Julie Fitzgerald Appointed Assistant Coach

By Netball Australia

Sydney TAB Swifts coach Julie Fitzgerald has been appointed as the National 21 and Under Assistant Coach for the July test series in Brisbane.
Julie Fitzgerald is a Level 3 Accredited Coach and has an impressive coaching résumé that includes over 26 years experience. She has coached the NSW 19U, 21U and Opens teams and was Apprentice Coach to the Australian Netball Team in 1997.

Fitzgerald has coached the Sydney TAB Swifts for the past 10 years, winning two premierships in 2001 and 2004. Her expertise in netball has ensured the Sydney TAB Swifts have never missed a place in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy Finals Series in the 10 years of competition. Julie Fitzgerald was also named Netball Australia’s Coach of the Year in 2004.

“This is a wonderful opportunity and I am delighted to have some involvement in netball at an international level,” said Fitzgerald. “I am excited about the depth of talent we have in this area and look forward to being able to contribute to the players’ development.” For more click HERE

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Pippies Netta Team Update

We got our second Goal!

Congratulations to all the girls in Pippies team. What a great effort for such a young team. The girls have been working hard on their basic netball skills and have scored another goal. The reaction from all the girls was great! They were all so excited. All the netta girls are having a great time playing and they are all doing their best. Great work.

Ball and Movement skills. Netta to Advanced

The following drills can be used from netta right through to the advance players.

1 worker
1 passer
Start facing each other about 2 metres apart. Worker moves to the left, passer passes the ball to the player. The passer is to pass the ball infront of the worker. Worker lands on the outside foot ( left foot) and then passes the ball back. Worker moves back to the start position. Repeat the drill to the right side. Repeat 5 times.











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1 Passer
Rest of team in a line
Passer stands about 2 metres in front of the line. The first player in the line will drive out to the left or right and the passer will pass them the ball. Worker passes back to the passer and moves to the end of the line. Repeat till all players have had at least 3 turns.

Variation - have the workers lead to the right and then drive to the left and receive the ball, and vice versa.
- first player in the line is the defender, second player is the attacker.









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1 worker
1 passer
Have the worker on transverse line and the passer on the opposite transverse line. Worker runs towards the passer and receives a shoulder pass from the passer. Worker needs to catch the ball whilst still moving onto the ball. Worker passes the ball back to the passer and then runs backwards to the transverse line. Repeat 5 times.

Variation - Passer throws a lob
- Passer varies the passes eg shoulder pass, lob, bounce pass.