Variations in the physiological profile of the England senior netball squad over a 12 month period

Netball is a court-invasive sport primarily played by females. The game is characterised by brief periods of high intensity activity such as sprinting, jumping and defending, interspersed with periods of less intense activity and recovery. Consequently the sport demands both aerobic and anaerobic fitness (Steele and Chad, 1992; Woolford and Angove, 1991).