NetballSmart has been hitting the ground running for the 2025 netball season. We have already had an NDC camp in January to start our year and it was great to see the athletes we have been working with across 2024 excel and show their skills in a performance environment.

NetballSmart’s role at these camps was to run strength and fitness testing. At the same time also educates players on how to be a “smart player” and starts to embed athlete habits which will help take them to the next level of their game.

It was great to see some of the athletes excel in their testing and it was good to see that they had been working hard on their fitness over the off-season with the yo-yo test being one of our best performing in recent years. It is awesome to see teams out on the courts working on their strength and fitness coming into the pre-season. It is important that our bodies can handle the demands of the sport. We want all our players to be prepared to play and have an injury-free season.

Head to our prep-n-play and preparation program resources if you want some ideas on how to prepare your player for the season ahead.

You can find these on our website under Resource/Training https://netballsmart.co.nz/netball-smart/resources.html

We look forward to continuing to work with all players in the community and have a safe and happy year ahead! If you need any support from NetballSmart, not only in the warm-up space but with anything relating to netball, please get in contact with Nick from the NetballSmart team to lock in dates for 2025

Email: netballsmart@netballmainland.co.nz Phone: 027-314-0615

Article added: Tuesday 04 March 2025