“Grass Roots Development” - Netball.

... "GRASS-ROOTS DEVELOPMENT" Netball is available in many areas all over the country. It is taught in both Primary and Secondary schools. Teachers working in their own time, to develop the sport further and to provide the school with a team, set up extra Curricular clubs. The school teams will then have the opportunity to compete in local and national competitions. School teachers at primary school level tend not to have many coaching certificates, as too, Secondary do not. Netball is also played in local clubs, which cater for recreational participation and for more serious players wishing to play at a high level club, county and national competitions. The game and the high quality clubs are more commonly found in the larger cities such as Manchester, London and Liverpool. The disadvantages of netball are, that there is not much television coverage. This means people do not understand the

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