Fastnet is a variation of netball featuring shortened games and goals worth multiple points. The new format was announced by the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA) in 2008, and was primarily developed for a new international competition, the World Netball Series.

In 2008, the IFNA released the details of a new, faster format of netball, which eventually became known as "fast net". The new format was developed for a new international netball competition, the World Netball Series. According to the IFNA, the new rules were ultimately designed to make games faster and more television-friendly, with the ultimate aim of raising the sport's profile and attracting more spectators and greater sponsorship. Previously, the new rules had been trialled by England junior and senior netball squads over a 12-month period. Some of the new rules were announced in December 2008, including six-minute playing quarters and power plays; others were announced in February 2009. The new format was quickly compared to Twenty20 cricket and rugby sevens.

Tamsin Greenway (born 6 October 1982 in Leicester, England) is an English netball player and member of the England national netball team. She usually plays wing attack or goal attack.

Greenway has been a member of the England national team since 2004/05, making her senior debut against South Africa. During her career she has competed at two Commonwealth Games (2006 and 2010) and one Netball World Championships (2007), collecting bronze medals at both Commonwealth Games. She also won silver at the 2010 World Netball Series in Liverpool.

Domestically, Greenway plays in the Netball Superleague with the Surrey Storm. She previously played for the TeamBath teams that won back-to-back national elite Superleague titles in 2005/6 and 2006/7. Greenway signed also with the Queensland Firebirds to play in the Australasian ANZ Championship in 2008 and 2009.

Pamela Cookey (born 2 September 1984 in Birmingham, England) is an English netball player, usually posted to goal attack (GA). Cookey was a surprise inclusion in the England national netball team as a seventeen-year-old, for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, but was unable to participate due to a knee injury. She was also named in the team the following year, but withdrew due to study commitments. She went on to make her senior debut with England in 2004 against Australia, and two years later won a bronze medal with the England team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She won a second Commonwealth Games bronze medal in 2010, and later that year won silver at the 2010 World Netball Series.

In domestic netball, Cookey has played with TeamBath in the Netball Superleague since the competition's inception in 2005, winning two titles in 2005–06 and 2008–09. She also played in the Australasian ANZ Championship in 2009, signing with New Zealand franchise the Northern Mystics.

Ashleigh Brazill (born 29 December 1989) is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the New South Wales Swifts. She will be playing for the West Coast Fever in 2012.

In 2010, Brazill was one of the twelve players selected for the Australian Fastnet Diamonds team and took part in the 2011 World Netball Series in Liverpool. For her performance, Brazill was awarded the FastNet Diamond of the Series.

In 2011, Brazill was nominated for the Best Young Player Award in round 10 of the 2011 ANZ Championship season.