Netball Star

 

Introducing “My Netball Star” System!
Created Exclusively for Parents
And Coaches of 6-10 Year Old Girls…

I wrote this book so parents just like me would have a simple system
and resource, to make a massive improvement in their daughter's netball abilities.
So they too could see their child enjoy netball and blossom as a skilled player. 

Cait waits her chance

Bendigo netball star Caitlin Thwaites 

will learn today whether she 

earned selection in the A

ustralian Diamonds squad 

for the upcoming 

World Netball Championships in 

Singapore.

Thwaites joined several netball hopefuls at the Australian Diamonds training camp in Canberra on Monday, and will learn if she is one of the 22 players selected for the 2011 Australian netball squad today.

Thwaites, who made the move across the Tasman from the Melbourne Vixens to the Wellington-based Central Pulse, had an outstanding season in goals for the New Zealand team.

The goaler’s move to the Central Pulse has paid off on court, with Thwaites registering in the top 10 for goals scored and rebounds this season.

Thwaites was the second-ranked Australian goaler for the 2011 ANZ Championship Series, behind the West Coast Fever’s Caitlin Bassett.

Thwaites shot 431 goals for the season at an accuracy of 81.3 per cent.

Romelda Aitkin, from the Queensland Firebirds, took out the goalscoring title for the season, with 523 goals scored.

Netball star fights

The official ANZ Championship Facebook page invited fans to comment on who they thought would win Sunday night's preliminary final clash between the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic and the Mystics.

It was an innocent attempt to create light-hearted banter between the supporters of the respective teams in the lead-up to the big game.

But the discussion got rather heated when one poster, Nathan James, declared the Magic were going to win because "there [sic] 2 athletic, mystics shooter is far 2 overweight".

That sparked a wave of outraged posts from fans defending Latu, who is the most accurate shooter in the transtasman league this year.

But it was Latu herself who put an end to the conversation. 

I fully understand that everyone has their opinion and not everyone is going to like it," she said.

"It's not the first time I've read things like that and if I actually cared about what people like him say about me then I probably wouldn't be where I am today.

"But it really makes me mad that people like him could possibly get into other people's heads and make them feel like they're not worth anything.

"[Temepara George] got told she was too short to play netball when she was younger, and other people get told all the time they are too old. I'm trying to make a difference and I hope I can make people realise no matter what size or shape you are you can play sport."

Mystics chief executive Mark Cameron said he had no problem with Latu posting her views on social networking sites and said the popular shooter has a great rapport with fans. 

ADELAIDE Thunderbird netball star Carla Borrego is set to make a shock appearance for Forestville in district level basketball this weekend.

The Thunderbirds have given Jamaican born Borrego permission to play for the Eagles in this Saturday’s Central ABL match against North Adelaide at Wayville, and she will split her time between the sports over winter.

Borrego, whose Thunderbirds missed this month’s Trans-Tasman ANZ Championship finals, has spent the past few weeks playing for Newton Jaguars in Adelaide’s Premier League netball competition.

But a plan to improve her fitness ahead of next February’s ANZ Championship kick-off prompted the Thunderbirds to cut a deal with Forestville and Newton.

Newton coach Rod Webster said Borrego, an ex-US college basketballer, arrived in Adelaide just a week before this year’s championship and was underdone, prompting the deal.

“We’ve been working in close consultation with Thunderbirds coach Jane Woodlands-Thompson who was keen for Carla do get a bit of extra fitness,” Said Webster, whose Jaguars will still have the services of Borrego for the remainder of their season.

“It’s a way for her to keep her fitness up and stay fresh with basketball providing a change from netball.”

Forestville coach Sharon Simons said 193cm Borrego would give her side a tremendous boost, and added it was good for the profile of the competition.

Here’s a small sample of what you’ll discover Inside…

1. How to dramatically increase your daughter’s netball skill.
2. What you can do to develop her passion for netball and confidence.
3. Solid fundamental training; like ball handling, passing and catching, hand eye coordination and goal shooting skills.
4. Fitness and strength programs to enable your little girl the muscle tone and endurance to play, compete and shine.
5. Footwork and running methods, strategies and activities to develop her speed and coordination.
6. Simple, quick and easy warm up methods so her little body is ready to go.
7. Food suggestions and tips so her body is fuelled up and ready for maximum performance when she needs it.
8. What you can do to incentivize your daughter so she loves her training and wants to do it.
9. More than 70 photos of kids and professional netballers through out the book.
10. It’s an easy, step-by-step, day-by-day program that is guaranteed to help your daughter master the basics of netball and make amazing progress in 10 weeks or less. Plus 10 Free Netball Star Bonuses with every purchase.

 

 

KIRSTY BENNETT, REPORTER: These kids are top of the class at their school. And amongst the students in this specialist maths lesson is a rising sports star.

TEACHER: So can someone please give me a time for the first one please, Maddy?

MADELEINE PROUD, ADELAIDE THUNDERBIRDS RECRUIT: I had 180 seconds, 360 and 28.6 centimetres.

KIRSTY: Madeleine Proud or "Maddy" is not only known for her maths ability. She's been selected to play for one of the country's top netball teams. The Adelaide Thunderbirds! At only sixteen years old, Maddy has become the youngest person ever contracted to play in the Trans-Tasman netball competition. But don't let her age fool you, she's been playing netball since she was four years old.

MADELEINE PROUD, ADELAIDE THUNDERBIRDS RECRUIT: Yeah I couldn't believe it and then she came over that weekend and talked all through the contract and everything and I just didn't really know what to say. She said do you want to do it and I was like yes definitely!

KIRSTY: Maddy's story is one that we may hear more of. The Thunderbirds are on the hunt for young players to freshen up the team.

JANE WOODLANDS-THOMPSON, THUNDERBIRDS COACH: We've got spotters in every state of Australia and in New Zealand and in England so they are wonderful volunteers for the Thunderbirds and they feed us back information from tournaments and club fixtures and all sorts.