Netball

I have decided to introduce you all to my new favorite sport, netball. Chrissy (from my home stay family) has been nice enough to let me play with her team on a weekly basis. The closet sport we have to netball is basketball but there are a lot of differences. Some of the rules for (indoor) netball:

1) You can not step once of have the ball (only pivot)
2) You can only hold onto the ball for 3 seconds before getting the whistle blown at you
3) You can only shoot if you are attack or center
4) Your feet have to be at least 2-3 ft away when defending the shooter (you can put your arms up to defend as close as you want as long as you are not touching the other person.)
5) The positions are: 2 on Goal attack, 2 on defense (can not cross half court) and 2 Centers(an exhausting position b/c you run up and down the court a million times!)
6) No jewelry or long nails allowed while playing (if your nails are too long they make you wear gloves, and yes they do check)

I absolutely love this game and will be sad when I leave and can no longer play but I have loved playing with the Chrissy's team. We have only won one game but we still have a lot of fun. Except when the umpire constantly blows the whistle on me (half the time I don't even know what they are saying or what I did wrong). I just look at my team mates and they just tell me what to do with the ball. :)

 

                                            

 * Goal















*This is not my team but this is what the courts look like we play on.







In other news, Friday was the last day of term 3 so we now have a two week break! (Yah!) In a couple of days myself, Heather and Cynthia are going on a road trip farther north to check out some beaches. I am really excited to see other parts of New Zealand. Hopefully, I will make it to the south island eventually.