A PROGRAM aiming to help young children learn how to play netball is on at the Y Bannockburn.<\/p>\n
The Net Set Go program is seeking to help children aged five to 10 learn motor skills and netball specific drills, all while having fun and making friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a foundation program to teach kids the fundamentals of netball and introduce them to sport,\u201d said program organiser Alisha Nurnaitis.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is absolutely no experience required, we teach all that.\u201d<\/p>\n
After completion of the program, participants are encouraged to join a junior netball team for further development.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe look at hand eye coordination, teamwork and learning how to pass the ball, shooting, and in our older classes we get into the rules and learning the positions,\u201d said Ms Nurnaitis.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of kids start off not knowing anything about sport and by the end a lot of them can shoot a goal, they can pass the netball, run towards the netball and they aren\u2019t scared of the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n
The program is designed to help children learn skills which are important in all sports, not just netball.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt helps children be competent in all sports and be really good team players,\u201d said Ms Nurnaitis.<\/p>\n
She also said it\u2019s important to have opportunities like Net Set Go available in regional areas where there are less sporting clubs.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think programs like this are really important because it opens kids up to working with other children in a team-based environment and also gives them the opportunity to develop their skills,\u201d said Ms Nurnaitis.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople in more populated areas have lots of netball clubs around, whereas in Bannockburn we have one netball club so it\u2019s giving kids the access to team sports.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A PROGRAM aiming to help young children learn how to play netball is on at the Y Bannockburn. The Net Set Go program is seeking to help children aged five to 10 learn motor skills and netball specific drills, all while having fun and making friends. \u201cIt is a foundation program to teach kids the […]<\/p>\n