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Origin of netball and it’s history in South AfricaSlide2
Netball is one of the most popular women’s sport in the world with over 20 million women
and girls playing in over 80 countries.Slide3
In 1891, James Naismith invented basketball when he nailed two peach baskets on
opposite ends of the gym in order to keep his boys active during the winter months. Slide4
Senda
Berenson, a gym teacher from Smith College was one of the first to adapt Naismith’s game to make it more suitable for women. Her version made it more ladylike because
their was no contact allowed.
Her players were not allowed
to:
-
leave
their
zones
hold
the ball for more than 3
seconds
bounce
it more than 3 times. Slide5
Clair Baer, a Physical Education teacher from New
Orleans,
wrote to Naismith to get the
rules
and misunderstood his directions.
She
believed the players were not allowed to
move
with the ball
. That is where the rule of
no dribbling
began. Slide6
From America, it traveled to England. The name was changed to “netball”.
As it’s popularity grew it spread through all of the British colonies including South Africa.Slide7
In 1925, Phyllis Cardin introduced the game to future teachers at the Johannesburg College of Education. From there it
traveled
throughout the schools in South Africa. Slide8
Netball was popular with the South African’s in part because it didn’t take a lot of
equipment or space to play. If there was no concrete, a dirt patch could be used. If there was no nets, buckets would work.Slide9
By the 1950’s each province had a Netball association, but it was only for white women.
This was due to the apartheid rule. Apartheid was a system of discrimination by the white
government towards nonwhites.
Slide10
Fewer facilities, funding
and
support – in a school in Johannesburg, 145 teams shared 10 courts!
I
n
1977 there were
517
white-only netball facilities in South Africa, while there were only 29 for
black/
coloured
participants
.
Women even had less support than the men. There was no
official
associations for black women until 1976
black teams were not allowed to compete against white teams or international teams
teams were not allowed to participate in
international competitions
Effect of apartheid on netballSlide11
As a result of apartheid, other countries such as the U.S. refused to play South Africa in sports. This was called a
boycott
. It’s purpose was to put pressure on the South African government to change its laws. Post-apartheid South Africa was welcomed back in 1994.
I
ts first overseas tour was to New Zealand.Slide12
On the 16th of April 2014, Netball South Africa announced the launch of the first ever semi-professional netball league in South Africa, as well as in Africa.