Our Story

Ashleigh and Lesa are a couple of netball mums whose daughters love to play netball on the Northern Beaches. Ash’s daughter is already at an excellent standard looking to improve her skills for elite competition. Le’s daughter only started playing last year in U9s and was looking for development coaching to learn basic technical skills.

We noticed that only the elite level players and kids in the top 2 grades were offered the opportunity to participate in specialist training.

Wanting to give our own daughters the same opportunity we set out to create a coaching clinic to allow kids of all levels looking to improve their skills and excel in this great sport.

We reached out to some of our favourite players in the game and were thrilled they shared our passion for mentoring young netball players of all levels, giving them the opportunity to become the best they can be.

Driven by the excitement and enthusiasm we received from some of Australia’s best players to participate in our coaching program idea we established the Netball Development Academy (NDA). We offer in-season, off season, pre-grading and holiday clinic training.

OurCurrent Locations

Northern Beaches

Curl Curl
Narrabeen
Avalon

Baulkham Hills

Dural
Kellyville

Hills District

Pennant Hills

Central Coast

Gosford

North Shore

Willoughby

South-West Sydney

Bankstown / Millperra

Our Programs

We are offering young players of all level and skills the chance to benefit from elite coaching. Participants will coached by some of the best players in the Suncorp Super Netball, such as the NDA Ambassador, Giants Captain, Jo Harten, who has also written and designed the Developmnent Academy training and holiday clinic programs. Jo is part of the coaching squad, along with some of her teammates Maddie Hay, Sophie Dwyer, Tilly McDonell, Matisse Leatherbarrow, Amy Sligar, Lauren Moore and Swifts players Sophie Fawns and Teigan O’Shannassy.

The Netball Development Academy (NDA) is about creating opportunities for all players, breaking down inclusion barriers, inspiring, developing, educating and mentoring every child. We want every child to feel worthy, included, able and most of all we want them to have heaps of fun along the way!

Meet Our Coaches

NSW SWIFTS/ Aus Diamonds

Sarah Klau

NSW SWIFTs / Aus diamonds

Maddy Turner

NSW SWIFTS

Teigan O,Shannassy

Giants

Tilly McDonell

Giants

Matisse Letherbarrow

GIANTS

Kelly Singleton

NSW SWIFTS

Sophie Fawns

Our Story

Ashleigh and Lesa, netball mums from the Northern Beaches, established the Netball Development Academy (NDA) to provide comprehensive netball coaching for players of all levels. They were motivated by the limited training opportunities for players not in elite levels or top grades. Their daughters, one already skilled and the other a beginner, inspired them to create a platform where young netballers could enhance their skills. Collaborating with some of Australia's top netball players, who shared their passion for mentoring, they launched various training programs, including in-season, off-season, pre-grading, and holiday clinics.

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