🥅Rules Netball

Netball is a team ball sport derived from basketball, played mainly by women's teams across Commonwealth countries. Two teams of seven players compete on a court split into thirds, with each position restricted to certain areas. The ball moves only by passing, with no dribbling, and only two players may score.

Score more goals than the opponent by sending the ball through the opposing ring, while preventing the other team from scoring.

• •Seven players per team, each with a position and an allowed playing area.
• •No dribbling: the ball is advanced only by passing.
• •Hold the ball for less than three seconds before passing or shooting.
• •Only the Goal Shooter (GS) and Goal Attack (GA) may shoot, from inside the goal circle.
• •A defender must stay at least 0.9 m from the ball carrier to defend (otherwise obstruction).
• •Contact that interferes with an opponent is not allowed, even if accidental.

Each goal is worth one point. Only the Goal Shooter and Goal Attack may shoot, and only from inside the goal circle. The ball must pass through the ring and fully clear the net for the goal to count.

A match is played in four 15-minute quarters, with 3-minute intervals (between Q1-Q2 and Q3-Q4) and a 5-minute half-time break. Some competitions or recreational formats may adjust the length of the periods.

The team with the most goals at the end of the four quarters wins. If scores are level, some competitions play extra time according to their own regulations.