Year 7&8 Pre-Season Programmes

​​​​​​​Our Year 7&8 Pre-Season development programme is suitable for new and returning players in the 2025 season.

This programme will focus on developing core netball skills including ball skills, footwork, movement, and game play. Spaces are limited for this programme.

Each week the programme will include opportunities for game play to support participants in the lead up to the school competition beginning in May.

Date Tuesday's 18th March - 8th April 2025
VenueTaita Netball Courts, Taine Street
Time 5.15pm - 6.15pm
Cost $20 for duration of programme
Registrations

Spaces are limited and regsitration may close early if we reach full capacity. 

Are open now (see button to the right when viewing from desktop, or scroll to the bottom of the page if viewing on phone). 

Questions can be directed to admin@netballhuttvalley.co.nz 

Year 9 to 13 Pre-Season Programmes

Netball Hutt Valley will be offering a pre-season development programme for players who have an aspiration to play netball in the Hutt Valley at any level in 2025. 

The programme will be delivered over six sessions, each with a specific focus to help players prepare for the upcoming season. 

The programme will focus on re-engaging and developing ball skills, movement skills, footwork and netball specific court conditioning. 

The programme is available to participants from year 9 to 13.  (male & female).

These sessions will have a netball specific focus, allowing players to work on their individual fitness through engaging in other other sporting codes and general activity. For Netball specific conditioning please refer to the Netball Smart website. Netball Smart - Official injury prevention programme of Netball New Zealand

Dates

Thursday's 13th March - 17th April 2025

VenueTaita Netball Courts
Time

6pm - 7.30pm

Cost

$40 per participant for the full six sessions or $10 per session. 

Registration

Spaces are limited and regsitration may close early if we reach full capacity. 

Are open now (see button to the right when viewing from desktop, or scroll to the bottom of the page if viewing on phone). 

Questions can be sent through to admin@netballhuttvalley.co.nz 

Under 16 & 18 Representative Pre-trial Sessions

Netball Hutt Valley will be running positional workshops and a chance for players to have a go at the fitness testing that will be used for the 2025 representative season. 

Dates

Positional: Tuesday 22 April 

Fitness testing: Monday 14 April 

Time

Positonal: 6pm - 8pm

Fitness testing: 4pm - 6pm

Venue

Taita Netball Courts

Taine Street 

Netball Hutt Valley


The below workshops are available to those who are trialling for the under 16 or 18 Netball Hutt Valley teams in 2025. 

Positional Workshops

Shooters

  • Circle entry
  • Rotation of the circle
  • Presentation to the ball

Midcourt

  • Feeding the circle
  • Getting free to receive uncontested
  • Spacial awareness (balancing the court & re-offering)

Defence 

  • Contesting for ball (aerial & ground) 
  • Body positioning and dictating the attackers space
  • Working with your partner to gain possesion of the ball

Pre-trial Fitness Test

Come along and give it a go with some of the pre-trial fitness testing that will be used for the under 16 & 18 age groups in 2025. If you are wishing to trial for the gold teams it is highly recommended that you attend these workshops to give yourself an opportunity to practise what will be tested and what areas you are required to upskill in. 

  • Core strength
  • Hamstring strength
  • Triple hop
  • Lateral hop
  • Wall ball 
  • Change of direction
  • Yo-yo

Ftness standards desired for the under 16 & 18 Gold teams

Core strength

Prone hold

Looking for stable body position (no sagging through core/back, hips aligned). 

Minimum 1 minute 30 seconds.

Hamstring strength15 per side (30 seconds staying on the metronome beat)
Triple hop/lateral hop

Less than 10% difference between both legs (injury prevention)

Triple hop: 4.7m minimum distance with ability to hold the landing on the third jump. 

Lateral hop: 30 seconds each leg, 40 cm distance to cover. 42 minimum each leg.

Wall ball

Consistency across the three tests - maintain or increase under fatigue.

Looking for a minimum of 55 - 60 consistent passes.

Change of direction

Shooters under 2.55 seconds

Midcourt under 2.45 seconds

Defence under 2.5 seconds

Yo-yo

GS/GK 15.1+

GA/GD 15.5+

WA/C/WD 16.1+