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A case of going back to the future for top Super Netball coaches
A lot has changed in netball in the past nine years. But one thing remains. And that is the quality of the two coaches who have led their teams to this point.
A lot has changed in netball in the past nine years. But one thing remains. And that is the quality of the two coaches who have led their teams to this point.
They consistently score more goals than anyone else. They consistently score more goals from their centre pass. They consistently punish teams who cough up possession. But can they win the Championship?
One of the sub-plots of Suncorp Super Netball is the selection of the Australian Diamonds team for the international season later in the year, with an eye on the Commonwealth Games in 2018.
Shining a light on the machinations around a particularly rancorous AGM should prompt a thorough review of the Netball Australia constitution. This is hardly sexy, yet it is vital to the ongoing viability of our sport.
The huge gains made by netball in recent years are under threat, and it's painful to watch.
Here are some key things you need to know about as you settle in with a beverage of your choice on Saturday nights to watch some of the best athletes in the world battle it out.
It's the dying days of the great netball experiment. Next year the groundbreaking trans-Tasman competition will be no more after Australian netball bosses deemed the Kiwi teams not competitive enough and decided to strike out on their own.
To borrow from Dickens – It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.
If the 2017 ANZ Championship season had a theme song surely it would be Bob Dylan's The times they are a-changin'.
Confidence is king, or given that we are talking about netball, queen. Whatever, the Silver Ferns now have some, and the Diamonds may come to regret handing it over last Sunday in the third Constellation Cup match in Melbourne.
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