Advantage Net Strength

Struggling with repeated niggles, rolled ankles, knee pain or feeling like your body just isn’t keeping up with the demands of netball anymore? You’re not alone and it’s not “just your age.”

In this episode, I break down the real reasons adult netballers get injured, including the often-overlooked impact of weak glutes, stiff ankles, rushed warm-ups, under-recovery… and the big one most players miss: a weak core.

With the game becoming faster, more physical and far more contested than ever before, your body needs more support, especially through the trunk. I’ll explain how poor core stability increases injury risk and how strengthening it can improve your landings, take-offs, contests and overall power on court.

You’ll learn the essential strength, mobility, and prehab work every netballer should be doing, plus simple routines you can start today to keep your body strong, stable, and ready for action.

If you want to stay on court (and out of physio), this is a must-listen.

Hope you enjoy this episode

Follow me on Instagram - www.instagram.com/coachedbyleanne and message me any questions about health, mindset or netball!

For Net Strength, please go to www.coachedbyleanne.co.uk/net-strength

In this episode of Net Strength Q&A:

- It’s a new round - get involved

- Top skills for a GD

For more about Net Strength please go to www.coachedbyleanne.co.uk or find me on Instagram www.instagram.com/coachedbyleanne

Want to be the teammate everyone trusts, respects and loves playing alongside? In this episode, I break down the behaviours, mindset and communication skills that elevate not just your game, but everyone else’s too.

You’ll learn how to reset quickly after mistakes, communicate like a leader, bring calm energy under pressure and influence team culture in a positive way (without needing to be the loudest or most experienced player on court).

If you want to become a more confident, composed and impactful teammate, this one’s for you.

Hope you enjoy this episode

Follow me on Instagram - www.instagram.com/coachedbyleanne and message me any questions about health, mindset or netball!

For Net Strength, please go to www.coachedbyleanne.co.uk/net-strength

In this episode of Net Strength Q&A:

- What’s the difference between RDL and deadlifts?

• Any tips for a beginner GS on shooting technique?

• How keep warm if we are on the side lines?

• What do I do if someone thinks they are a certain position/ wants to play somewhere but they are actually better suited to another position?

• What are your thoughts on the Supershot?

• I’m struggling to use my body as GS, I am not touchy feely as a person so find this hard and a bit invasive of my personal space and theirs. How do I shift this mindset?

For more about Net Strength please go to www.coachedbyleanne.co.uk or find me on Instagram www.instagram.com/coachedbyleanne

Most people hit November and think, “What’s the point? I’ll start in January.”
But that mindset is exactly what keeps you stuck year after year.

In this episode, I’m breaking down why November is actually the smartest time to start working on your fitness — whether that’s in the gym, on the court, or just for your own mental health.

From quieter gyms and stress relief, to starting the second half of your netball season stronger than you did the first — this is your reminder that you don’t need to wait for the new year to get your act together.

Because if you start now, you could be eight weeks ahead of everyone else come January.

Hope you enjoy this episode

Follow me on Instagram - www.instagram.com/coachedbyleanne and message me any questions about health, mindset or netball!

For Net Strength, please go to www.coachedbyleanne.co.uk/net-strength

In this episode of Net Strength Q&A:

- How to go from GS to GK

- Captains' talk

- High cortisol levels

For more about Net Strength please go to www.coachedbyleanne.co.uk or find me on Instagram www.instagram.com/coachedbyleanne

The Constellation Cup is one of the fiercest rivalries in world netball — Australia vs New Zealand — four brutal tests, pride on the line, and no room for weakness. But after Sunday Aryang’s ACL injury in the most recent series, many questioned whether fatigue and scheduling are putting players at risk.

In this episode, I dive into the science behind fatigue and injury:

• How fatigue changes the way your body and brain perform

• Why ACL risk increases under pressure and exhaustion

• Whether female athletes are truly being overworked — or underestimated

• And what smart training and recovery should really look like

It’s time to ask the hard question: are we protecting our athletes, or preventing them from progressing?

Hope you enjoy this episode

Follow me on Instagram - www.instagram.com/coachedbyleanne and message me any questions about health, mindset or netball!

For Net Strength, please go to www.coachedbyleanne.co.uk/net-strength

In this episode of Net Strength Q&A:

- How to make myself feel grateful for what I do have rather than sad for what I don’t

- How can we get more state school kids playing/staying in netball, especially after primary?

- What are some good team goals for the season ahead?

- Is massage an effective tool to keep muscles in optimum or are there any more effective ways/practices?

- Adjustable dumbbells - are they worth the investment? If so,  any particular recommendations or ones to avoid.

- Apart from strength training, what's a skill you would recommend a circle defender should work on to have a big impact on their game. 

- Supplements with cod liver oil -  thoughts on these,  needed? recommended?

- Tips for maintaining energy all the way through last quarter of game when all seven players will have paid full game. Especially in close games when the other team is looking for a chance to creep ahead enough to secure the win

- How do you know when fat loss is done and how to do maintenance

For more about Net Strength please go to www.coachedbyleanne.co.uk or find me on Instagram www.instagram.com/coachedbyleanne

Today I’m joined by my friend and fellow coach, Hayley Kirby (@thegoodplaceuk), mum of four, mentor, PT and queen of keeping it simple when life is anything but. We dive into how she manages it all: how to protect time for you without drowning in mum guilt, why convenience (not the cuisine) is what you actually want on takeaway night and how to feed a family with wildly different tastes without turning dinner into a hostage situation.

We chat:

• The “Kirby AGM”: a brilliant, no-nonsense family planning ritual that shares the load

• Simple, high-protein, family-friendly meals

• Busting unhelpful “food rules” and teaching kids to trust fullness

• Using convenience on purpose so Fridays don’t default to apps and delivery fees

• Letting kids try new foods with zero pressure

• Training, work, and doing HYROX while running a household

• A frank take on England Netball’s pathway, coaching development and what it’ll take to compete with Australia

If you’re juggling netball, work and family (and occasionally your sanity), this one’s for you. Practical, compassionate and very real.

Follow Hayley on IG: www.instagram.com/thegoodplaceuk

Hope you enjoy this episode

Follow me on Instagram - www.instagram.com/coachedbyleanne and message me any questions about health, mindset or netball!

For Net Strength, please go to www.coachedbyleanne.co.uk/net-strength

In this episode of Net Strength Q&A:

- Positioning and role of a GA

- Double workout days

- How not to panic on the ball

- How to understand positioning and tactics of netball

For more about Net Strength please go to www.coachedbyleanne.co.uk or find me on Instagram www.instagram.com/coachedbyleanne