Gippsland Storm Elite Development Netball Club was recently graced with the presence of netball royalty.
Norma Plummer, the former Australian Diamonds coach and more recently involved with the South African National Netball Squad, conducted a comprehensive training session with two of the Storm senior squads last Sunday afternoon at Cardinia Life sports Stadium, Pakenham.
Norma before the training session outlined the program to the 80 strong Storm juniors and parents in attendance at the stadium.
She also touched on her involvement with the South African National Netball Team, stating that the aim of the current Proteas Program is to introduce more intensity into the program along with the introduction of new strength and conditioning program which has seen immediate effect with South Africa and now challenging the top three netball teams in the world and lowering score lines each match.
Norma is also still working locally in Melbourne and Australia mentoring coaches.
Gippsland Storm president Roger Palmer was thrilled with Norma’s presence and had a few words to say about the training session.
“It’s fantastic and inspirational to see someone of Norma’s international profile, taking the time to coach our players,” he said.
“I’m sure they got a lot out of the session and were inspired with what she had to say. We wish her and Nicole Cusack her assistant coach, all the very best of luck with South Africa, in the upcoming Netball World Cup, later this year in Liverpool.”
During the training Norma and Simon worked closely together so the netballers in the squads got the best out of the sessions.
This week, Sunday 24 March, Gippsland Storm will be running another training session at the Bourke Street Park Sporting complex, Warragul.
All netball clubs and players in the Gippsland region are invited to attend to observe some of the latest techniques employed by elite coaches. Roger Palmer president of Storm offered an open invitation to all netball clubs and players from the Gippsland region to see this session, commencing at 4.00pm till 5.30pm Sunday afternoon, see www.gippslandstorm.com.au for more information.
