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Justin Marshall
To be fair, a lot of Cantabs feel the same way about Mr Marshall, Leg Break.
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I love netball as a spectator sport, except I'd like to see something done about the fake injury breaks.
Didn't they try to do something about that before the world champs? I'm pretty sure they changed the rules, but I did notice in one of the Aussie tests it seems to have slipped back to an "ow my knee" thing .
There's no difference between the women's and men's versions of most sports.
In rules maybe, but not necessarily in the way the game is played. As Leg Break notes, women's tennis relies less on brute force, and is less baseline to baseline.
Women's basketball tends to be (played well) faster, and more reliant on outside shooting and good ball skills than post play and strength. And they use a smaller ball.
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Seriously, think of the rules of netball. Clipboard mania gone mad.
Not to disagree, because after all, what you like, you like, and I'm not going to say any one sport is better than another. (Except motor sport and the america's cup - not sports)
But at least the netball rules are easy to understand. You can't stand closer to three feet, you can't push people, you can't run with the ball.
Try explaining the offside rule, or what the hell is going on in a ruck, or the finer points of a line out.
Or, God forbid, try explaining cricket to a baseball fan.
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Or is it that you only can't pass through a third of the court, but shooting is fine?
No, you can only shoot from inside the goal circle. I was referring to the whole exciting buzzer-beater element. But hey I'm all for a rule change that lets Julie Seymour biff it from halfway.
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And any sport that discourages a Phil Jones type shot from your own side of halfway to beat the buzzer and bring the crowd to their feet... c'mon.
Netball has that. See Donna Loffhagen in the 1999 World Championship final.
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Stiil, beats talking about the cricket.
The lady makes an excellent point.
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Whatever. When I was a baby, I had to walk in the snow, up hill both ways, with no shoes, just to get my Christmas dirt. And I had to pick the pebbles out myself.
But seriously, to quote Russell, "yup", "cool" and "wow!".
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Which is great for NZ because there will always be one game where we're more or less guaranteed world champions.
Except for the 8 times we haven't won it, you mean? :)
And I take your point, it is a minority sport on the world stage. As, it could be said, is rugby.
Netball is one of the top 5 sports played in New Zealand, and certainly the top women's sport (although it only just beats out golf). Shouldn't that mean it gets coverage? Especially when it's an international?
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Oh, Hadyn, welcome to my world.
Ive been blathering on about this to anyone who will listen for years. Girls' sports just don't rate a mention. In fact, if you aren't men playing cricket, rugby, or league, you are pretty lucky to get one at all.
Having said that, with the exception of the Silver Ferns, and the wonderful Black Ferns, I never watch women's sport. Because as a sports fan, I like to watch good sport, and unfortunately, it's not always.
The WNBA is amazing, but the Tall Ferns? Not that good. I'd rather watch the Breakers (who are having an amazing season, thus far, by the way).
It's a vicious cycle, because the sports won't get better without coaches, administrators, and facilities, and for that they need funding, and sponsorship. And they won't get that without coverage.
Sport is one of the areas where it is still OK to overtly discriminate against women. They don't get the coverage, the funding (although Title IX has done a lot to address that in the US), and it is ok to focus on a woman's looks rather than her talent and skill.
I don't know what you do about it, but putting women's sport on the front page when it is good and topical would be a start.
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you'll be getting a visit when the anti-ginga revolution finally comes.
Bring it on Tibby, I'm not scared of you.
...Scuttles off to dye her roots.