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Netball is a ball sport for two teams of seven players; its rules are published in print and online by the International Netball Federation. [1] Games are played on a rectangular court divided into thirds, with a raised goal at each short end.
Indoor netball is a variation of netball, played exclusively indoors, in which the playing court is often surrounded on each side and overhead by a net. The net prevents the ball from leaving the court, permitting faster play by reducing playing stoppages.
Indoor netball is a variation of netball, played exclusively indoors, in which the playing court is surrounded on each side and overhead by a net. The net prevents the ball from leaving the court, reducing the number of playing stoppages. This gives indoor netball a faster pace than netball.
Netball emerged from early versions of basketball as a sport American females could play, as at the time women worn skirts when playing sports. [4] The sport is popular in Commonwealth countries (stemming from the days of the British Commonwealth) but has never taken hold as a mainstream sport in the United States, where it is mostly popular amongst Caribbean immigrants in the country.
The centre has eleven indoor netball courts including two in the main stadium, known as Parkville Arena. [12] The arena has permanent seating on three sides of the courts and retractable seating can be used (covering the second court) to increase the capacity to 3,050. [13] The secondary hall can be configured for 250 spectators. [14]
Naismith's original "basket ball" court in Springfield, Massachusetts. Netball traces its roots to basketball. Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith, a Canadian physical education instructor working in the United States, who was trying to develop an indoor sport for his students at the YMCA Training School (now Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts. [2]
Fast5 (originally called Fastnet) is a variation of netball featuring shortened games and goals worth multiple points. The new format was announced by the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA) (now the International Netball Federation) in 2008, and was primarily developed for a new international competition, the Fast5 Netball World Series.
Description: Netball court diagram: Date: Created July 22, 2003; modified April 7, 2008. Source: Original version was created with Sodipodi and placed in the public domain by Robert Merkel.