The Samsung Australian Diamonds will be looking to quickly respond from their 11-goal Constellation Cup loss to New Zealand yesterday, in the light of the series decider in Wellington this Thursday night.
The Diamonds trailed the entire match, with accurate shooting from the Kiwis making a comeback close to impossible.
Head Coach Lisa Alexander also acknowledged how strong the Kiwi defence was.
“What led to the pressure reliever was a silly error like a stepping or a dropped ball or something that we can control, so that’s probably the most disappointing part,” She said.
“We’re probably rushing a little bit too much, throwing into hands, all those silly mistakes that we just can’t afford to make against the Silver Ferns, they’re improving so we have to pay respect to them and the defensive effort they put out there.”
“What we’re most disappointed about is not scoring enough of our centre passes, that’s a clear part of our game that we need to be on top of.”
However, Alexander is confident that the team is aware and will improve on Thursday in order to claim the team’s sixth consecutive Constellation Cup.
“We’ll do quite a bit of performance analysis and we’ll go back through the footage and make sure that we learn from what happened and then we’ll prepare at training,” She said.
“Nothing like getting back out on court and making sure we work together to address the areas that we feel we need to address to get ready for Wellington.”
The Samsung Diamonds will take on the New Zealand Silver Ferns in the Constellation Cup decider on Thursday evening at TBS Bank Arena in Wellington.
The match can be viewed at 5:30pm ADST on the Netball Live app and on 9Gem.
