NETFIT NETBALL
No, it’s not an online training program. Yes,
it’s netball – but most definitely not how you
remember it!
ounded by former elite netballer Sarah Wall, NETFIT provides a variety
of netball services to encourage and inspire people of all ages through
fitness, coaching academies, mass events, holiday programs and
health and wellbeing workshops. A qualified teacher, studying exercise science,
Wall’s love for kids was the driving force behind creating the brand.
While playing netball at the elite level for 11 years with Melbourne Phoenix,
Queensland Firebirds, Melbourne Vixens and NSW Swifts, Wall saw a gap
in the market in the netball fitness space. Between training and teaching
part time, she began building the foundations for NETFIT Netball, which she
describes as ‘netball, with a bit of spark!’
Currently, NETFIT Netball offers two fitness classes alongside their Mass
Events: NETFIT, a netball gym class, and HIIT NETFIT, a high intensity circuit,
specific to the game of netball.
Both classes are team-based, high intensity training, that place a huge
emphasis on motivation, netball specificity and innovation. The classes
target aerobic fitness across the workout zones. Depending on the class,
participants might use battle ropes, move into fast footwork through cones,
onto agility ladders or work fast feet while doing a netball passing drill.
Although NETFIT was originally inspired by a desire to encourage healthy,
active lifestyles for young females, classes are open to everybody – both male
and female, junior and senior. Participants can take the class at their own
pace, making it an option for people of all fitness levels.
Asking Wall today if she thought her dream of creating a netball-based
fitness brand would ever become reality, she doesn’t miss a beat in responding
with a firm and confident ‘Yes!’ Described by friends and colleagues as being
one of the most hardworking, passionate and driven people you’re ever likely
to meet, Wall is on a mission to make a difference in every town, city and
country she visits.
From their most recent fitness program, HIIT NETFIT, to their free
empowerment and wellbeing program, Dream Catchers Academy (now funded
by the VIC government in seven zones across the state), NETFIT Netball aims to
offer something for everyone, not only those who play in organised netball teams.
The team at NETFIT Netball have a strong belief in the ability of team-focused
physical activity to enhance both physiological and mental wellbeing; ‘When
people are happy and are confident in their mind and body, they are more likely
to make healthy decisions and live a great life’ says Wall.
NETFIT classes are currently being delivered in five states across
Australia, to thousands of netballers and fitness enthusiasts. With the mission
to have NETFIT present across all states by the end of 2016, NETFIT Netball
is currently on the lookout for passionate personal trainers interested in
delivering HIIT classes in their local communities.
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If you think you have what it takes to instruct HIIT NETFIT, you can apply at
netfitnetball.com.au/careers
To see what all the fuss is about, check out HIIT NETFIT Classes at a Goodlife Health
Club near you or grab your crew and NETFIT can endeavour to come to you. Email
[email protected] or go to netfitnetball.com.au/fitness