Risks Involved in the Game of Netball

Risks Involved in the Game of Netball

All sporting activities carry some risk. We can reduce the risk and

help to prevent injury by preparing for sport properly, and take part

with the right attitude.

Netball is a fast, exiting team sport. It is played in many countries

throughout the world. It is an easy game to pay, but at a higher level

becomes very tactical game that needs great skill.

Warm up/Cool down

Warming up before playing Netball is vitally important, you need to

prepare your body for exercise. You need to stretch thoroughly from

your neck down to ankles, as all the muscles off the body may be used

throughout the period of the game or training session. Stretching also

decreases the risk of muscle stiffness, before stretching a 3-5 minute

jog must take place to increase the body temperature for stretching.

To cool down you need to jog/walk for a few minutes to decrease the

body temperature and remove waste products from the working muscles. A

cool down is also essential to remove lactic acid to stop it pooling

which would cause cramp.

Fitness

· You need to be reasonably fit to play sport, being fit can reduce

the possibility of injury, if you are unfit you are automatically

increasing the risk of injury. If injured you will physically be not

able to play your sport, meaning your fitness will atrophy and

deteriorate. In netball the centre players; Centre, Wing attack, Wing

defence, Goal attack and Goal defence should be physically fit as a

lot of running is needed the Goal shooter and Goal keeper need to be

physically fit also. You must also be sure that our body has been

trained to cope with the deman...

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... must be checked for any

objects that could be potentially harmful, for example Litter, Glass

obstruction, Cans or Stones.

· The environment can effect a game of netball, if played outside in

windy conditions, this is why many teams train indoors, if you play on

a concrete pitch, you put your self at a much greater risk of being

more seriously hurt, if you fall over.

Etiquette

· Etiquette is essential in sports, whatever the score both teams

usually show sportsmanship at the end of a match by chanting 3 cheers

for the opponents followed by clapping, if correct etiquette is not

shown you are considered quite rude also shaking of the oppositions

hands is appropriate.

Compatibility of Competitors

· Players should play against people of roughly the same age. They

should also play against the same sex.