Netball
I haven’t posted about netball yet this year.
It’s been a bit of an interesting year so far.
My first year without my original coach.
The new coach is a younger girl that I don’t know all that well.
At first I was a bit worried as she wasn’t doing a lot of “coaching” (in the sense of teaching me what to do).
She kept throwing me into positions I wasn’t really familiar with. Without any training in the lead up to the match.
I felt a bit like a fish out of water from all directions.
BUT…
I think she was just taking a few weeks to find her feet and get her head around her team.
One of the hardest things about coaching our grade is that you don’t get to pick and choose based on positions.
You simply get the “leftovers” after the other teams have selected. You could end up with all goalies or all centre-court players. So it takes a bit of mixing and matching to try and figure out combinations of players that work well.
We have a really nice team this year. There haven’t been as many changes in players as previous years so not sure if that’s why. We just seem to all get along and encourage one another. And one particular player who has returned after a few years off is an absolute character which stops us (okay, me) taking ourselves too seriously.
I still struggle with my lack of ability to play.
I’m not naturally sporty and I’m still really struggling to get my head around this game.
Although it did occur to me that while this is my 3rd season playing, my first 2 seasons were only half seasons so it’s really only my 2nd season.
Which does make me feel marginally better. Unfortunately, only marginally (I’m my own worst enemy - I know).
I’ve been playing a mixture of the centre-court positions this year. Mostly half a game in centre and a quarter in either wing-defense or wing-attack.
Last Saturday was a big milestone for me.
I played my first full game ever.
Not only that but I played 3 of the quarters in Centre.
And it was a very physical game too!
Surprisingly, I pulled up okay.
But I was pretty tired by the end of the game.
And what did the coach tell me?
I didn’t play a brilliant game but I did play a consistent one.
While I’d love to play a “brilliant” game, I think “consistent” is about all I can expect.
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Good on you for playing a game! I would love to do that, but for various reasons it is too difficult.
And a consistent game is much better than a flash of brilliance and then rubbish for the rest.
Have a great game this week!
Consistent is good. Brilliance comes with practice and familiarity. You know, once you’re familiar with the position you’re playing you can relax into it. much like learning a new job. takes a while to learn the ropes, and the people, then one day it “clicks”.
My daughter is a netball coach, she tells me that consistent is a lot bigger compliment than brilliant as brilliant is something that only happens every so often where consistancy is very hard to find in players on a team and is something that everyone should be aiming for. The consistent players are the most reliable on the team and the most welcomed. She would prefer to have a team of several consistent players rather than the odd brilliant players
This is coming from someone who plays and coaches so she should know what she is talking about
Kelli - yeah, I am thankful for the opportunity. Some days I still scratch my head wondering what I’m doing but most of the time I do enjoy it.
River - I hope it does click one day. I feel like I’m very slowly gaining an understanding of the game. I do hope that one day my brain will react a little faster to the play. Not sure if it’s age or experience that makes that a problem.
Katrina - nice. thanks for the encouragement.
Would love to be consistent with flashes of brilliant though. Perhaps that can be my next aim?