Netball Substitution Calculator
The free netball substitution calculator built for coaches — generate a fair, quarter-by-quarter rotation plan in seconds for any squad size. Set each player's preferred positions and the tool builds every lineup around them, remembers who sat out and what they played last game, and spreads bench time and positions evenly across the whole season. Shuffle for a different valid plan, fine-tune it by hand, then print or lock it in.
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Substitution Plan
Quarter 1
| Position | Previously | Player |
|---|---|---|
| GS | Player 1 | |
| GA | Player 2 | |
| WA | Player 3 | |
| C | Player 4 | |
| WD | Player 5 | |
| GD | Player 6 | |
| GK | Player 7 |
Quarter 2
| Position | Previously | Player |
|---|---|---|
| GS | Player 1 | Player 2 |
| GA | Player 2 | Player 1 |
| WA | Player 3 | Player 4 |
| C | Player 4 | Player 3 |
| WD | Player 5 | Player 6 |
| GD | Player 6 | Player 5 |
| GK | Player 7 | Player 7 |
Quarter 3
| Position | Previously | Player |
|---|---|---|
| GS | Player 2 | Player 3 |
| GA | Player 1 | Player 4 |
| WA | Player 4 | Player 1 |
| C | Player 3 | Player 2 |
| WD | Player 6 | Player 7 |
| GD | Player 5 | Player 5 |
| GK | Player 7 | Player 6 |
Quarter 4
| Position | Previously | Player |
|---|---|---|
| GS | Player 3 | Player 4 |
| GA | Player 4 | Player 3 |
| WA | Player 1 | Player 2 |
| C | Player 2 | Player 1 |
| WD | Player 7 | Player 5 |
| GD | Player 5 | Player 7 |
| GK | Player 6 | Player 6 |
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Quick How-To
1. Add your players using the "Add Player" button, and remove players with the trash icon.
2. (Optional, but powerful) Set each player's primary and secondary preferred positions. This is the feature that makes the plan actually useful — instead of a generic rotation, every quarter respects who plays where, so shooters stay shooters and defenders stay defenders, while still rotating bench time fairly across the game.
3. Click Calculate Substitutions to generate a 4-quarter plan.
4. Use Shuffle for a different valid plan, or tap Edit on a quarter to manually swap two players.
5. Create an account and click Lock In to save the plan — it remembers who sat out and what position they played, so future games spread bench time and positions fairly across the season.
6. Click "Print Substitution Plan" for a printer-friendly version.
Coaching Tips
- 🔄Want every player to get equal experience across every position? Leave primary and secondary positions unselected for those players — the calculator will rotate them through every spot on court instead of favoring one.
- 🔒Calculating and shuffling are only previews. Make sure you Lock In your sub rotation once you're happy with it — that's the only action that saves the game to Game History and updates who sat out for next time.
- 👤Log in for free to save your team roster and preferred positions between visits, so you don't have to re-enter your squad before every game.
- 🗑️Saved a rotation by mistake? Simply delete that game in the Game History section.
For the full step-by-step guide, visit our Netball How-To Page.