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25.01.2022 Christmas Special - all products 10% discount until Christmas. Check out: netskills.com.au

25.01.2022 New video with 8 activities on out new YOUTUBE Channel now. Defending - Vision & Intercepting. We don't work on defenders vision very much so they stretch their peripheral vision so they can see the ball and their opposition at the same time - check this out. See the first comment for the link. Great to see lots of people subscribing to our new YOUTUBE Channel. Netskills Netball Coaching.

24.01.2022 COMMUNICATING IN ATTACK In my last post I wrote about being specific when we say ‘talk more’ when we’re coaching. I wrote about leading players in attack, the players without the ball, needing to call ‘here’ and ‘wait’. This post continues on from that, but this time focusing on how the player with the ball can communicate. The player with the ball can often see the space that the leading players should run into, so they can tell the running player to ‘change’ (change directi...on). Here’s a few activities to help teach this. ACROSS & BACK Conduct the activity ‘Across & Back’ in the attachment. Then add the rule ‘once on the way across and once on the way back, one player, when they have the ball must pause and call change and the player without the ball must stop and change direction before receiving the pass.’ And then they keep running and passing. If you have a player that never calls, make the rule that their partner can’t pause and call, it must only be them. PINGS Conduct the activity ‘Pings’, see the attachment. Then add the rule ‘about ever 4th pass the player with the ball must stop with the ball and call ‘change’, and the running player must change direction before receiving the ball. These few activities will start the process of teaching players with the ball to call out and communicate with their team mates before they pass.

24.01.2022 Always great seeing netballers love our Netball Dreamz Novels.

23.01.2022 This time of year would be a great time to plan next year's season plan. It's always good to do while our learning from the current year are still in our minds. To help you even further I've added a YouTube video. Check it out at: https://www.youtube.com/watch or: https://netskills.com.au/netskills-youtube-channel/ Netball Advantage Course 102 Unit 3 - Planning a Season... Cheers

23.01.2022 Remember all my Coaching Manuals are available as eBooks. Enjoy.

22.01.2022 Netball Coaching Teaching New Activities Our latest YouTube clip - Check it out -Netball Coaching Teaching New Activities Our latest YouTube clip - Check it out -

22.01.2022 TIP FOR TEACHING A SHOULDER PASS: As Australian Coaches we are wanting to coach our players to do a one handed shoulder pass. I find that most young players hold the ball at their chest while looking for who to pass to. So then when they want to do a shoulder pass they have to move the ball to their shoulder first, this takes extra time and isn't fluent. So now I teach them to hold the ball at their shoulder ready to do the shoulder pass while they are looking around. I find this helps them develop a quick, fluent & strong pass. So my key coaching point is "Put the ball on your shoulder" as soon as they catch it. Let me know how you go.

21.01.2022 What an amazing person, and mindfulness coach and what an amazing way to start a new year. Check out Emma's 21 High Performance Habits. Learn 1 a day for 21 days to inspire you and change your habits...and maybe help some of your young netballers too. Go back to 1 Jan on her FB page and let great High Performance Habits start in your life.

21.01.2022 Clubs and Associations: Do you have lots of new or young coaches for the upcoming season? Start their coaching journey the right way with, easy to watch, youtube netball coaching education videos. And they are Free! How do you watch them? Check out Netskills Netball Advantage Free Courses. See the link in the first comment below.

20.01.2022 Explaining a training activity & getting your message through. Many people absorb things better visually. A visual approach adds variety and can be a great way to explain an activity. Verbal organisation and coaching instructions are the most commonly used but have you ever tried showing your players a video of a training activity before they do the same activity?... Videos can be a great way to motivate your team to perform to the standard of the players on the video or better. What about drawing the activity to explain it. Get a whiteboard or some butchers paper. You don’t have to be an artist to get your point across. Later in your season you may ask some players to show activity set-up and movements on a white board too. All players learn differently, so adding visual explanations could be a great way for some of your players to pick things up quickly. Give it a try and measure your player’s response to different techniques, you might be surprised. Enjoy your coaching, Gillian Lee

20.01.2022 Selection Spreadsheet Updated version 1.2 please re-downloadSelection Spreadsheet Updated version 1.2 please re-download

