Netball is a fast paced sport in which men, woman and children all participate in, in all parts of the world.
It is a sport which is most popular in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Jamaica and United Kingdom. There are woman's teams, men's teams, mixed teams and children's teams which are divided into divisions.
This sport is a commonwealth sport and over played in over 70 countries. (More on netball competitions.) There is a International Mixed and Men's Netball Cup that is played with teams from the Fiji, Cook Islands, Australia and New Zealand.
Netball is also played in primary and high schools. In which there are different variations of children's netball and indoor netball.
According to Wikipedia, James Naismith invented the game of Basketball which then gave rise to other variations of the game. It wasn't until Martina Bergman-Österberg recreated the game with rings with nets and it was moved outdoors and played on grass when it really became the game we all know and love.
Intially a woman's game due to the rules of less movement and contact. It has now become a sport that will even challenge those that are used to playing Basketball.