netball

noun2

1. •
   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.

   • Some excellent photographs are taken of [...] members of the athletic club, "net-ball," "foot-ball," etc., [...] — 1913
2. •
   The ball used in this sport.

   • In the MYSA program, organizers made an arrangement with local authorities to provide the young people with access to soccer balls, net balls, and playing fields. — 2013