20.01.2022 Selections - It's the start of another season. Do you have selections for your club teams soon? If you'd like an easy way to keep track of who's playing where and how you rate them at selections match play, remember Netskills have a FREE selections spreadsheet you can use, with videos to instruct you on how to use it. Check it out and spread the word. https://netskills.com.au/free-stuff

20.01.2022 Hi Army. Its been a while since I updated you on the ratings, and unfortunately its not great news. The last four weeks have started to drop away significantly...!! We were up to almost 50% higher ratings than last year, and now dropped down to under 40%. Appreciate School Holidays effects this, but the next 3 weeks are MASSIVELY IMPORTANT leading into finals!! So please get out there and continue to push the WAKEUPNETBALL message as much as you can, and ask people everywhere, in small businesses, large businesses, hospitals, bars, restaurants, airports, schools - anywhere you can think for people to turn a TV ON, PLEASE DO SO!! Thanks Sue See more

20.01.2022 Sorry for no posts lately....I've been busy traveling and coaching. Some of you may have noticed my short hair now.... cancer treatment in 2019 :( All great now! We are now traveling around Australia over the next 3 years in our new little caravan. Week 3 into the trip I was missing coaching (haven't coached for 12 months since I was sick), so I put the word out in the small towns we are passing through. hahaha week 1 I coached 6 days....and loved it. Here's some of the teams... and coaches I worked with.....and good netball friends I've caught up with in my travels so far. We are both inland and on the coast of QLD from June-Dec so if you want me to coach (players and/or coaches) at your club or assoc PM me to see if we are passing through your town. Love the netball communities around Australia. See more

19.01.2022 Available as a printed manual and as an ebook.

19.01.2022 Got to get all your netballers just like these girls. Loving playing netball and loving reading about girls just like them. For 8-12 year olds.

19.01.2022 New YouTube clip online - Netball Advantage Course 101 Unit 5 - Looking Down. Please check it out and let your fellow coaches know about Netskills YouTube Channel. If you subscribe to the Netskills YouTube Channel you'll get automatically notified when I add a new video, enjoy. https://netskills.com.au/netskills-youtube-channel/

19.01.2022 Here it is.... my latest coaching manual. This is perfect for all coaches of 10-13 year olds. It is your Season all planned out for you. Ideal for all your teenage coaches or mum's & dad's of young teams. This manual gives them a solid foundation for every training session with a proven structure. Gives added confidence to coaches. Updated web site is also live - see the first comment for the website.

18.01.2022 Communication on Court for Juniors We certainly don't want our players all calling out 'HERE' for the ball. This often results in all 7 players calling and the thrower ending up passing to the loudest caller. However, we also don't want all players saying nothing. It's a matter of teaching our players ‘when’ to call. I find that when junior or senior players call for the ball, together with a great lead, the thrower passes with more confidence and no hesitationboth great rea...sons we should teach our players to use their voices. What I do find with older teams; I hear coaches and players saying we need to talk more. I find that this is like saying ‘we need to attack more’. So therefore, we need to teach the skill of ‘talking’ and BE SPECIFIC with exactly what we mean. Do we mean encourage more, call for the ball, or use specific words in defence, like side, or middle? Over the coming weeks I’ll explain different types of talking and how to teach them. Today let’s focus on talking with say 12 year olds when they are attacking. Simply play ‘Keeping off’ (See in the first comment of the post). Players are required to call ‘here’ every time they want the ball. If they are going to change direction, they call ‘wait’. It sounds easy, but you’ll find a lot of players don’t say a thing. Insist on a call by all. Teach them to only call if they are running and are free. This activity starts this process. In the rest of the activities in your training session have players calling if they want the ball. See what happens and what happened in the games at the end of training, do they call or not, again insist on it and have this as your main coaching point for the session. This is just the start of the talking process. If you need further suggestions, let me know what your players are doing and I’ll see if I have suggestions specific to your team.

