Netball is a team ball game that looks a little like basketball, but it is its own sport. It grew in Britain, and it is still especially big in British and Commonwealth schools — countries with old ties to Britain — often played by girls and women, though men play it too.

Netball is a team ball game that looks a little like basketballNetball是一種團隊球類運動，看起來有點像籃球，but it is its own sport但它是自成一格的運動。It grew in Britain它起源於英國，and it is still especially big in British and Commonwealth schools現在在英國和大英國協國家的學校裡還是特別盛行——countries with old ties to Britain也就是跟英國有歷史淵源的國家——often played by girls and women通常是女生和女性在玩，though men play it too不過男生也會玩。

You score by throwing the ball through a high ring with a net. There is no board behind the ring, which is one reason a basketball player cannot simply switch without learning new habits.

You score by throwing the ball through a high ring with a net得分方式是把球投進一個高處、裝有網子的球框。There is no board behind the ring球框後面沒有籃板，which is one reason a basketball player cannot simply switch without learning new habits這也是為什麼籃球選手不能不學新習慣就直接轉來打這個運動。

The other big differences: you may not run with the ball, and you may not bounce it along as in basketball (no dribbling). When you catch it, you stop, and you pass. The seven players on a team have positions, and each position is only allowed in certain parts of the court.

The other big differences另外兩個大差別是：you may not run with the ball你不能帶球跑，and you may not bounce it along as in basketball (no dribbling)也不能像籃球那樣運球（沒有dribbling）。When you catch it, you stop, and you pass接到球之後，你要停下來，然後傳球。The seven players on a team have positions一隊七名球員各有位置，and each position is only allowed in certain parts of the court每個位置只能待在球場的特定區域。

So the game is about passing into space, not about one person driving to the hoop.

So the game is about passing into space所以這個運動的重點是把球傳到空檔，not about one person driving to the hoop而不是靠一個人衝去籃框。

In Taiwan the sport is much less common than basketball, so if someone says netball they usually mean this British-style game, not “any game with a net and a ball.” Volleyball also has a net; that is a different sport again.

In Taiwan the sport is much less common than basketball在台灣，這項運動遠比籃球少見，so if someone says netball they usually mean this British-style game所以如果有人說netball，通常指的就是這種英式球類運動，not 'any game with a net and a ball.'不是「任何有網子跟球的運動」。Volleyball also has a net排球也有網子；that is a different sport again但那又是另外一種運動了。