Manchester Thunder vice-captain Josie Huckle has advised Sky Sports activities she is seeking to “cause some chaos” as she eyes Netball Tremendous League gold.
Huckle, who performs as a objective keeper, is into her third season with Thunder having joined following the demise of Wasps, however is but to clinch a Tremendous League title with the membership, regardless of each she and Thunder possessing 4 titles every already.
Her first season in Manchester in 2023 noticed the membership end third within the standings and lose to Loughborough Lightning within the semi-finals 65-59, whereas final season Thunder suffered defeat to Lightning within the remaining.
“I keep saying I’ve I won a bronze my first year, I won silver my second year. It’s my third year there, I’m hoping I’m going to go for gold this year,” Huckle says.
“I imply, having the likes of Karen Greig (director of netball and head coach), Gabrielle Towell (assistant coach), Laura Malcolm (assistant coach) as your teaching staff, you are going to be doing a little great things, they usually give me a number of freedom, a number of license to form of run on some stuff now.
“I think actually, you can’t win a one-on-one ball that much anymore, because you’ve got some big, big shooters. So actually being off the body and kind of creating some chaos – I’ve got some very long limbs in there, so being able to cause chaos is what looking forward to.”
The 33-year-old provides she is way from completed within the sport, and labelled the development in the usual of the Netball Tremendous League as “massive”.
“Absolutely not [finished yet]. I’m hoping I’ve got a couple more years under my belt. I’ve been lucky to be in some pretty decent teams and to win four big titles,” she added.
“[Netball Super League has improved] Massively, I think especially with the impact of our imports, we’ve had coming in, we’ve had some really amazing players come across the pond and join us.
“The video games, undoubtedly, are getting fiercer, and I am completely loving it nonetheless.
“Being able to come out and go hunting and kind of cause some chaos is definitely what I’ve been looking at working on. And hopefully I’m going to keep bringing into the season.”
Thunder sit second within the standings and face table-toppers London Pulse on Friday.
It might be early days within the season, however Huckle says the squad have their sights set on an announcement victory.
“Absolutely, we’re really looking forward to this big challenge,” she mentioned.
“I think we saw that Super Cup [London Pulse won], but that could be anyone’s game.
“They have the England defensive unit, so we’re form of ripping them up, seeing what we will do, and hoping we will produce some good netball.”
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