18.01.2022 Gill you keep activities so simple at training, yet you get the best out of all your players. "I got told this from a coach at one of my State League training sessions. I’d never really thought about it before, but I do keep activities simple, but I always try to: 1. Demand a high intensity from players. 2. Give positive, constructive feedback.... 3. Make players feel great about themselves by the type of feedback I give. 4. Show enthusiasm & passion for the team with excitement and positivity in your voice and body language". "The activities I use may look simple, but a lot of experience and application of different learning techniques goes into developing my activities. So lots of coaches can hopefully benefit from my experience through using my coaching resources. By combining proven activities and a good delivery leads coaches to getting the best from players in everything they do". "How you deliver your sessions is a key factor and you can’t be a great coach without shining in your delivery". Work on the above to get the best from your players. All NETSKILLS Coaching resources aspire to deliver the passionate and simple philosophy. Available as Printed, DVD and EBooks.

18.01.2022 Black Friday till Christmas SALE. All Manuals and DVDs 10% off, even Bundles. What a great xmas present for Coaches!!! www.netskills.com.au

18.01.2022 Always worth listening to Sue and in particular waking up netball. #wake up netball

17.01.2022 Let's all get behind this.

17.01.2022 Another chance to win a copy. Like & share on Netball Soops page.

17.01.2022 Awesome watching this by Sue Gaudion each week, thanks Sue. Get befind 'Wake Up Netball' on FB all start watching the SSN games on Channel 9 and Netball Live. Also is you go to Wake Up Netball they are offering 5 of my new Manuals if you SHARE their post about my Manual...check it out and good luck.

16.01.2022 Great to get all your young (8-12 year old) netballers reading and getting ideas to practise in their back yard. Sale for May.

15.01.2022 Welcome to 2021 everyone and hopefully we all get a full netball season this year. Is your club trying to get coaches ready for the season ahead? Do you have some new coaches or young players who are coaching even younger teams, or do you have experienced coaches wanting other ideas? How about you get them step by step instructions to coach this year? The whole season is planned for them in these super resources. Each training session has activities set out and explained in ...detail, with coaching skills for coaches to focus on. Check these out these manuals: SEASON SERIES for 10 13 Year Olds & SEASON SERIES for 13 16 Year Olds

15.01.2022 5000 followers! Thanks to all of you and keep spreading the word. We are excited about having all manuals as Ebooks on Amazon and Kindle now and we have more new resources in the pipeline.

14.01.2022 What a great Christmas present for all your young netballers! Spread the word please.

14.01.2022 A great for all those young netballers...Super Sale too.

14.01.2022 Christmas Sales Ebooks 10% off. Most Coaching Manuals are available as EBooks. Check out: https://netskills.com.au/netskills-ebooks/ All hard copy Manuals and DVDs are also 10% off until Christmas.

14.01.2022 Great way to start the netball season and the school year, with some great reading and super ideas for practicing netball in your backyard.

14.01.2022 Netball Coaches - Get ready for your next Netball Season. Find out how our DVDs Series can save you time and increase the quality of your training sessions. https://vimeo.com/309247217

14.01.2022 A new Netskills YOUTUBE Channel video is now online. Netball Training Games.A new Netskills YOUTUBE Channel video is now online. Netball Training Games.

13.01.2022 The people you meet while traveling up the east of Australia. Lou Carter (from TAS) and I were both working at the National Championships in Brisbane a few weeks ago, I assessed her for her Elite Accreditation and didn't know we were both going travelling afterwards .... unbeknown to either of us we bumped into each other in camp sites next to each other. Well done Lou for getting your Elite Accrediation.

13.01.2022 Check out our Black Friday sale. www.netskills.com.au Let all your coaches know about this huge discount.

13.01.2022 Been busy doing a Coach Education & Development Program in Singapore. Great working with you all again!

13.01.2022 Here's PART 2 - spread the word #wakeupnetball

13.01.2022 Thank you to all my followers who have subscribed to my Netskills YouTube channel - it has now reached and surpassed 1000 subscribers. To celebrate this I've added yet another one of my videos from Netball Advantage. Course 102 Unit 2 - Observing Players Skills. Ensure you get all you coaches to do the Netball Advantage Course - it's FREE - simply watch the units on YouTube.

12.01.2022 Season Series for 13 - 16 Year Olds eBook Version - available now Printed Version - available now - Preorders being posted already. 20 Netball Training Sessions fully planned out, in detail, ready for you to coach your team's season with confidence. For novice and experienced netball coaches, coaching 13 - 16 year old netballers. As well as the training sessions there’s insight from Gillian Lee about her thoughts going into the design of each session and how to coach it.... Each training session has activities catering for 60 - 90 minutes time slots. Each activity has set-up, diagram, description, coaching points, variations and progressions. You can also just use individual training sessions to focus on specific skills and inject variety. A key benefit for coaches is that training sessions all maximise player activity time through streamlining the sequence of activities. Developed by Gillian Lee, based on 1000's of hours of coaching juniors and delivering netball coach development programs worldwide.

