GAA Official IRELAND game Sliotar Size 5 hurling ball

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Just like many sports, hurling matches are played as part of a league, championship, or as a challenge.

The basic equipment you’ll need to play hurling is a hurl (the stick), a sliotar (the ball), and a helmet. The man credited with initial standardisation of the sliotar is Ned Treston (1862–1949) of Gort, County Galway.

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The balls have been developed round the requirements by GAA Go Game initiative for children up to 12 years of age. Intermediate – this is a step above Junior hurling, but slightly below Senior hurling, where players are more skilled than Junior hurlers, but not skilled enough for Senior. Your foot placement should be the reverse of your hand placement, where your non-dominant foot is forward as the planted foot. However, some clubs don’t have enough players to field an intermediate team, so it’s not always an option to play at this level.This rule is for safety of a player, as an opposing player could swing on the sliotar and injure another players hand. A poc around (or puck around) is a casual hit-around between a group of players, in a non-gameplay setting. A poc fada (or puck fada) is a competition where players compete to hit the sliotar as far as they can to progress the ball through a 5 km outdoor course. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. A player can hold the sliotar in their hand for up to two sets of 4 steps each before they must release it from their possession.

The Secret History of Balls: The Stories Behind the Things We Love to Catch, Whack, Throw, Kick, Bounce and B at. He was selected to play in a match between South Galway and North Tipperary in February 1886 in Dublin. Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable).A sliotar ( / ˈ s l ɪ t ər, ˈ ʃ l ɪ t ər/ S(H)LIT-ər, Irish: [ˈʃl̠ʲɪt̪ˠəɾˠ]) or sliothar is a hard solid sphere slightly larger than a tennis ball, consisting of a cork core covered by two pieces of leather stitched together. Size These Irish hurling balls with GAA standards and specifications are available in a variety of different multi-Size textures and designs, pick your favourite hurling training balls and start practicing or training with your favourite ball. Designed to introduce under 8s to Hurling and camogie, the first touch sliotar is larger in size for ease of use and handling for the youngest players. The hurling training balls are made with 100% hand stitched sliotars, two hard leather sliotars are stitched together with hands in a way to be visible clearly in the air while catching or passing it to your team mate.