Daily Express | Netball :: Why England’s former coach is helping our African rivals
EVery little bit helps. Liz Broomehead has always wanted to assist in the development of netball throughout the world. Its a good job that she is helping some of the countries on the AFrican continent, as this can only redound to the benefit of netball world wide
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Showing posts with label Netball Analysis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Netball Analysis. Show all posts
Friday, 3 October 2008
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
The Nation Newspaper | BNA Netball master plan soon
The Nation Newspaper | Netball master plan soon
Seems as if the planners are hard at work to bring the sport of netball to the next level in terms of its national program.
The clubs and other stakeholders now need to get on board so that together we can make another attempt at raising our standards in every area of this great sport called netball.
Seems as if the planners are hard at work to bring the sport of netball to the next level in terms of its national program.
The clubs and other stakeholders now need to get on board so that together we can make another attempt at raising our standards in every area of this great sport called netball.
Thursday, 25 September 2008
The Nation Newspaper | BNA's Under 21 Coach's motto: Never say die
The Nation Newspaper | Coach's motto: Never say die
Really..Well Coach Jordan ..its a miracle you would have to pull off, if Barbados is to be even competitive at the upcoming world youth championships in July 2009 in the Cook Islands.
At least 80 per cent of the competing countries already have their teams , and have been involved in at least one test series .
Why the Barbados Netball Association has slipped backed in this area is mind boggling. The 2005 World Youth World cup team was together for over two years and still had a rough time at the championships.
Why would we be doing this to our young netballers, kowning where they are coming from in terms of standard of local netball during the past season?
The adminstrators of netball must answer the question as to why even as I type this , no practise sessions have started. The coach was only appointed some time in August.
Are we serious? We are talking about world championships, not a club competition.
We are now going to ask a group of youngsters whose work ethic is to come to the stadium and have some fun playing netball, to overnight acquire the necessary attitude , strength, knowledge of game at the world level, fitness and desire to transform and uplift themselves into a team that can compete with Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, England, Scotland, Samoa, Fiji, Malawi, Botswana, Singapore , etc.
Oh come on....We as adminstrators need to stop this foolishness. The Board of the BNA already has ample proof and evidence that you cannot prepare a team for world competiton in less than one year. Yet for whatever reason, they have managed to procrastinate and now have given a first time national coach the job of getting a Barbados team competitive for this level in 7-8 months.
All I can do is wish her lots of luck, and knowing that we are talking about sport..the truth is that all things are possible!!!!!! And yes Coach..we are hoping for a miracle!!!!!
Sunday, 24 August 2008
The Nation Newspaper | Barbados out of hosting CNA Under 16 tournamnt
The Nation Newspaper | Barbados out
Really... the above story speaks to Barbados passing up the opportunity to host the CNA Under 16 tournament in 2009 under the guise that the netball stadium will be being refurbished ....and who are we kidding. Did the Barbados netball Association get something in writting from the powers that be with respect to the stadium I know they did not.
Was not the 2006 AFNA qualifiers held at the gymnasium while the same plans for the refurbishment of the stadium were on the cards?
Did Barbados really pass up this opportunity to host this tournament and allow Jamaica- the alternate host to organise the tournament ... and will Barbados be able to host in 2010?
And what nonsense is this about Barbados not benefitting from their Under 16 teams...The goal defence in the 2008 Barbados team was this year's under 16 captain. The goal attack played under 16 , then under 21 and now senior in 2008. The Browne sisters all played under 16, under 21 and seniors.And the list goes on...one could go back to Julie Phillips and Denise Alleyne, Olivia Walcott etc who played in what was then a school girls team, then played under 21 and then seniors. The record is there, we don't have to rely on anyone's memory.
You know I am tired of persons who should know misrepresenting what happens in sport in this country.
enough said.
Really... the above story speaks to Barbados passing up the opportunity to host the CNA Under 16 tournament in 2009 under the guise that the netball stadium will be being refurbished ....and who are we kidding. Did the Barbados netball Association get something in writting from the powers that be with respect to the stadium I know they did not.
Was not the 2006 AFNA qualifiers held at the gymnasium while the same plans for the refurbishment of the stadium were on the cards?
Did Barbados really pass up this opportunity to host this tournament and allow Jamaica- the alternate host to organise the tournament ... and will Barbados be able to host in 2010?
