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    Regional Sport - Netball

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    Netball originated in the late 19th century as a sport for women based on modifications to basketball. It is played by two teams of seven players on an indoor or outdoor court divided into thirds. The objective is to pass the ball down the court and shoot it through the goal ring, which is higher than a basketball hoop, while preventing the other team from scoring. Netball has never been part of the Olympics but its federation has been recognized by the IOC since 1995.

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    Netball originated in the late 19th century as a sport for women based on modifications to basketball. It is played by two teams of seven players on an indoor or outdoor court divided into thirds. The objective is to pass the ball down the court and shoot it through the goal ring, which is higher than a basketball hoop, while preventing the other team from scoring. Netball has never been part of the Olympics but its federation has been recognized by the IOC since 1995.

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    Netball originated in the late 19th century as a sport for women based on modifications to basketball. It is played by two teams of seven players on an indoor or outdoor court divided into thirds. The objective is to pass the ball down the court and shoot it through the goal ring, which is higher than a basketball hoop, while preventing the other team from scoring. Netball has never been part of the Olympics but its federation has been recognized by the IOC since 1995.

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    NETBALL

    Equipment: two tennis balls and four cones Space: 5 x 10 meters against a wall
    Number of players: 2 or 4 (in couples) Length of the game: 10 to 15 minutes
    Historical/Cultural context:
    Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. It is one of a few sports created
    exclusively for women and girls and remains primarily played by them, on indoor and outdoor courts, especially in
    schools and most popularly in the Commonwealth of Nations.

    Netball's development traces back to American sports teacher Clara Gregory Baer's misinterpretation of the
    basketball rule book in 1895. The book had lines of patrol drawn on it and Clara interpreted this to mean that players
    had to stay in those zones. Baer's modifications proliferated and were later officially ratified into the rules for women's
    basketball by 1899. Martina Bergman-Österberg had also introduced basketball to her female students at her Physical
    Training College in England in 1893. In the beginning it was also described as "women's basketball" but by 1897 it
    started to evolve into a distinctly separate sport based on modifications developed at Bergman-Österberg's college
    combined with Baer's rules.
    Netball in the Olympics
    Netball has never been played at the Summer Olympics, but its federation has been recognized by the International
    Olympic Committee (IOC), since 1995 after a twenty-year period of lobbying. The netball community sees netball's
    absence at the Olympic Games as a hindrance to the global growth of the game, depriving it of media attention and
    funding. The IOC requires a high geographical scope for inclusion in the Olympics (played by men in 75 countries and
    by women in 40), but netball is mostly played in Commonwealth countries. When the IOC recognized netball's
    federation, it opened up sources of funds that the global netball community had not been able to access before,
    including the (IOC), national Olympic committees and sports organisations, and state and federal governments.
    Game description:
    • The primary objective is to shoot a ball in circumference) through the defender's goal ring mounted 3.05
    metres (10.0 ft) high to a goal post (that has no backboards) at each end of the court while preventing the
    opposing team from shooting through their own goal ring.
    • A 4.9-metre (16 ft)-radius semi-circular "shooting circle" is an area at each end of the court. The goal posts
    are located within the shooting circle. Each team defends one shooting circle and attacks the other. The
    netball court is 30.5 metres (100 ft) long, 15.25 metres (50.0 ft) wide, and divided lengthwise into thirds.
    • Each team is allowed seven players on the court. Each player is assigned a specific position, which limits
    their movement to a certain area of the court. A "bib" worn by each player contains a one- or two-letter
    abbreviation indicating this position. Only two positions are permitted in the attacking shooting circle, and
    can therefore shoot for a goal. Similarly, only two positions are permitted in the defensive shooting circle;
    they try to prevent the opposition from shooting goals. Other players are restricted to two-thirds of the
    court, with the exception of the centre, who may move anywhere on the court except for a shooting circle.
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