12.01.2022 With Selections coming up for lots of you wonderful coaches remember Netskills has a FREE Selections Spreadsheet.....Enjoy. https://netskills.com.au/free-stuff/

11.01.2022 If your not sure which of our resources would be best, simply just ask us.

11.01.2022 Coaching ideas How do coaches stop their team passing down the side-line from one end of the court to the other? I like teaching the saying: 'Side, Side, Centre it up'. This means that if the ball is received 2-3 times on the side line, then the next pass needs to be 'centred up'. And get them to sing it as a bit of a rhyme.... How to coach this? Coach the activity 'Down the line' and get the players to call out where they catch the ball, 'side' or 'centre'. As soon as they hear side 2-3 times the next player needs to lead into the centre and the thrower needs to ensure they only choose to pass into the centre of the court. OR The player who passed the ball could run into the middle of the court and receive the pass again. This also centres the ball up. This is really for player 14 years and older. Good luck with it.

10.01.2022 Well worth the read netballers.

10.01.2022 I hope your all listening to these classic Gasbags....very amusing and interesting.

08.01.2022 Question from a Coach What’s the best way to plan games for 10 players. They are mostly 12 years olds. What is the best way to rotate players? Should I play them a different position each quarter? Any advice? My Thoughts I would advise that in any individual game players should play either the same position or 2 positions close. ie. WD/GD, GD/GK.... They could play a different end of the court in the next game, but I feel it's too confusing if the swap from one end of the court to the other in 1 game. I know a lot of coaches here coach this age group every week and I'd love it if could SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS. See more

08.01.2022 New Netskills YOUTUBE Channel launched today. We have 2 playlists: 1. Netball Advantage - Courses for all coaches to get coaching ideas and improve their coaching. Course 101, 4 Units are currently available.... 2. Netskills Activities. 8 Ball Handling activities & 8 Split & Re-Offer activities are currently available. Get all your club and association coaches to subscribe to my channel for free. Enjoy this new resource. Link is in the first comment.

07.01.2022 With the netball season coming up it's time to get organised and plan your season. Google when school holidays and public holidays are and consider these when planning your season. Do you have the start date and finals dates yet from your association? Maybe look on their web site. How many weeks before games start will you begin training? Attached is a blank Plan you can use to help get your season organised for you and your players. Have a great season. https://netskills.com.au/media/Season-PlanTeam-1.docx

07.01.2022 Check out our YouTube channel. A Coaching Course (Netball Advantage) for all your newish coaches, and videos of lots of drills & activities...all FREE. https://netskills.com.au/netskills-youtube-channel/

07.01.2022 Coaching Helpful Hint: So it's the start of the season and you have so many skills to teach your team....and you need them to be fitter. How about you link together lots of ball handling activities and have very little rest between each of them....this will cover ball handling and fitness.....and it's very specific netball fitness too. I believe in this approach and have used it when I've planned each training session in my Season Series Manuals. 20 Training sessions all planned for you. For 10-13 yr olds and 13-16 yr olds....Check them out and have a great season.

07.01.2022 Our Free Selections Spreadsheet has been out for a little while now. Anyone had a chance to use it in their Selections yet? Looking for feedback please. PM us.

07.01.2022 Sue, netball is so lucky to have you. Thank you. Everyone, let's get behind #wake up netball.

06.01.2022 Congratulations to the 3 winners of our competition last week. Well the time is here now to announce the winners. The three lucky winners will get a Season Series 13 - 16 Coaching Manual. Castle Hill Sports Netball Club Jodi Mutton ( Harrison ) Sue Sumsion ( nee Brock ) We will be in touch to get your addresses to send out your prizes.

