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Netball
I am feeling quite overwhelmed about netball, to be honest with you. I had a game last night and being the sensitive person that I am, I really do not like being competitive. I got to shoot goals for the entire game and while I have always been a shooter, over the past three years in particular I have been feeling incredibly anxious on court, particularly when it comes to shooting goals. The reason being is because I used to play for a different friendly team and overhead someone from my team state that she would hate to shoot as it would put so much pressure on the shooter themselves to get the ball through the hoop. Ever since 2020, that statement has been stuck in my mind. Of course, these are not the exact words that she said, but they were similar. My counsellor from Kids Helpline and I have discussed something called systematic desensitisation, where I could hire out half of a netball court of where I play netball, and practice my shooting. I like this idea, but I feel so anxious just thinking about doing that. Also, there are some very b****y women at the centre where I play at... it's making me like netball less and less now.
Getting back to my game that I played last night, we drew with the other team. My team that I currently play for are a berth of fresh air. I was also told by a team mate that I was confident in the circle 🙂
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Hey @-pringles- thank you for reaching out and sharing what's been going on for you recently. We always love hearing from you!
I'm sorry to hear that you've been feeling quite overwhelmed about netball. Overhearing comments like this can be really hard because they do stick with us and cause us to doubt ourselves. In saying that, I want to say well done for bringing this up with your Kids Helpline counsellor. That can be a really difficult thing to do in itself so you should be really proud of yourself! It sounds like they have been really supportive of you in helping you work through this too.
You mentioned how anxious the thought of hiring out half the netball court to practice makes you, and so I was wondering if there was something else you might feel more comfortable doing. Is there maybe a teammate that might be able to stay back and practice with you, is that something you might be interested in trying?
That is amazing news about your game last night! It sounds like you managed a really challenging situation, despite all of these obstacles. Well done! 👏 Is there something nice you could do for yourself to celebrate?
Hey @Courtney-RO
Thank You 🙂 I love hearing from you all from the ReachOut community too!
When this young lady made that comment, she meant no malice by it, she was just stating what I believe is a fact. I just thought that I would out that out there 🙂
My netball coach wants to catch up with me but it's honestly a matter of when. I could always bring this up with her?
It really helped having another awesome shooter in the team! I like friendly players who treat the social form of the sport for what it literally is - a social sport. Not players who play like they want to play professionally and thereofre take the game far too seriously - that right there is something else that throws me off.
Hey @-pringles-
That is really tough that you're feeling that way on the court. Each position in netball would have it's own challenges and goals can get missed all the time - most shooters don't nail every goal! You could absolutely bring this up with your coach and they might even have some ways for you to be able to practice and feel more confident on the court. What you mentioned about playing as a social sport rather than professionally might also be linked to the pressure you feel as a shooter too! It is all for fun, so missing goals shouldn't matter 😃 It also sounds like you played super well!
If renting a court out is too intimidating, maybe you could practice locally with a basketball ring? I don't shoot a lot of rings or hoops but I remember when I did, I usually got them more when I stopped trying so hard 😅