Sarah Wall – a winner of three National Netball Championships – is now scoring career goals with her digital company NETFIT Netball
Sarah Wall has always been determined, having been selected for the Melbourne Phoenix netball team at a young age, balancing training with uni and a part-time job. About halfway through her 12-year career, however, she realised there were very few netball-specific resources to support and guide the community. To fill the void, she created NETFIT Netball in 2012.
“Building a business from scratch was just me doing and seeing what worked,” she says, “but, at the same time, utilising my exercise and sports science, and education research,
as well as my own elite netball experience.”
Through the NETFIT App, downloaded by more than 61,000 people in 67 countries, the company offers netball-focused fitness, skills, coaching and nutrition advice.
Sarah puts her success down to adopting an athlete’s mentality in everything she does.
“I want to be an example for women that, with hard work, consistency and fearlessness, you can build a career that’s right for you,” she says.
Sarah Wall’s STEM study and career path
- Elite netball player
- Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science, Australian Catholic University
- Diploma Of Teacher Education (Primary and Secondary), The University of Melbourne
- Founder and CEO, NETFIT Netball
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This profile was originally published in Careers with STEM: Technology
