Guidelines for Team Formation

Overall objective

Players are placed in a team which is well balanced, gives opportunity for learning and fun and is competitive.

Guidelines

Within a netball club, members are taking part in regular sport for different reasons with different goals. Highvale Netball Club acknowledges this is the case and we attempt to take this into consideration when forming teams.

There are a number of different factors that are considered when forming teams including:

• Friendships/siblings.
• Skill level
  • It is possible that a player may play at a lower skilled section in a higher age group.
• Age
  • Special consideration will be requested if it is felt that the player would gain further skills and confidence in a lower age group.
  • Alternatively, opportunity for players to extend their skills and play above their age group if it is felt that a player will be able to successfully play at the level required.
• Years of experience along with teams previously played in.
• Team balance: both positional across the court as well as the number of players in all teams to sustain those teams across the season in the face of injuries and illness.
• Player numbers: particularly if joining the club mid-season, the player may be allocated to where there is a vacancy.

How is this achieved?

• Discussion with coaches during and at the end of the season/year.
• Observation at training and during matches with peers on an ongoing basis. 
• Player survey at end of season / year.
• Discussion at Team Formation Committee (constituting President/s and coaching coordinator) who have specific knowledge of players.
• Parental and player discussion, where it is deemed necessary by the Team Formation Committee.
• Ratification by whole Committee.

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