February 2013 NSL Home Fixtures Fast Net Champions 2013!! 07/02/2013 @ 8pm Team Bath’s netballers made a terrific start to Team Bath topped the table at the group Celtic Dragons: 2013 by capturing their first silverware of the stage with three wins from three fixtures and STV, Bath season, winning the Cathedral City Lighter followed that up with a semi-final victory over FastNet Grand Prix for the first time. Surrey Storm and then that win in the final of 01/03/2013 @ 8pm the FastNet format event. L’Boro Lightning: STV, Bath Team Bath won all five of their games in the Team Bath get their 2013 Superleague weekend’s grand prix, rounding their campaign 08/03/2013 @ 8pm off with a 26-21 victory over reigning campaign underway with a home fixture at Team Northumbria Superleague and FastNest champions the University of Bath against Celtic Dragons STV, Bath Manchester Thunder in the grand final. on Thursday 7 February. The roll-on/roll-off format of FastNet gave an Head coach Jess Thirlby said the team’s opportunity to try out different combinations and performances and results auger well for the to mix some of the younger squad members new Superleague season, which is now less Welcome: Pg 1 with the more experienced players. than a month away. Fast Net: Pg 2 The grand prix in Manchester saw Sophie “It was great to start the year by bringing Internationals: Pg 3 Masterson make her senior debut for Team some silverware back to Bath,” she said.”It Bath at Superleague level – with all eight teams gives us some real momentum for the next Video Analysis:Pg 4 that will contest the 2013 Superleague in few weeks and we feel increasingly confident Coaching: Pg 5 action. about our combinations.” Workshops: Pg 6 Player Profiles Pg 7 Spotlight On: Pg 8 Schedule: Pg 9 Sponsorship: Pg10 Contact: Pg11 Follow the team!!! @teambathnetball Fastnet Tournament 2013 A thrilling two days of action at the being overrun early on. Krista With time ticking down, Thunder Cathedral City Lighter FastNet Enziano and Kathryn Turner had to resort to long range Grand Prix culminated in a well- continued their stellar form to sneak attempts to claw back the score. A decorated franchise clinching the Thunder into a 6-4 lead after six couple of near misses were title. A 26-21 victory over hosts and minutes. enough to allow the trio of Francis, defending champions Manchester Cookey and Kadeen Corbin to Thunder, allowed captain Asha Both teams elected to use their stretch the lead and see out the PowerPlay advantage in the second Francis to lift the trophy. final minutes quarter to set-up a crucial passage in the game. The intensity from the Group matches It was a final that many had Bath team which had served them so anticipated and it was with great well had returned for this period and Team Bath 27 Surrey Storm 16 with excellent defensive work from relish and excitement that the two Team Bath 32 L’boro Lightning 14 Sam Cook and Stacey Francis, the Team Bath 29 Yorkshire Jets 17 sides took to the court in a visitors were soon in command. showdown between the only two England captain Pamela Cookey was Semi-final sides to remain undefeated as accurate as ever and with goals counting double, the team in blue throughout the tournament. Team Bath 29 Surrey Storm 16 and yellow controlled the tempo. The first quarter was a tentative Despite this Thunder battled on Grand final resolutely and at half-time the gap affair with each team not willing to was only two and conquerable. At the Team Bath 26 Northern Thunder commit too much and wishing to end of the third quarter it had moved 21 out to three. stay in the game rather than risk Captains Corner by Asha Francis Since training first started back in uncomfortable situations with It is great to have them back with September, Team Bath have been unfamiliar people. However, we all us now, just in time for our final up to all sorts, as a group and as survived and have definitely become preparation. We are hoping to build select individuals. Pre-season saw a stronger unit as a result. on the momentum of fastnet and the whole of Team Bath get the test series to really propel us together, old and young, at Bath January saw success for certain into what we hope to be a truly Rugby Clubs brand new training members of the Team Bath squad as successful Superleague season. facility at Farleigh House. Whilst it England took on Australia in a 3 may sound glamorous, the girls match test series, starting in Bath. were disappointed to here that we Old faithful Pam Cookey led England would be staying in tents in the to victory