a team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post
"After watching the local tournament, Sarah was eager to join her school's netball team and try throwing the ball into the high ring."
A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player.
"The team won the match after their center made a perfect pass that allowed a wing shooter to throw the ball into the raised hoop without breaking the dribbling rule."