Every once in a while in the United States you will come across a park where some
aggressive dunk ball has taken place and you'll find a court where the rims have been torn down. So, when we got to Australia we found it very strange to frequently find "basketball courts" where the hoop remained, but the backboard was gone. When we asked the locals about this, we found out that the backboards were not actually missing, but that Australians play a game called Netball. Instead of going into all the detailed rules of netball let me just describe it like this; it is lame version of basketball played with a volleyball where you can only dribble the ball once and must keep at least 3 feet distance between you and the person with the ball.
In Australia, Netball is only played by women and is quite popular (go figure) they even have a professional league. And for those of you who think that the WNBA is bad, let me now introduce you to the ANL (Australian Netball League) . These gals make the WNBA look like pure entertainment, but at least their uniform is flattering.
4 comments:
Love the uniforms! I think we should start our own local netball league.
Playing in a little dress. Makes me think of tennis. So much fun.
I don't know....Bergen could probably get into this game. Are there fouls? Can you play tough defense? How many points per basket? Can you dunk? Okay, I know you didn't want to get into an explanation... We love your "Only in Australia" posts. Most of the time we laugh and laugh, however we are still shaking our heads with the toilet flushing options.
I don't know....Bergen could probably get into this game. Are there fouls? Can you play tough defense? How many points per basket? Can you dunk? Okay, I know you didn't want to get into an explanation... We love your "Only in Australia" posts. Most of the time we laugh and laugh, however we are still shaking our heads with the toilet flushing options.
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