And what nonsense is this about Barbados not benefitting from their Under 16 teams...The goal defence in the 2008 Barbados team was this year's under 16 captain. The goal attack played under 16 , then under 21 and now senior in 2008. The Browne sisters all played under 16, under 21 and seniors.And the list goes on...one could go back to Julie Phillips and Denise Alleyne, Olivia Walcott etc who played in what was then a school girls team, then played under 21 and then seniors. The record is there, we don't have to rely on anyone's memory.
You know I am tired of persons who should know misrepresenting what happens in sport in this country.
enough said.
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
The Nation Newspaper | A THORNY ISSUE: Positive move by netballers
The Nation Newspaper | A THORNY ISSUE: Positive move by netballers
More on the current discomfort in netball in Barbados
More on the current discomfort in netball in Barbados
Saturday, 21 June 2008
The Clubs want to meet with the Board ,And Umpiring under scrutiny Down Under
More than half of the Bdos Netball Associaiton's membership met and aired their concerns with respect to the functioning of the BNA Board of Directors during this year.
Coming out of that meeting, was a document listing some of the clubs' concerns and asking for a special general meeting to discuss these issues with a view to coming up with some solutions.
The letter was delivered to the BNA, and according to the consitution, it now has 14 days to call a special general meeting to disucss only the mentioned concerns on the agenda.
Lets hope that this is the first step towards bringing some level of corporation between the Board and its members so that Barbados netball can continue to progress.
While this has been happening, over in Australia and New Zealand a major argument is going on with respect to umpiring during the inaugural semi pro league which is being played in New Zealand and Australia.
The Aussies are arguing that the interpretations of the Kiwi and South AFrican umpires are affecting their teams, resulting in New Zealand having a decided home advantage.
The Aussies suggest that Australian umpires hold their whistle a lot longer, therefore lots of calls that are made when their teams play in New Zealand confuses the Aussie players. They even have statistics to prove that one team had 40 contact calls in four games played in Australia, while that same team had 70 contact calls in one game played in New Zealand!!!!!!!!
Maybe the Aussies are in a better position to understand the Caribbean players complaints at World championships about the adjustments they have to make when an Aussie is officiating their games.
Coming out of that meeting, was a document listing some of the clubs' concerns and asking for a special general meeting to discuss these issues with a view to coming up with some solutions.
The letter was delivered to the BNA, and according to the consitution, it now has 14 days to call a special general meeting to disucss only the mentioned concerns on the agenda.
Lets hope that this is the first step towards bringing some level of corporation between the Board and its members so that Barbados netball can continue to progress.
While this has been happening, over in Australia and New Zealand a major argument is going on with respect to umpiring during the inaugural semi pro league which is being played in New Zealand and Australia.
The Aussies are arguing that the interpretations of the Kiwi and South AFrican umpires are affecting their teams, resulting in New Zealand having a decided home advantage.
The Aussies suggest that Australian umpires hold their whistle a lot longer, therefore lots of calls that are made when their teams play in New Zealand confuses the Aussie players. They even have statistics to prove that one team had 40 contact calls in four games played in Australia, while that same team had 70 contact calls in one game played in New Zealand!!!!!!!!
Maybe the Aussies are in a better position to understand the Caribbean players complaints at World championships about the adjustments they have to make when an Aussie is officiating their games.
Sunday, 15 June 2008
Saturday, 24 May 2008
ANOTHER VIEW ON THE GAP IN INTERNATIONAL NETBALL
Domestic netball is enjoying its best profile ever in Australia and New Zealand. Players are now semi-professional, umpires receive more financial, and general, support than ever before, the sport and the ANZ Championship is being marketed fiercely and the players are all over our televisions.
However, while the sport is on a high, it is important the international game is looked after too.
Rugby league has been in a similar situation to netball. While enjoying club/domestic success, little was being invested into the sport's future on an international stage. Now we are seeing the result of that neglect.
International rugby league is nothing short of a joke. It's not even a two-horse race, just two hobbling horses trailing behind Phar Lap with three-legged rocking horses left stuttering in the starting blocks behind those three.
Netball at least have two close teams, but the sport needs to work hard with the mid-range sides to get them up to standard.
New Zealand, Australian and the top English and Jamaican players are up-skilling in the inaugural transtasman, semi-professional tournament while the other international players are left behind.
There needs to be time, money, administration and resources invested in the other netballing countries.
