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AGC JOURNAL 2016

The Netball Community

Our time in Jamaica was not all standard of play, at
competitive play and the team conducted all levels, in Jamaica
Defence Engagement with the local school is inspirational…. the
(Herbert Morrison High School) and we netball culture and
conducted a joint training session with passion for the game
them and their coaches. An afternoon unchallenged. We all look forward to
of yet more tropical storms ensued and our next tour opportunity and now to
we began by following their wet weather but to be trained by one of the Jamaican play and encourage new netball players to
plan of warming up in the school halls national coaches was an honour. Annette partake in this fantastic sport. The Netball
with substantial amounts of squats and Daley meant business and after some players and officials in Jamaica proved to
crab walks, before heading out onto the challenging warm up drills she introduced be both hospitable and welcoming and the
waterlogged court for some drills, skills us to new exercises related to court location was an excellent choice to foster
and match play. Interaction with young movements and a few exciting drills sporting engagement at all levels.
players to pass on our skills and assistance for an attacking/defensive game
was very gratifying and was enjoyed by play; even the most experienced
all. amongst us had learnt something
new.
Following this the team were lucky enough
to receive a coaching session from the Endnote
Jamaican coach Annette Daley who
is internationally recognised. It was a The tour came to an end all too
long haul to Kingston (four hours) with soon and we had all fostered
many detours as our driver Hodges was relationships old and new,
too embarrassed to tell us he was lost, local and home-grown. The

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