It is designed for kids (boys and girls) aged 5 to 7 years of age. Fun Net is designed to develop the children's basic motor skills, balance, co-ordination, footwork and ball handling in fun environment. The kids join Fun Net as individuals and the emphasis is on participation and fun. (hence the name fun net!) They learn skills through activities and games that are netball orientated and are actively encouraged to have lots of fun!
The sport of netball is a challenging game that involves many skills and has a lot of rules! Children need to be introduced to the sport gradually through age appropriate games and activities. The children can then develop their motor skills and confidence as they participate in a non competitive environment.
With the basic netball skills that they learn through Fun Net they will progress to Netta with more confidence and a better understanding of some of the basic skill that are required in the game of netball.
So what is the difference between Netball and Netta? Well firstly, there are no winners or losers in fun net as scores are not kept. This is to encourage the participants to have fun and enjoy the sport and want to come back and play. Also the rules and the equipment used have been modified and adapted to the physical and psychological abilities of children aged between 8-10 years of age.
Netta is not aged based, some children playing in a netta team may be 8 years old and others will be 10 years old. This is done as not all children develop at the same rate and some older children wont be able to cope with all the physical and technical demands of Netball. Also younger children who have shown early development and readiness for competative netball can be moved up from Netta to Netball.
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