At school, there was an unwritten rule that sports like hockey and netball were “girl” sports and rugby and football were for the boys. I’d never seen a women’s football match on TV; the only female athletes I’d heard of were in the Olympics. ...
Passing and shooting in basketball and netball. Learning, practicing and mastering the basic skills of sport is one of the foundations of coaching, sports performance and athletic training. However, just learning a sports skill is only the first step in the process. Only fools believe that“Pract...
This paper explores the complexity of developing decision-making skills in elite netball. Using the attacking centre pass as a theme, we present a framework designed to develop decision-making capabilities of the coach, performers and the players collectively as a team. The paper exemplifies the ...
Peacham became interested in performance analysis. The MSc degree and placement as a Loughborough Lightning Netball performance analyst has deepened her enthusiasm and focused her interest in sports analytics. The degree has also turned Peacham into a fan of Tableau and she’s now using it at Lou...
Examination of the visual search characteristics of netball players EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Whilst the eye movements made by athletes have been examined in a range of sports (eg, baseball, soccer, cricket, basketball, volleyball)... C Button,J Croft,L Uehara...
COACHING-BASICFUNDAMENTALNETBALLSKILLS Eachskillislistedwiththecorrespondingteachingpointsandcommonerrors. TheacronymCHANGEITprovidesatoolthatcanbeusedbycoachestohelpmodifyanactivitytoa higherlearninglevel. C i CoachingStyle,e.g.decidingwhentodirectactivities andwhentoasktheplayers.Knowingwhentoprovide discretecoachin...
"Balance makes sense, of course. Learning to play netball by playing match after match will not teach essential skills like catching, throwing and passing. On the other hand, practicing essential skills only will not help unless you also get match practice. Both are needed. But this sensible ...
In her time off you can find Kelly snowboarding or enjoying the countryside in the New Forest – unfortunately not at the same time – spending time with her lovely family and pets, playing netball, pilot gig rowing, running, making homemade pizza... The list goes on. What a talented ...
The degree has also turned Peacham into a fan of Tableau and she’s now using it at Loughborough Lightning Netball to analyse previously untapped data. “I knew data was used alongside video for performance analysis, but the degree opened my eyes to how significant data analytics has become ...