06.01.2022 Many coaches will be enjoying a break from netball duties and some are probably already gearing up towards their next season. On a personal note I have been taking a break from netball coaching (and posting) to overcome a medical condition. It is in these times you appreciate family and friends support. All is going along ok, it is just going to take a bit of time to get myself through this. This doesn’t mean I have stopped watching netball. My netball viewing has been qui...te intense lately, and keeping me occupied Australian Super Netball League, Victorian League, World cup qualifiers; it never stops if you don’t want it too. I have started writing my next book, slowly. It is a second Season Series manual; step by step sessions for coaches of 10-13 year old players. I appreciate all the positive feedback about SS 13-16 and love to hear from you so feel free to message me here. We have just sold our 200th Netskills eBook which is great. The demand for eBooks has been encouraging and we plan on releasing all new books on this medium also. We especially like the extended availability of my resources to more international and remote coaches and teachers. Keep enjoying your coaching, Gillian See more

06.01.2022 Coaching newish young netballers? Kids new to netball? Here's a FREE handout to teach the players the positions, who plays against who and who should take free passes and throw ins. Enjoy your coaching and having fun with your team. https://netskills.com.au/media/Handout-Positions.pdf

05.01.2022 Super Sale - Nearly 50% discount Take advantage of this once-off price. Tell your coaching friends. Great for clubs. Sale end July 31, 2018

05.01.2022 Great netball friend I've caught up with in our travels :)

05.01.2022 Coaching Tip Looking Down Court I find when coaching younger players ... well actually ALL players ... many of them don't look down court as a first option. Younger players tend to look sideways first since these players are in their vision as they catch the ball. To help fix this: ... At training conduct various activities where players drive forward for the ball, then pivot 180 degrees to look straight down court and release the ball quickly ... with a shoulder pass of course ... Then when you play 1/2 court and in your next match, have 'pivot quickly' and 'look down' as you key coaching points.

05.01.2022 I hope you've all got on board with #wakeupnetball Check out this video.

05.01.2022 Thanks Ballina Netball.

03.01.2022 What an awesome series (picture story books) ideal for beginners and also helps parents who might be a bit shaky on the rules. Check out: www.phenomenalstars.com

03.01.2022 NETSKILLS SELECTIONS SPREADSHEET Let’s face it, selections can be tedious to organise and administer! We think our new FREE spreadsheet will help you be more organised, save you time and help administer your selections process professionally. The Netskills Selection Spreadsheet allows:... Easy adding of players to match play, Checking all players are on court a minimum number of times, Easy viewing of the positions players have played, Transferring of players positions to selectors sheets, Players ratings to be added to the spreadsheet, Players average rating is automatically calculated, All players contact details collated. Find it in the 'FREE STUFF' page on our web site.

03.01.2022 Found myself in KL for a few weeks and had the pleasure of working with the Malaysian Squad for 3 sessions. Their work rate and ability to put new tactics into their game was exceptional. Most fun was had by all.

03.01.2022 COMPETITION - WIN 1 of 3 NEW NETBALL COACHING MANUALS - SEASON SERIES for 13 - 16 Year Olds by Gillian Lee. Simply share this post, but do it quick. Winners announced Wednesday 16th May. We will pick 3 random winners from the list of people who share this post. Good luck! Free postage included within Australia.

02.01.2022 Hi Coaches, I'm thinking about making an App with video to work along with my two Season Series Manuals. You'd be able to see each training session conducted on video, so the night before your trainings you'd be able to see all the activities set out and being conducted for the whole training session. You'd also be able to show your players what each activity would look like. What do you think? Would you be interested in purchasing this App?

02.01.2022 Get our latest release. Please share with all netball coaches. https://netskills.com.au//season-series-for-13-16-year-olds

02.01.2022 Worth a listen to. So true, lets teach our players this great life skill.

02.01.2022 Yesterday Grafton Netball was lucky enough to host Australian Elite Coach & Author of many coaching manuals GILLIAN LEE for a fabulous coaching clinic. We would... like to thank Gillian for imparting her knowledge and skills to us and thankyou to our 13s and 14s rep girls for helping Gillian demonstrate how to make it all work on the court. See more

01.01.2022 How exciting for lots of you getting back into netball training/playing/coaching (feeling sad for Victorian's). Your young athletes may not have been doing much activity so best to get them started with extended warm ups, strength, balance and landing activities. Use the Netball Australia Knee Program activities for ideas. (Link is in the first comment below). Get their abs nice and strong.