Kolora-Noorat's Tegan and Kaylee Malady have played plenty of basketball together but 2021 is their first netball season in the same team.
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And they are working side-by-side under the goal ring in Warrnambool and District league A grade.
Tegan explained they had been playing domestic basketball together for years, either at Terang or Warrnambool.
"We've played a lot of basketball. So we've probably been playing together since we were 12," she said.
They're still playing Monday night domestic basketball in Terang with some of their Kolora-Noorat teammates.
Kaylee has been playing with the Power for three seasons while Tegan, who played A grade with Panmure in 2018, jumped on board this year.
Tegan said they worked well as a duo.
"We know how each other play," she said.
"And then it's also good because we can yell at each other and criticise each other - but then that helps obviously, if I go 'you're doing this really bad', you'll (Kaylee) realise and then improve that.
"But then with other players on the team you might be like, 'Oh, I don't really want to say that to her because it might her feelings'."
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The sisters have a strong connection, even to the point where Kaylee sometimes thinks her younger sibling can read her mind.
"Tegan sort of tells me what to do, which I really like, sometimes I feel lost," Kaylee said.
"This the first time she's admitted that," Tegan chimed in.
"I always think she can just read my mind but she can't," Kaylee continued with a laugh.
"She's (Tegan) like 'I don't know what you're saying, I can't just go there (on the court)'."
Tegan recounted a funny moment when coach Carolyn Carlin recently said to Kaylee she needed to communicate more with her sister on court.
"And Kaylee was like 'I thought I was, I just forgot to say it'," Tegan said with a laugh.
The sisters, who have played under the ring in previous seasons, would be one of the smallest goal-shooter combinations in the league.
"I didn't really like it (shooting) at the start of the season because we're obviously both quite short players, definitely the shortest in the competition," Kaylee said.
"But I think once we sort of figured it out and played to our strengths, then it's definitely worked a bit more, so I've enjoyed it."
Tegan explained she relished the responsibility of the role.
"You feel like you've got more control of the game when you're there," she said.
"It's up to you then, depending on how well you're shooting, whether you win or not, sometimes."
Kaylee has scored 127 goals this season while Tegan has 96.
Merrivale coach Elisha Sobey spoke highly of their accuracy after the Tigers defeated the Power in round 11.
The Power, which is sitting on the bottom of the ladder with one win, is one of the youngest sides in A grade this season.
Kaylee, 21 and Tegan, 19, are already among the group's veterans.
"It's good because we're all on the same page. Like we're all young. We're all going through it together. This is a lot of people's first season in A grade. So it's really exciting. I think we can all stick together as well which helps," Kaylee said.
Both players praised Carlin for keeping the group motivated this year, despite wins being tough to come by.
"It's been a really good season. I think Carolyn's done a really good job and it's hard because we are all so young and we haven't really played together before but she's done really well to keep us all motivated for the whole season," Kaylee said.
The sisters are also doing great things away from the court.
Kaylee is a nurse at Warrnambool Base Hospital while Tegan works at WestVic Staffing Solutions in Warrnambool.
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