Netball drills for kids’ builds awareness of preconception to encourage more deliberate landings and proper footwork.
Rob the nest – Netball Drills For Kids
This netball drills for kids helps develop speed and emphasises the value of teamwork on the court.
Set a hoop up in the middle as a central ‘nest’, and place all the balls inside the hoop. Ideally, you would use tennis balls so that children don’t become accustomed to running with netballs. There should be enough for at least one ball per player.
Split the class into teams and set up team ‘nests’ around the outside of the central nest approximately 5 metres away.
One player at a time runs to the central nest, collects a ball and runs back to their team nest. The teams have to collect as many balls as possible until the central nest is empty. You can add another competitive element by allowing the children to steal balls from their opponent’s nests.
Figure of eight
Our final Netball drills for kids is called figure of eight. Each child should set up two cones 1 metre apart.
Make a figure of eight in-between the cones. Keep facing forwards throughout, so that they use sideways, forwards and backwards movements.Encourage the children to stay light, quick and on the balls of their feet with their heads up.
You can always add a third cone for higher ability.
Here are some fantastic Netball Clubs we would like to tell you about listed on our kids directory. They are called Eagles Netball Club, Netstars Netball and Sabina Netball Club.
Eagles Netball Club – Maidenhead
Eagles is a friendly netball club based in Maidenhead, open to girls from age 7 upwards. Established over 20 years ago, Eagles has built a reputation as one of the best netball clubs in the country, competing at regional and national level.
The club holds weekly training sessions where girls are taught the basics of netball in a fun and friendly atmosphere. These sessions help to develop netball skills and fitness, as well as teamwork, respect for each other and self-belief. There are opportunities for volunteering to help coach younger teams.
Eagles has teams that compete in the Berkshire Netball Junior League from U10 onwards, and Netball South Regional Leagues from U13.
See further details on our website www.eaglesnetball.com and enter your details on the “Join Us” page.
Training Sessions are at Altwood School, Maidenhead
- Years 3 & 4: Tuesdays 5pm
- Year 5: Tuesdays 6pm
- Year 6: Fridays 6pm
Netstars Netball – Battersea, Barnes, Esher, Fulham, Putney, Richmond, Twickenham & Whitstable.
Netstars Netball offer fun-filled, action-packed netball classes, leagues and camps for children aged 5-15 years old and the adults too!
FREE TRIAL AND 15% OFF CLASSES FOR CLUB HUB (use code EXR254)
Our outstanding netball coaches know just how to build confidence and skills. With fast paced and exciting sessions, we make sure you get fit, have fun and play your winning game.
Join our story and become the best you can be!
Netstars in is Kent, South-West London and Surrey
Battersea, Barnes, Esher, Fulham, Putney, Richmond, Twickenham, Whitstable and more coming soon…
For more info and to book your free trial see www.netstarsnetball.com, we look forward to seeing you on court!
Sabina Netball Club in Kent
Our training session is Thursdays weekly 5.30 to 7.15 for all juniors under 16.
Bromley High School, Blackbrook Lane, Bickley, BR1 2TW
Sabina Netball club to drive netball and use our club as a feeder for players to develop in the sport.
Our Club Ethos:
- Our club ethos is for our players to have a common objective WHICH is to want the best for the club and all members.
- Kind to each other and respect and value different culture
- Want to work hard, but humble.
- Bond, share, mentor and support each other to achieve our goals.
- Safety is key for us to ensure that our members can continue to perform in a safe environment with the knowledge that the club leaders will help to grow their talent, but mindful of the steps needed and respect the diversity to create the right club culture to perform at the highest level.
Our mission statement:
- We champion to nurtured you mentally and physical to ensure we develop the whole person
- We will look at each individual physio, strength and conditioning point of view and safeguard you.
- We care about the individual well-being such as eating well and injury prevention
- We will have integrity in regards to individual’s relationship challenges and priorities such as work and school.
- We will mentor talent and support individuals’ growth.
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