Year 5 & 6 sessions are taught over a 9 week program that introduces players to different skills and activities each week. There are a number of key learning and coaching points and all the activities in each lesson are focussed on learning a particular skill specific to netball.

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2026 SEASON - RULE INFORMATION​​​​​​​

UMPIRE RULES:

• All Year 5 & 6 Grade Teams MUST supply their own Umpire for the Season. Payment of Umpires is between the Team and the Umpire.
• KNC suggest paying Junior Umpires $10 per Game and Centre Qualified Umpires $20, as a guideline. Payment to Umpires MUST be made BEFORE the game starts.
• All Umpires MUST wear a white t shirt or jumper.
• All coaches & managers need to be up to date with all the updated 2025 umpires rules that where released last year.  Please check the UMPIRING TAB for helpful PDFs and videos which explain all the new rules that came into play.​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​RESERVE & EMERGENCY & CASUAL PLAYERS RULE:

• Reserve / Player Up = a player who is already registered at KNC and plays in a lower grade and is requesting to play in a higher grade team. 
• Reserve Players cannot be a reserve for teams who play in the same grade.
• Reserve Player cannot play in a lower grade if they are in a higher graded team. 
• Reserve Players are not permitted in grading games.
• Online Reserve / Player Form must be submitted and approved prior to player taking the court.
• No fee
• Casual Player = not a registered player at KNC or at any other centre, is the same age as the Year grade of the team they are playing for.
• Should only be used in special circumstances eg not enough team members due to illness, injury or tangi / funeral. 
• Must pay $10.00 fee payable online payment prior to player taking the court.
• Online Casual Form in sporty must be submitted and approved prior to player taking the court.
• Emergency Player = a replacement player to replace a registered team member who has withdrawn or cannot play for the remaining season due to injury. (formal request via email must be sent to centre prior to this player taking the court). 
• Online Emergency Form in sporty must be submitted and approvied prior to player taking the court.
• New player will need to register and pay fees prior to playing. 

IMPORTANT INFO:

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​If a Reserve plays twice for the same team, on the third occasion they become a member of that team and cannot return to their orginal team for the remaining season. 

If requesting to add an additional team member AFTER registration - you must notify the netball centre and seek approval prior to that player taking the court. 

Any teams found playing non registered members or reserves and or casual players without approval, will result in a default and or loss of competition points. 

ONLINE COMPETITION FORMS:

Online forms (located under Competition Info) must be submitted and approval gained prior to a Reserve or Emergency/Casual Player taking the court.

Teams not following these rules and regulations will result in a default and or loss of competition points. 

MALES IN NETBALL:

In Year 5 to Year 8 School / Club and any Mixed Competitions:

• A maximum of 3 males may play on court at any one time.
• There is to be no more than 1 male in each third of the court i.e. Goal third (A), Centre third (C) and Defence third (D)