Commonwealth Games

This week I have been learning about the Commonwealth games I chose to do Netball because i have been playing Netball for 6 years so thats why i chose to do Netball.    Look down below here.

Netball

What is Netball?

Netball is a team sport played on a court. There are always 2 teams on the court at one time. Each team has 7 players and each player has a different job to do on the court.

Positions on the Court

There are 7 different positions in a netball team. They are Goal Shot (GS), Goal Attack (GA), Wing Attack (WA), Centre (C), Wing Defence (WD), Goal defence (GD), Goal Keep (GK).

The GS and GA job is to shoot the goals and try get them in the hoop. The GK and GD try to stop the shooters from getting the ball and scoring goals. The C, WA and WD all try to bring the ball down the court from the defence end to the shooting end. This way they help to get the ball to the shooters.

How do you score points?

To score points you have to pass it to the third person and try and get a point in the goal if you miss it you can try and get it in the goal and that is how you get a goal.

Netball Teams that competed at the Commonwealth Games 2014

There were 12 teams that went to the Commonwealth Games to play netball. These were split up into 2 sections. Pool A and Pool B.

The teams in Pool A were The teams in Pool B were

New Zealand Australia

Jamaica England

Malawi South Africa

Northern Ireland Wales

Scotland Trinidad and Tobago

Saint Lucia Barbados