Thanks to our dedicated parent volunteers, community spirit, and regular netball sessions, ANZA Netball keeps our players of all ages motivated and enjoying the game throughout the year.
For our youngest netballers, we finish the term off with a specially designed Skills Challenge. This is to introduce them to various “skill stations” where they test their agility, coordination and control. The idea is to provide our little ones with a sense of achievement and accomplishment. Players have the opportunity to surpass their previous scores in subsequent skill challenges, which enhances their motivation, self-improvement, self-esteem and talent.
Building resilience
While competing, players are awarded a number of points for the level of expertise they achieve. The skills stations include the agility ladder, shooting hoops (softball), controlled toss, clap and catch, hurdles and shuttle runs. It’s a lot of fun as music blasts out and ANZA’s teen netballers provide support and cheers from the sidelines. This time, we had the 2010 netballers helping the young ones out and explaining activities and protocol at the various stations.
As always, the Skills Challenge went down a storm, providing young players with a refreshing change, blending obstacles with goals, and adding an extra layer of excitement to their usual netball session. Little do the players realise that while they’re striving to beat their own scores, they’re also building resilience in handling competitive situations, which is a win-win.
You Deserve A Medal
ANZA participated in the annual SGNA Netball Tournament held in conjunction with the Singapore SVNS at OCBC Arena in May. This saw us fielding three of our strongest teams to provide match practice for the approaching Perth tournament. Other clubs participating included Singapore Netball Academy, Sport Ready, ACS International, Centaurs and The Netball Academy.
The HSBC SVNS SGP & SGNA Netball Tournament 2024 ran all morning with each round-robin match consisting of two 10-minute halves. The finals were held in the early afternoon, allowing the players to take in the Singapore Rugby SVNS afternoon session.
The U16 ANZA Lightning team were never threatened in the tournament and took first place and overall victory. ANZA Galaxy placed third in the U16 division and ANZA Cyclones placed second in the U14 division – amazing considering they were playing up in older age groups. All three teams finished the day with medals!
Netball Term 2
- 7 September – 7 December 2024
- Register at anza.org.sg/sports/netball now
