nETBALL
OAKLANDS WOLVES NETBALL ACADEMY
CREATING & DEVELOPING TOP NETBALLERS
About
Oaklands Wolves Netball Academy works with Saracens Mavericks and the University of Hertfordshire to bring you the best in elite training.
We combine elite sports training with vocational or A Level courses to create the rounded performer.
TRAINING...
The programme is aimed at talented netball players aged 16 years and over who are already playing at a good standard and are committed to improving their netball skills and abilities, while gaining further academic qualifications by studying on a variety of academic programmes, including A levels or BTECs.
The programme is based at the St Albans Campus and enables players to combine daily netball coaching sessions with their academic studies. The player focused programme encourages student athletes to improve as individuals and as team players, to develop their game knowledge and understanding and equally importantly, complete an appropriate academic course of study.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED...
- All standards of Netball participants are considered at Oaklands Netball Academy
- We have student netball athletes who have played at school, club, county and franchise levels
- You will be required to purchase the relevant Academy kit bundle, more information will be provided upon application
- We pride ourselves in creating a Netball training environment that adds value to all of our athletes and includes individual and small group sessions to ensure this
- We are also able to enter teams into appropriate standard competition across the East Region Colleges and Nationally
COURSES
SPORTS – find more on the Oaklands College website
A LEVELS – find more on the Oaklands College website
ACADEMY BOOKLET
COACHES
Meet our coaches…

JOY PORTER
HEAD COACH, NETBALL ACADEMY
I have coached Netball for 25 years after becoming a PE Teacher with a special interest in Netball and Basketball. In earlier years I was a Coach on the Herts County Talented Athlete Development programme and have delivered numerous workshops and Coaching Sessions in this environment.
I also led the University of Hertfordshire Netball programme for 6 years. As Lead Senior Club Coach I deliver weekly sessions for Talented Athletes in East Region 1 and 2 Leagues. At Club level we have grown participation from one Senior Team to 14 Senior Teams that play across Local League, Herts County League and East Region League as well as four Junior Teams across each age range. I deliver guest Junior Elite sessions for Club too I have been involved from the beginning of the Oakland’s Netball Academy Provision which was established in 2012 and we have supported Elite and Participation Netballers develop their Netball Skill whilst gaining qualifications.
TEAMS
TEAM NAME: Oaklands Netball
ACADEMY LEAGUE: AOC Eastern Regional League 1
LEVEL: We welcome all abilities within the Academy and we have athletes who have played in School, all the way to those who play in National Franchise’s.
HOW MANY IN EACH TEAM: we aim to have 12 athletes in each team, however this is dependent on student intake that academic year.
INFORMATION ABOUT PROGRESSION TO HIGHER TEAM: we can help athletes choose a Netball Club relevant to where they live or would like to play. We encourage trials to National Franchise’s and we continue to send representatives to the annual AOC National College selections where one of our athletes was successfully selected in 2017/18.