Men's netball

Woman holding a netball while other players stand watching her. Woman and shooting team is wearing white with red bibs. Opposing team is wearing blue with purple bibs.
Local mixed netball game in Brisbane, Queensland.

On the club, national and international level, men's netball teams exist, but attract less attention than women's netball.[1] Mixed teams are not uncommon in Australia and are very popular.[2] Men's national teams do exist in Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Brunei, Canada, England, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, the Isle of Man, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Grenada, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, South Africa, Uganda, the United Arab Emirates, United States, and Zambia.[1]

In 1997, in England male participation comprised 0.7% of the total netball playing population within schools.[3] Unlike women's netball at elite and national levels, men's and mixed gendered teams in countries like Fiji, Australia and New Zealand are largely self-funded.[4] When administrators attend conferences for men's and mixed gendered netball, they also have to pay most of their own costs.[4]

  1. ^ a b Tagg, Brendon (December 2008). "'Imagine, a Man Playing Netball!': Masculinities and Sport in New Zealand". International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 43: 409–430. doi:10.1177/1012690208099875. S2CID 145493659.
  2. ^ Davis, Luke; Davis, Damien (2006). Netball. Getting into. Macmillan Education. ISBN 0-7329-9987-1. OCLC 156762948.
  3. ^ Scully, Deidre; Clarke, Jackie (July 1997). "Gender Issues in Sports Participation". In Kremer, John; Ogle, Saun; Trew, Karen (eds.). Young people's involvement in sport. London: Routledge. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-415-16650-8. OCLC 36225511.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Turk-men was invoked but never defined (see the help page).