Netball

I recently attended my first ever netball game between the Melbourne Vixens and the Adlaid Thunderbirds. Netball is a game mainly geared towards girls and women. It is very similar to basketball except that there is no dribbling the ball, you can only go in specific areas of the court, and there is no backboard. The middle game is pretty fast paced with a lot of passing, but when the ball is finally given to a shooter it takes forever!! A shooter can take as long as they want to shoot and if a player from the other team is within 3 feet of them, the shooter gets to shoot again. The most exciting part of the game had to be the end. Because each basket is one point each, the scores are very close. Therefore, once it gets the last five minutes things get really crazy.

See the net without a backboard.

We won! Go Vixens!

One thing I did notice was that despite needing to have a great shooter, netball really relies on teamwork. Many basketball teams have one or two great players and they win the game. In netball, you all have to work together. Netball was an interesting experience, but I think basketball is more exciting!