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Netball Roles and Responsibility

Read the match-day situations and choose actions that help your netball team play safely, fairly and as one. Use the role cards and responsibility ladder to support your answers.

Captain — communicates calmly, encourages others and models fair play.

Coach — plans inclusive practice, explains tactics and gives useful feedback.

Fitness leader — leads a safe warm-up and offers suitable options for different abilities.

Player — follows rules, communicates, makes decisions and supports teammates.

1 — Respect: listen, include others, accept decisions.

2 — Effort: participate and keep trying.

3 — Self-direction: set a goal and work independently.

4 — Leadership: help others and take positive responsibility.

Read the match-day brief

At a lunchtime netball match, the score is close. A newer player has missed two passes and goes quiet. During the next break, two players disagree about who should take the centre pass. One teammate has a sore ankle but says they can continue. The warm-up before the match was rushed, and several players did not take part. The team wants to improve together, not just win.

1.Which response best shows Level 1 respect when the team disagrees about the centre pass?

Talk over everyone until your choice wins.
Listen to both views, discuss the plan calmly and accept the agreed decision.
Ignore the discussion and blame the coach later.
Tell one player they are not allowed to speak.

2.As captain, write two things you could say or do to support the newer player after the missed passes. Include one action that helps the whole team stay connected.

3.The fitness leader has 90 seconds to organise a warm-up for everyone. Choose the safest and most inclusive plan.

Start with a full-speed sprint and exclude anyone who cannot keep up.
Lead gentle movement, mobility and a short passing activity; check for injuries and offer lower-impact options.
Skip the warm-up to save time.
Ask injured players to prove they can run before joining.

4.A player with a sore ankle says they can keep playing. What should the captain or coach do first, and why?

5.Match each role with the responsibility that best fits it.

Captain
Coach
Fitness leader
Player

Plans practice and gives clear, useful feedback
Encourages teammates and helps the group communicate calmly
Leads a safe warm-up with options for different abilities
Follows rules, communicates and supports the team

6.A player sets a personal target to call a teammate’s name before every pass in the next quarter. Which responsibility level does this most directly show? Explain briefly.

7.The coach wants a short practice activity that builds both passing skills and kotahitanga (team unity). Describe a 3–5 minute activity and explain how it includes everyone.

8.Which action is the clearest example of Level 4 leadership and helping others?

Practise a skill alone after being asked to help set up.
Show a teammate a useful footwork cue, ask if it helps and encourage them to try again.
Demand that the team follow your tactics without discussion.
Stop participating when the score turns against your team.

9.Give two indicators, other than the final score, that this team could use to measure whether it is improving in responsibility and unity. Make each indicator observable.

10.Choose one role you could take in a netball team. Write a specific, measurable responsibility goal for your next practice, including when you will do it and how you will know you have succeeded.