Impacted by the Covid-19 outbreak and against all the odds the 2020 campaign will belatedly get up and running this weekend
One of the first skills fledging netball players have to master is the pivot: a seamless swivel on the ball or heel of the foot to change position. Perfecting this awkward-to-the-untrained-eye art, without breaking the stepping rule, is a netball fundamental. It is fitting then, that in a year unlike any other, the world’s best netball league has had to metaphorically pivot numerous times to even get a season off the ground.
Against all the odds following the Covid-19 outbreak – which has seen borders closed, players temporarily caught overseas, intra-state quarantine rules changed, testing requirements introduced and a condensed season drawn up after twice being revised – the fourth Super Netball season, which was meant to start in May, begins in Queensland on Saturday. It comes after a multi-million-dollar olive branch from Annastacia Palaszczuk’s government to host the league.
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