Usk Netball club operates under the rules of its umberella organisation, Usk Athletic Club.

Basic Netball rules are as follows:

Rules of Netball

This is a summary of the general rules of netball.  

POSITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Each position has a main role to play:

GS  To score goals and to work in and around the circle with the GA
 
GA  To feed and work with GS and to score goals
 
WA  To feed the circle players giving them shooting opportunities
 
C  To take the Centre Pass and to link the defence and the attack
 
WD  To look for interceptions and to prevent the WA from feeding the circle
 
GD
 To win the ball and reduce the effectiveness of the GA
 
GK
 To work with the GD and to prevent the GS from scoring goals

RULES SUMMARY

COURT AREAS

Offside: Player moving out of own area, with or without ball (on a line counts as within either area)

Over a Third: Ball may not be thrown over two transverse lines without being touched

Out of Court: Ball is out of court when it contacts anything outside the court area (not the goalpost).  The ball is returned into play by a Throw-In taken from a point outside the line where the ball left the court.  The player stands with foot close to the line, and the ball must be thrown onto the court within three seconds.