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===Fast5=== {{Main|Fast5}} Fast5 (originally called Fastnet) is a variation on the rules of netball designed to make games faster and more television-friendly. The [[World Netball Series]] promotes it to raise the sport's profile and attract more spectators and greater sponsorship.<ref name=JamaicaStar>{{Cite news |author=The Jamaica Star |title=Rhone excited about World Netball Series |publisher=The Jamaica Star (online) |url=http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20090112/sports/sports4.html |date=12 January 2009 |access-date=1 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303072747/http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20090112/sports/sports4.html |archive-date=3 March 2011}}</ref><ref name=UKSport>{{Cite news |last=Irvine |first=Mairi |title=New Style Netball to be Held in the UK |publisher=UK Sport |url=http://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/netball_as_never_seen_before/ |date=12 January 2009 |access-date=10 February 2009}}</ref> The game is much shorter, with each quarter lasting only six minutes and only a two-minute break between quarters.<ref name=wns-rules>{{cite web |author=World Netball Series |title=Rules |url=http://www.worldnetballseries.com/rules |year=2010 |access-date=3 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718113753/http://www.worldnetballseries.com/rules |archive-date=18 July 2011}}</ref> The coaches can give instructions from the sideline during play, and unlimited substitutions are allowed.<ref name=wns-rules/> Like six-per-side indoor netball, attacking players may shoot two-point goals from outside the shooting circle.<ref name=wns-rules/><ref name=IFNA-2009e>{{cite web |author=International Federation of Netball Associations |title=Fastnet: Official Rules of the International Federation |url=http://www.netball.org/documents/FAST%20NET_RULES_SUMMARY_270709.doc |date=27 July 2009e |access-date=14 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726192945/https://www.netball.org/documents/FAST%20NET_RULES_SUMMARY_270709.doc |archive-date=26 July 2011}}</ref> Each team can separately nominate one "power play" quarter, in which each goal scored by that team is worth double points and the centre pass is taken by the team that conceded the goal.<ref name=wns-rules/>
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