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More schools sign up for Netball introduction program

More Swedish schools have shown interest in having Netball as a sports that can be introduced to their students. It has been a challenge to integrate Netball into the Swedish society as many have never heard of Netball and the many options of games did not make it easy. during the GIH Convent Netball Sweden officials managed to present a paper on the role of Netball in schools. The title of the presentation was Netball a new way for team building. After the presentation physical education teachers were given the opportunity to try out the game and the response was great. A number of the teachers signed up for the introduction of Netball in their schools. This will require a section of Netball instructors to visit these schools and introduce the game by equipping the sports teachers with the knowledge needed to teach the game as well as inspiring and encourage the students to join the already existing clubs in the country

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The Swedish National Netball League to start in 2023. Register your team

For the first time in history Netball Sweden will have a national league where different clubs will play each other in three different formats. Our major aim is to encourage participation and competition among our clubs as we build capacity to have healthy growing clubs.

  • Clubs will visit each other on a home and away basis.
  • Clubs will meet together in tournaments and play a number of games which means that every club will benefit from each tournament they participate in. A club can lose a tournament but will get points for their participation in the league.
  • Friendly games/training matches that are registered and played under the Netball Sweden arrangements will also be considered to carry some points for the participating teams.

The league will also encourage participation of youths to build sustainability and to help build youth teams that will participate in the Youth league in future.

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Over 50 physical education teachers from allover Sweden attend the Netball session at GIH Convention

Every year the Swedish Institute of Sports and Health Sciences (GIH) organises an education convention for physical education teachers, health educators, leisure educators, pre-school teachers, coaches and leisure leaders.

In this convention Netball Sweden given a session to speak to the teachers on the topic: Netball, a new way to build teamwork. The two sessions spread in the todays attracted over 50 participants who were taken through both theory and practical sessions to help them embrace the role of netball in building teamwork. It was realised that many of the teachers struggle with building teamwork in their work with students, they saw Netball as a solution to the pressing challenge as the game will not only help them to teach a new game but also to build a competence that can be used in other areas of the student’s life.

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