Netball

This is an old poem, but I have just seen that my sister has been out celebrating some netball achievements, and it got me thinking to this poem. I wrote it in school a very long time ago (1982), but it reminds me of how Netball used to go.(BTW it looks better on a computer screen than on a phone, as the layout is wide.)

 

Play in                                                                                    Play out

 

Jump up                                                                                Ball out

 

Throw in                                                                                Catch high

 

Throw back                                                                           Loud cry

 

“Wrong way”                                                                         Back Up

 

Throw long                                                                            “Ball, duck!”

 

Blue in                                                                                   Goal scored

 

Good throw                                                                           We roar

 

Centre pass                                                                          Whistle blows

 

Short time                                                                              Short throws

 

Up high                                                                                  Down low

 

Out again                                                                              Another throw

 

Quick shot                                                                             Long pace

 

Up court                                                                                 Fast race

 

Centre third                                                                           Once again

 

Goal missed                                                                          Try again

 

Whistle blows                                                                       Loud long

 

Game stops                                                                           Players throng