Tips for being a high perfomance athlete
The four key ELEMENTS of a high performance athlete – for Netball :
Athlete Attitude
| Coachability | Makes changes, responsive, understands expectations |
| Leadership | Communication, role model, leads by example |
| Resilience | Mental toughness, bounces back, perseverance, adaptable |
| Self Awareness | Emotional Intelligence, composure under pressure |
| Self Responsibility | Motivated, compliant, balanced |
| Wellness | Work, study, social, family, health (absence of sickness) |
| Work Ethic | Intensity, discipline, consistency, drive to be physically better than opponent |
Physical
| Aerobic | Beep, Intermittent Recovery, 1500m run |
| Anaerobic | Octo repeater |
| Power | Vertical jump, horizontal jump |
| Speed | 5m, 10m, 20m, straight line |
| Strength | Press up, horizontal pull up, prone bridge, wall pass |
| Nutrition | Pre / Post training, daily wellness |
Tactical
| Decision Making | Consistency, under pressure from opposition and in game context |
| Using Space | Creating space |
| Position | Strategy Understanding position specific role |
| Unit Strategy | Attacking circle – inside and out, Defensive circle inside and out |
| Team Strategy | Centre pass – attack/defence, throw ins & through court - attack/defence, play from turnovers - attack/defence |
Technical
| Ball Skills | Catching and passing both sides, on the ground/in the air, accurate, timing |
| Movement Skills | Landing, stopping, take off - all using either leg, body control |
| Attacking | Variety of movements and directions to get free, space, timing, screens |
| Defending | Phases of defence, variety of styles |
| Shooting | Distance from post, vary release time, using footwork, rebounding, |
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