Netball is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Netball meaning
- A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player.
- The ball used in this sport.
Synonyms of Netball
Using Netball
- The main meaning on this page is: A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player. | The ball used in this sport.
- Useful related words include: court game.
- In the example corpus, netball often appears in combinations such as: the netball, netball world, and netball.
Context around Netball
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 9 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Netball
- In this selection, "netball" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, international, professional, school, association, world and courts stand out and add context to how "netball" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2024 randwick netball association season and all eight netball courts are. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "netball" sits close to words such as behaviours, coke and echoing, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with netball
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Netball launched a shortened version of the game through The Fast5 Netball World Series. (14 words)
All eight netball courts are poured, all lighting poles in place, and netball posts in place. (16 words)
Hunter Netball claimed its biggest scalp in the Netball NSW Dooleys Metro League during the week. (16 words)
To add to the vibe on the day, the netball coaches selected a team of Grade 6 netball players who competed in a 10-minute game against Rand Park’s first team to give them an idea of how they will progress over the years once they play high school netball. (51 words)
The appointment of the head coach became necessary after Connie Francis chose not to renew her contract with Netball Jamaica following the Sunshine Girls’ bronze medal finish at the Netball World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa, in August 2023. (40 words)
Months of planning, meetings and organisation behind the scenes finally materialised into on-court netball action for all involved in the creation of the South East Netball League on Saturday as the competition’s first ever round was played. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
To add to the vibe on the day, the netball coaches selected a team of Grade 6 netball players who competed in a 10-minute game against Rand Park’s first team to give them an idea of how they will progress over the years once they play high school netball.
Netball is similarly popular, with many netball clubs affiliated with local Australian rules clubs including Wendouree, East Point, Eureka, North Ballarat, Redan, Brown Hill and the Ballarat Netball Association.
All eight netball courts are poured, all lighting poles in place, and netball posts in place.
A new under-19 netball competition is in the works to fill a void left by changes to the Victorian Netball League (VNL).
Hunter Netball claimed its biggest scalp in the Netball NSW Dooleys Metro League during the week.
Netball Fiji plans to accredit some of its top umpires with the Netball NZ C award, and part of the process involves assessing and coaching them by an umpire assessor from New Zealand.
Netball South Africa has announced the 15-player squad that will represent South Africa at the first Netball World Cup on South African soil later this year.
Ruby is a member of the Leeton Yanco Swim Club, Leeton Soldiers Squash Club, Leeton Netball Association, Southern Sports Academy and Barellan Two Blues Netball Football Club.
The championships are organised by Europe Netball, the regional body of the International Netball Federation (INF) covering Europe, made up of member nations.
The year seven netball squad at St Bede’s Catholic Middle School were at Woodrush High School earlier this week to compete against seven schools for the district netball title.
This high-profile event is organized in collaboration with The Founding Fathers Netball Foundation and the esteemed Florida Netball Association (FNA).
Heffron Park’s 32 netball courts were a hive of activity for round one of the 2024 Randwick Netball Association season last Saturday.
Months of planning, meetings and organisation behind the scenes finally materialised into on-court netball action for all involved in the creation of the South East Netball League on Saturday as the competition’s first ever round was played.
Possibly influenced by South Africa’s hosting of the Netball World Cup, close to a million individuals report attending a netball match.
The appointment of the head coach became necessary after Connie Francis chose not to renew her contract with Netball Jamaica following the Sunshine Girls’ bronze medal finish at the Netball World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa, in August 2023.
We only have five players who are playing professional netball and three who play semi-professional netball.
Malt Richland Park Netball Championship took place yesterday afternoon, when Country Meets Town defeated Bruce Law Chambers Netball Team at the Hard Court of the Richland Park Government School.
The Mayor’s Trophy competition, which currently involves only football and netball, was launched in 1968 with the purpose of developing football and netball in primary schools in the city.
Netball launched a shortened version of the game through The Fast5 Netball World Series.
Top-ranked Australia, second-ranked England, third-ranked New Zealand and fifth-positioned South Africa will play in the Netball Quad Series that starts today, according to International Netball Federation (INF) website.
Common combinations with netball
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: