Dunedin official Jono Bredin believes there has been an increase in recent years of players hitting the ground from unsafe contests for the ball.
One of five people responsible for making the rules of the game at an international level, Bredin said it was an area the panel was looking to tidy up.
He said as the game became professional, both players and coaches were being paid to win.
That resulted in more desperate contests — which heightened the number of unsafe plays at the ball.
It had also caused the game to become faster and players to become stronger, making for a more physical game.
Bredin said it was important to keep the contest for the ball, as that was one of the "awesome" things about netball.
However, it was a fine line as to when that began to impact on player safety, as no-one wanted to see a serious injury.
"Fundamentally what we’re trying to stop is players going for balls that they have no ability of getting without causing themselves or somebody else an injury," he said.
"In today’s game what players can do with the skill level they’ve got is quite skilful.
"They can get balls that the general Joe Blogs watching probably thinks they’ll never get.
"There are definitely situations in games I’ve been involved with as an umpire that you know full well players are hitting the deck.
"Sometimes that can be from a fair contest for the ball, but there’s also times when players are hitting the deck for no apparent reason.
"I guess that’s the bit we’re trying to tidy up, for everyone’s sake."
Notably in this year’s ANZ Premiership cautions and warnings have been issued more frequently and teams have had to adjust their defensive tactics.
Bredin said the minimum sanction for an offence the umpire deemed to be unsafe was a warning.
That could extend right through to a player being sent from the court for the remainder of the game.
Bredin said no-one wanted to see players leave the court, although it was not dissimilar to the systems other sports were using to clean up potentially dangerous play.
He said the panel attempted to provide coaches and players both with guidance on how to play within the rules and also a framework for umpires to deal with anything outside the spirit of the game.
