Two teams, seven players on each side, a rectangular field, the objective is to mark more than the other team – but it is not a handball.
When looking for news in Australia on sport, we noticed for example in what was highlighted netball.
No idea what it was, we went to look. And we quickly realize that Australia is really a strong country in this mode: leads, ahead of four other countries where English is spoken – New Zealand, Jamaica, England and South Africa. It is really the most practiced modality among Australian women.
Soon here we notice that netball is a widely practiced modality in countries of Commonwealth.
Emerged in the late nineteenth century, in a kind of Adapted basketball. It was an idea of Clara Gregory Baer, a physical education teacher in the US, who wanted adapt the rules of basketball to the social and physical conditions of women of that time.
Result: One Less Physical Basketballmore focused on accuracy, detail, strategy.
And yes, it is still a modality practiced above all by women.
They are two teams, seven players each side, and the goal is to score goals (points) – which in the background is basket which are 3.05 meters high. But the field is more like that of a handball.
Another obvious difference compared to basketball: There are no dribbles. No one can dribble. No steps. You can’t even walk with the ball in your hand. Just pass the ball through the air – there are only 3 seconds to pass, from the moment they receive the ball, and they cannot leave the place.
Precisely in relation to the site they occupy, Each player has a specific position, that defines its role in the team and limits its movement in the field, explains the.
E Not all can mark. Only the players who are in the positions Goal Attack e Goal Shooter is that they can contribute to the score; and only if they are in the semi-circle by the basket.
The game lasts 60 minutes.
The sport is played by more than 20 million people in 80 countries. It is recognized by the International Olympic Committee.
No ranking There are 52 countries. Portugal is not there.
Nuno Teixeira da Silva, Zap //
