WFNL 2021 focus: Nhill Tigers will use their dash to dazzle opponents

New coach Charlotte Foulds takes up the reigns this year while staying on as a player.

She says that fitness levels will hopefully be to Nhill's advantage this year, as the side hopes to play "a tight one-on-one defense style game, with hopefully a very patient and skillful offence in there as well."

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"We are really fit, so we're hoping that we're gonna be able to outrun a lot of teams," Foulds said.

"We're a very young side, I'm the oldest and I'm 25, so we've got a very young side this year, which comes with a lot of speed and a lot of fitness which I think is going to be a very big strength of ours."

One of the Tigers' key players in 2021 will be star Jenna Schneider, in just her second full year of A-grade netball.

"She's gonna be really good in goals for us as well as running through the centre court a little bit, which is something new for her but she's super quick and super fit and could pretty much outrun anyone," Foulds said.

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According to Foulds, Schneider was instrumental in the Tigers' early pre-season, as they had spent a lot of the offseason training together.

"Jenna and I were both kind of spurred on pre-season together because we spend a lot of time together down at the courts," Foulds said, "We just wanted to get everyone together socially at the end of last year. See who was around, see who was keen."

Foulds says she is optimistic about the upcoming season thanks to strong recruiting, such as Maddi Peterkin in defence.

"She's a really strong defender," Foulds said.

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