Well, at least one high-profile coach thinks the seven-a-side game could learn something from the young upstart.
Steel coach Janine Southby stood in for Silver Ferns coach Waimarama Taumaunu at the tournament during the weekend and reckons the Fast5 format is a winning concept.
She was impressed by the party-like atmosphere and, when asked if it could have an impact on traditional netball in the way twenty20 has on cricket, Southby said there was that potential.
''Before the weekend I would have said it won't,'' she said.
''But when you are involved as a coach and you're sitting sideline and analysing it, you do see some potential.''
Fast5 has a fun side, of course. The Silver Ferns made some colourful entries and performed a dance routine before the final. But on court they were deadly serious, Southby said.
''When we got together last week the aim was certainly to win the title, but also to have fun along the way and you can do that in that form of the game.''
New Zealand blitzed Australia 56-27 in the final to retain its title. Shooter Cathrine Latu revealed herself as an excellent shooter from out wide and Maria Tutaia enhanced her reputation as a brilliant long distance shooter.
Lighthearted suggestions that perhaps netball should embrace the two-point shot were not completely dismissed.
''I still feel the seven-a-side version is the pinnacle and still the way to go. But you have to look at how things change and how life changes and perhaps that is the way to go.
''[In Fast5] there is an incentive for the girls to shoot long. Everyone said going in Cat [Cathrine Latu] is not a distance shooter, but actually she was a revelation for us.''
Fast5 is very much attack first, defend second and Southby said she enjoyed watching that style of netball and would like to see more of it in the seven-a-side game, which has become very much defence oriented, particularly at international and ANZ Championship level.
''When you take the wing defence and wing attack out, it unclutters the court and opens it up a lot more.''
''Everything is different. You almost have to throw everything away and approach it from a different angle.
''You want them [opposition shooters] to shoot from out wide in the seven-a-side game, but you don't in Fast5.''
Meanwhile, Southby said the Steel would assemble for a team-building exercise in Dunedin in early December and would start training shortly after that.
