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Critical question
Men in this sport is growing, though its predominantly a women's sports. In most countries for men, netball is used for recreational purposes. In more rural areas such as parts of Africa and Jamaica netball is played by men to bring villages together, as ways to express tribal dominance.

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The Flying Eagles

The US national team comprises mostly of players from Commonwealth countries where netball is popular.

2003 World Netball Championships in Jamaica, finishing 9th. This was their highest finishing since 1995.

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In 1891 Dr James Naismith, YMCA instructor in the USA, invented the game of basketball.  Dr Toles and American who was visited England in 1895, introduced basketball to encourage the students to be physical in its schools. The  struck more popular with the ladies, than the Englishmen who preferred traditional sports.

In 1898 the court was divided into thirds, the number of players increased from five to nine and a smaller ball (a soccer ball) was used.

1901 the first set of rules was published and ‘netball’ officially came into existence

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Significance of the international sport being researched

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Significance of the international sport being researched

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This was an important sport to do research on considering it is the most popular woman's sport in the world.
But in the US it is not as popular as it is in countries of the Commonwealth of Nations.

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My major take away from this project was everything that I learned. Prior to this project I knew nothing about this sport. I didn't even know this was a sport. I think the most interesting things to learn was about all the positive things the netball association stands for when it comes to uplifting woman and empowering them to be strong healthy and to not fear being an athlete.

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Societal impact

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Jamaica Sports: Track & Field, Football, Basketball, Cricket News - Netball - JamaicaObserver.com

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Follow your favorite leagues, teams, and players with sports news on JamaicaObserver.com about track and field, basketball, cricket, football, and more

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The National Governing body for England's biggest female team sport, with 92,000 affiliated members at least one million women play netball every week.

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Critical questions for consideration

Netball is the most popular woman's sports in the world.

Netball is considered primarily a women's sport in terms of player participation and public interest.

Although played recreationally by men.

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Full Rankings as of 20 August 2016

1 |Australia | 204
2  New Zealand | 184
3  England | 165
4  Jamaica | 149
5  South Africa | 141
6  Malawi | 137
7 Fiji 117
8  Wales | 113
9 Trinidad and Tobago | 100
10 Scotland | 97

US is not rated due to not playing enough games.

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Goal Shooter  | To score goals and to work in and around the circle with the GA
Goal Attack | To feed and work with GS and to score goals
Wing Attack | To feed the circle players giving them shooting opportunities
Centre | To take the centre pass and to link the defence and the attack
Wing Defence | To look for interceptions and prevent the WA from feeding the circle
Goal Defence  | To win the ball and reduce the effectiveness of the GA
Goal Keeper  | To work with the GD and to prevent the GA/GS from scoring goals

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Societal impact

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Three major competitions take place internationally:

The Quadrennial World NetballChampionships

The Commonwealth Games

The Yearly World Netball Series.

Societal impact
In 1995, netball became an International Olympic recognized sport, but it has not been played at the Olympics yet.

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International Secondary Schools Netball Challenge Final

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NWC2015 Day 2 #JAM v #ENG match highlights

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To date, netball is played in over 80 countries by over 20 million people, from as far and wide as Australia & the Pacific, the United Kingdom to Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. It has also grown to be the most popular women's team sport in the world.

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The object of the game is for teams to pass a ball around and to shoot it into the goal ring to score goals.

During play, a player with the ball can only take one step before passing it. She must also pass or shoot for goal within three seconds.

However, goals can only be scored by the assigned shooting players. Netball games are divided into 15-minute quarters - 60 minutes long - at the end of which the team with the most goals scored wins.

Only the Goal Attack and Goal Shooter are able to score goals directly inside of the semicircle. The umpire's whistle signals the goal is scored.

It is the job of the Goal Defence and Goal Keeper to block the Goal Attack and Goal Shooter from shooting and they must be three feet or more away from the landing foot of the shooter. Or else, this is a violation called an obstruction.

A “no goal” occurs if a ball passes through the hoop that has been thrown either outside the circle or by a player other than the two shooters.

If a player completely misses a shot, the player may not catch it. It will be considered a “replay” if she does and a free pass will be awarded to the other team.

A goal will also not be awarded if the ball is deflected off the Goal Keeper or Goal Defence and goes through the goal ring.