Objectives:

Each team must attempt to score goals by throwing the ball through the nets at the end of the opponents side of the court. The team which has scored the most goals by the end of the game wins.

The court is divided into thirds. Each player has a responsibility on court, and they must remain in their own third of the court, according to which position they play. See Playing positions section(below) for details. Netball is played by two teams of seven players.

Netball players must be skilled in both attack and defence in order to be an efficient player, as the game moves quickly. Ideally, netball is played on a sprung wooden floor, but is often played on grass or concrete.

There are four fifteen minute quarters. There are intervals of 3 minutes between quarters one and two, three and four, with a 5 minutes break between two and three. At the end of the intervals, the teams change ends.

For international tournaments, such as the Netball World Cup, where teams may play two matches in one day, the time is reduced to two twenty minute halves.

National and regional differences may apply. Matches for different age groups also have different length of playing times. For school competitions, ten minutes quarters are common, as well as fifteen or twenty minute halves. Junior players will often play five minute quarters.

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