@offtheball 100% correct! The game has been ruined by tackle! The skill of timing a tackle when a player takes 4 steps is gone. Just swipe across him with the stick or the spare arm and don't worry about the ball.
@buff_egan Both Clare players are counting the steps waiting for him to have to release the ball onto the hurley but it never comes. Both would have timed their tackles perfectly if the ball was released every 4 steps.
@PlayerGaelic In underage LGFA, I tell players that the ball carrier has to have one easy pass, approx 8 to 10 meters max. So dont all run away expecting a wonder pass, 1 easy pass (she may not use) and 2 or 3 harder options - gis getting into space at 20, 30 meters.
@PlayerGaelic Is thos not what the LGFA already have, Coaching the tackle, perfecting the kick etc. All done with a demo group of players. Which is often the hardest part to get.
@KarolDillon8 Is it not that 74% of long kick outs were retained. 76% of LKOs were contested, so 24% were not contested, so we assume they were all retained, then 50% of LKOs were contested and retained so 74% of LKOs were retained. Or am I reading that wrong?
@PlayerGaelic Teaching properly hook kicking technique would be a key one for me. It's counter intuitive that you would point your toe in the opposite direction from where you want the ball to go, but pictures of Shane Walsh or David Clifford just after kicking the ball proves the point.
@WestKerrylad@m_brosnan Is the best team not the team that has depth and can bring on subs to finish games out, have lads who can step up when players get injured. The team is a team of about 45/50 now not the best 15 players on paper.
@GaynorBrian@m_brosnan@CathalMDuffy 3 sports mentioned in your bio and not one of them hurling...and yet you know more than the president of the Association on the state of the game. If people like yourself love the sport so much, the Dallas Cowboys, Man U. and Munster should be able to make some head space for it.
@ihatemogs@m_brosnan Well journalists, pundits, presenters, managers, back room staff, anyone making a living off the sport would have an interest in seeing the season drawn out, the majority of which, id guess (may be wrong) take little notice of club or would happily sacrifice it for more money.