Russells Creek's Hannah Van Zyl - November 3, 2023 - video Dailymotion

Russells Creek's Hannah Van Zyl speaks to The Standard about her new role as A grade netball coach ahead of the 2024 WDFNL season.

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00:00 Hannah, you're taking on the A-grade coaching role here at Russell's Creek.

00:04 What's the feeling like?

00:05 Are you excited to get stuck into it?

00:07 Yeah, definitely.

00:09 Yeah, I'm very grateful for the opportunity and yeah, I'm excited to see what 2024,

00:14 yeah, what I can bring to the club.

00:16 You joined this past season.

00:19 What was it like kind of coming to Russell's Creek?

00:21 You joined your sister here.

00:23 Yeah.

00:24 Did you have an enjoyable season?

00:25 Yeah, definitely.

00:27 It was, yeah, a big change coming from Hampton to district,

00:31 but it was amazing to play, yeah, with my little sister

00:34 and getting to know the girls and the club and the committee.

00:38 Yeah, that was great.

00:39 They were so welcoming to me and I felt really supported

00:41 and it was nice to feel, yeah, recognised on the court.

00:46 So, yeah, you're pretty vocal and competitive on the court.

00:49 What are you looking, I guess, to bring to the group

00:51 and to help, you know, lift the team up and get a few more wins this season?

00:56 Yeah, so, yeah, I am quite vocal on the court

01:00 and, yeah, I've got a real competitive side to me.

01:02 I'm also, I feel like I'm quite a good, like, if we lose,

01:07 I feel like I can handle that very well.

01:10 But, yeah, I feel like I can build up the club culture,

01:12 especially on the netball side

01:15 and, yeah, just bring up all the girls with me with my positive energy

01:19 and try and, yeah, make it to finals.

01:21 Looking forward to getting second to a pre-season, obviously trials and getting...

01:25 Yeah.

01:26 ..the girls back and maybe some new faces to look at.

01:28 Yeah, definitely.

01:29 Yeah, definitely trying to get some girls across

01:32 and, yeah, I'm a massive fitness freak.

01:35 So, yeah, definitely putting the fitness in early will be good.

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