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Netball is played on either a hard or soft court with scoring hoops or "rings" at both ends. The court is slightly larger than a basketball court, being 30.5 metres (100 ft) long and 15.25 metres (50.0 ft) wide. [5] [6] The longer sides are called "side lines" and the shorter sides are called "goal lines" or "back lines". [5]
Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own.
Netball Federation of India (NFI) is the national governing body of Netball in India. [3] NFI is a non-profit, government funded organisation affiliated with the International Netball Federation (INF), the Asian Federation of Netball Association (AFNA) and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and recognised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. [4]
Some of the important netball competitions held in India include: The 2010 Commonwealth Games [3] The 7th Asian Youth Netball Championship, held from 3 to 10 July 2010, at the Thyagaraj Stadium. [1] Some of the top performances for the India national netball team include: 2010 Nations Cup: Sixth place [4] 2010 Asian Youth Netball Championship ...
Baer is best known as the author of the first book of rules for women's basketball in 1896 [1] Baer also created netball around roughly the same period. Although Senda Berenson introduced basketball to Smith College in 1892, Berenson did not publish her version of the rules until 1899, so Baer is credited with the first publication of rules for women's basketball.
The rules of indoor netball are similar to that of netball, with two teams aiming to score as many goals as possible. An indoor netball game usually consists of four-quarters of 10 minutes. There are two umpires one for each half of the court. The winning team is the one with the most points at the end of the match.
Net and wall games usually include: [2] [3] [4] racquet sports such as tennis , badminton , pickleball , table tennis , squash , racquetball . volleyball , crossnet , footvolley , Jokgu , headis , roundnet , American handball , Throwball or sepak takraw , where players must hit/throw the ball with the body.
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