No running or jumping is allowed in walking netball but that does not stop a crew from Invercargill getting out on the court.
A group of walking netball players launched into an active match at ILT Stadium Southland last week, with some being pulled up for contact and obstruction, and another toppling over.
Invercargill Netball Centre netball coach pathway and development officer Wynetta Fisher said it sounded like an easy game, but it was a sport people of all abilities could pick up.
“People believe that because it’s walking you have to be of a certain age bracket to fit in.
“The game itself is still quite fast, because it’s all about the speed of the ball, so the faster the ball goes, the faster the game goes,” Fisher said.
The Invercargill Netball Centre was in its second year of hosting a walking netball competition after the success of last year’s tournament which attracted “individuals and groups from different sectors of the community”, she said.
Walking netball is a modified version of netball where players walk instead of run and is a much lower-impact sport…
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