on her home turf. All four field with all the sheep. In keeping members of the Team Bath squad, with the tradition of Team Bath pre- Pamela Cookey, Serena Guthrie, seasons, the girls were pushed to Kadeen Corbin and Stacey Francis their limits, and put in took part in the 3 match series. Australia Test Series at Bath Crowds at the University of Bath Sports Training Village The sell-out crowd in Bath leapt to their feet to give the saw history in the making tonight as England took on England team a standing ovation. and beat Australia 58-53 – only their third win over the 11-times World Netball Champions since 1956. For Francis the result and court-time were a big bonus. “I had such a shocker of a year last year with injuries It A delighted England and Team Bath stalwart Stacey was a personal stepping stone. I was nervous but now Francis said: “We were very confident before the game. feel much better going into the next match”. We had a good feeling about it and Bath is not a place that we are used to losing in”. Indeed Team Bath’s reputation as a developer of significant netball talent was enhanced when six of the seven starters for England’s international against Australia today had played or still play for Team Bath. Captain Pamela Cookey led a starting line-up at the University of Bath Sports Training Village which included Ama Agbeze, Eboni Beckford-Chambers, Serena Guthrie, Sara Bayman and Sasha Corbin, leaving Joe Harten, as the odd one out. 2013 NSL Squad Selections A blend of youth and experience feature in an exciting Team Bath squad for the 2013 NSL campaign. Team Bath welcome back four senior England internationals to their squad for 2013 – Rosie Allison, Pamela Cookey, Stacey Francis and Serena Guthrie all return to play for the four-time Superleague champions. They return to a Team Bath squad that includes a host of talented young players who helped the team to fourth place in the 2012 Superleague. The 14-strong core squad includes three current Team Bath NSL Squad 2013 University of Bath students – Rosie Allison, Mia Ritchie and Yasmin Parsons, and five graduates, Pamela Rosie Allison Sam Cook Cookey, Kadeen Corbin, Asha Francis, Stacey Francis Pamela Cookey Kadeen Corbin and Amanda Trounce. Shaunagh Craig Asha Francis Stacey Francis Serena Guthrie Kat Hayes Sophie Masterson Team Bath will get their 2013 campaign underway at Kelly Morgan Yasmin Parsons home to Celtic Dragons on Thursday 7 February in a Mia Richie Gemma Stewart game being televised live by Sky Sports. Ashleigh Stock Amanda Trounce Top Tips on Video Analysis Always wondered what the top 7. If showing a clip play it 3 times 10. If you get stats from the video coaches do to prepare for an as this helps athletes and coaches footage then remember stats alone to retain information and allows the can be quite misleading so value important match? Or how they pick focus of attention to take in your observations too and consider apart important information everything. using the quantitative data following a match? Video analysis qualitatively – they both tell a story is a commonly used tool to help the 8. Where possible try and find regarding the chosen performance performance coaches get their positive clips that reinforce messages across to players. Team something you have been working Try and use video in training on. It is good to obviously talk Bath head coach Jess Thrilby gives sessions as well as just games but about how something could be don’t overdo it – it can distract you her top 10 tips for starting out in done better but it is very powerful from Coaching but it can be a video analysis. for teams/players to see really valuable Coaching tool and themselves doing it well. you can instantly play it back to the 1. Make sure you have an Annual players within the session. Coaching Plan for your sessions 9. Combine your notes and and focus for the season ahead observations that you made real If you are running video sessions time with your observations on the with players then don’t overdo it! 2. Prepare early and reflect on video post-match and see if they ‘Paralysis by Analysis’ is a term previous seasons performances correlate or not. If not why not? often used. Keep it short and - What did the individual/team do What’s different? Both viewings are focused and you are more likely to well? important but it’s worth sometimes see the benefits - What were the weak areas? reflecting the day after a game - Any specific areas you want to when the emotional response isn’t Enjoy! Jess look at against particular opposition quite so dominant.