MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Dynamic Jamaica purpose assault Shanice Beckford stated she was made a proposal that she couldn’t refuse to play within the Tremendous Netball League in Australia and was now trying ahead to her first season.
The 29-year-old was all set to step away from skilled netball after successful a bronze medal with the Sunshine Girlz within the World Cup final 12 months in South Africa, however the supply to play within the SNL for the West Coast Fever was too good to show down.
“I used to be trying in direction of taking part in much less netball, however I suppose the netball gods gained’t enable me to,” she stated. Beckford stated.
“It was a shock (the Fever supply). I wasn’t trying towards getting a contract at this level in my profession, so it was nerve-wracking and thrilling.
“However I’ve at all times needed to come back over and play within the SNL as a result of it’s one of many highest requirements a netballer may presumably play in.”
Beckford is prone to really feel proper at residence with the Fever in Perth, Western Australia, as a result of her Sunshine Girlz teammates Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard and Kadie-Ann Dehaney, one other new Fever recruit, are a part of this 12 months’s squad.
“I’m loving the setting,” she stated. “I’ve Jhaniele and Kadie-Ann right here, however everybody has been very welcoming, and all the things has been so good to date.
“(Pre-season) is completely totally different from what I’m used to again residence in Jamaica when it comes to coaching and the occasions. The primary two weeks have been powerful—studying the Fever requirements, the Fever manner of doing issues.”
She added: “Again residence, I must prepare within the evenings after work, however right here, I don’t need to work as a result of that is work.
“However I’m discovering it fairly attention-grabbing as a result of it’s a unique stage and totally different sort of construction, and I feel that’s what has been lacking from my recreation. It’s a brand new stage (of efficiency) for me to unlock.”
Beckford stated she was ready to rise to the problem of a brand new taking part in setting, the place consistency and getting used to new taking part in guidelines might be vital. She’s going to draw upon her expertise taking part in for Northumbria within the Netball Tremendous League in the UK about 9 years in the past.
“I do know this league is totally different from the English league, however having a chance over there’ll assist me when it comes to dwelling away from residence for an extended interval, touring, and simply having an perception into what is anticipated in these high-quality environments,” she stated.
“On-court, it will likely be about staying constant in combos and doing the mandatory work to profit from the Tremendous Shot interval.
“Off-court, it’s the restoration stuff when it comes to getting the gas that I would like as a result of generally we will get so misplaced in coaching and taking part in that we neglect the downtime that we want, like going to the seaside and getting refreshed. I’m embracing the journey; no matter comes, I’ll take it head-on.”
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