NSW Swifts defender Teigan O'Shannassy will have a busy weekend after being elevated into the Australian Fast5 Team for the World Series in New Zealand.
The 25-year-old comes in to replace former Swifts Training Partner - and current Melbourne Vixen - Rudi Ellis who drops out after being on Constellation Cup duty with the Australian Diamonds.
O'Shannassy joins a team that will be led by leadership team of Queensland Firebird Ruby Bakewell-Doran and Adelaide Thunderbird Tayla Williams.
The Fast5 World Series can be watched LIVE & FREE on 7Plus (view full schedule below).
HOW FAST5 WORKS
- Fast5 is different from traditional netball with matches only 24 minutes long and split into six-minute quarters.
- There are three different scoring zones with goals shot from outside the goal circle worth three and inside the goal circle split into two and one-goal zones.
- Each team is only allowed five players on the court at once – they play without a wing attack and wing defence.
- Unlimited substitutions are allowed throughout match play from the substitution box.
- After a goal is scored, unlike traditional netball, the centre pass is taken by the team who did not score the last goal regardless of whether or not they took the last centre pass.
- The Power Play is one of the biggest differences between the traditional form of netball and Fast5.
NEW POWER PLAY IN 2024
- This year’s Fast5 Netball World Series will trial a longer Power Play, the time extending from the final 90 seconds of each quarter to the final two minutes of each quarter.
- During the Power Play all goals scored from the two-point or three-point zone will be worth double.
- This has changed from previous years where one-point shots were worth two points, this time the competition is trialing one-point shots staying worth one point during the Power Play to incentivise teams to shoot from a longer range.
- The other rule the series is trialing this year is called ‘using possession’. This rule dictates that once the ball has progressed out of one third towards the goal of the attacking team it can not be passed back into that third by the attacking team. Meaning teams will not be able to run the clock down by passing the ball back and forth between thirds.
SCHEDULE