Tours to New Zealand and Australia need to be more common, as do games against lesser teams while they are here.
Jamaica, South Africa and England could play tests and games against franchise teams while the lesser teams could play provincial teams like Waikato and Bay of Plenty as well as tests.
That way they get close competition as well as games against the top international sides. The Silver Ferns and Australian sides get to play tests and try out their combinations against real opposition and domestic teams play against different styles of netball.
One of the big things to come from the new competition is the difference in defensive styles and how the players without international experience have had to adapt to them, especially moving the ball through the court.
To help the countries financially, half the proceeds made from the games could go back to their netball associations.
There seems to be plenty more money in the game now thanks to a bank, whiteware company and supermarket chain. While that is helping the game on our shores, surely some of that money could go to the top six coaches in the country (Ruth Aitken plus the five franchise mentors) to spend time in another country working with their players, coaches and administrators to promote the game with young girls, introduce skills, drills and ideas as well as generally working with the players.
In future that would make the international game more appealing and world championships more interesting.
The ANZ Championship is having an effect on the top teams only, and if something isn't done soon, international netball could become a domestic, club-based league-style joke.
However, while the sport is on a high, it is important the international game is looked after too.
Rugby league has been in a similar situation to netball. While enjoying club/domestic success, little was being invested into the sport's future on an international stage. Now we are seeing the result of that neglect.
International rugby league is nothing short of a joke. It's not even a two-horse race, just two hobbling horses trailing behind Phar Lap with three-legged rocking horses left stuttering in the starting blocks behind those three.
Netball at least have two close teams, but the sport needs to work hard with the mid-range sides to get them up to standard.
New Zealand, Australian and the top English and Jamaican players are up-skilling in the inaugural transtasman, semi-professional tournament while the other international players are left behind.
There needs to be time, money, administration and resources invested in the other netballing countries.
Tours to New Zealand and Australia need to be more common, as do games against lesser teams while they are here.
Jamaica, South Africa and England could play tests and games against franchise teams while the lesser teams could play provincial teams like Waikato and Bay of Plenty as well as tests.
That way they get close competition as well as games against the top international sides. The Silver Ferns and Australian sides get to play tests and try out their combinations against real opposition and domestic teams play against different styles of netball.
One of the big things to come from the new competition is the difference in defensive styles and how the players without international experience have had to adapt to them, especially moving the ball through the court.
To help the countries financially, half the proceeds made from the games could go back to their netball associations.
There seems to be plenty more money in the game now thanks to a bank, whiteware company and supermarket chain. While that is helping the game on our shores, surely some of that money could go to the top six coaches in the country (Ruth Aitken plus the five franchise mentors) to spend time in another country working with their players, coaches and administrators to promote the game with young girls, introduce skills, drills and ideas as well as generally working with the players.
In future that would make the international game more appealing and world championships more interesting.
The ANZ Championship is having an effect on the top teams only, and if something isn't done soon, international netball could become a domestic, club-based league-style joke.
Monday, 5 May 2008
How regional netball could move within striking distance of World Netball
Hi Annette,
I hope you are doing well. I am great myself. I have not been umpiring much since the world Champs. I was just reading about your veiws about the semi pro league down under and what that could mean for us has a region to be competitive with them in the near future. We really can't allow them to get out of our grasp. So as a region we need to look at all the possibilities and explore. This is where AFNA will have to become more vibrant, ' it takes cash to care'
CheersChris/
Chris is one of the International Umpires out of the land of wood and water - Jamaica
I hope you are doing well. I am great myself. I have not been umpiring much since the world Champs. I was just reading about your veiws about the semi pro league down under and what that could mean for us has a region to be competitive with them in the near future. We really can't allow them to get out of our grasp. So as a region we need to look at all the possibilities and explore. This is where AFNA will have to become more vibrant, ' it takes cash to care'
CheersChris/
Chris is one of the International Umpires out of the land of wood and water - Jamaica
For the sake of sense, let netballers play on - New Zealand's source for sport, rugby, cricket & league news on Stuff.co.nz
For the sake of sense, let netballers play on - New Zealand's source for sport, rugby, cricket & league news on Stuff.co.nz
this is a very good comment about the impact our rules have on the spectator value of netball...Give it a read
this is a very good comment about the impact our rules have on the spectator value of netball...Give it a read
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