I did want to play football again but I haven't really managed to find a team and some people at work play netball so I've joined it.
It does seem to be more fun fifteen years on. But I can tell you, it's not football. Or cricket, for that matter.
1. It's a non-contact sport. Really. If you just bump into the person who has the ball, someone blows a whistle at you. This is bad. It wasn't my fault she fell over...
2. Everyone has their own little bit of the pitch to play in. No all chasing after the ball.
3. When someone has the ball, you have to be 3' away from them. Seriously. Or someone blows a whistle at you.
4. The minute you have the ball, you can't move the first foot that touches the ground. If you do, guess what? Someone blows a whistle at you.
5. People don't shout for the ball. Or talk to each other. At all. So I'm running round shouting "behind you! behind you! Pass it back". Everyone else is doing little hand-signals and mind-communication.
I think I'll get the hang of it one day. Maybe.
I can also tell you that the vendors have accepted our lower offer and we're getting some house reports done, so it looks like we might just be buying a house. Maybe, just maybe...
4 comments:
netball non-contact sport.....erm....its changed from my school days....i thought elbows were a good tactic.....
:)
never did see why anyone would WANT to play wing attack or wing defence.....where's the glory in that?
Sport - broken leg. It won't wash as an excuse for getting out of the support team for a second year in a row, however you try to dress it up
I really don't think netball leads to as many broken legs as football. But point taken.
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