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 player who gains possession from the throw-in can maintain possession by either carrying the ball forward or passing to another player. A hurling match is played with any combination of hurling skills, such as solo runs, hurl passes, hand passes, ground strikes, and many other allowed moves to drive the ball up the field. A 65 is awarded when a defending player hits the ball out of their own end line, the ball is brought back up the field to the 65 metre line parallel to the position where the ball was out of play.New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging . Camogie is an Irish stick sport played by women that’s similar to hurling, with slight differences in the rules and equipment. A hurling match begins with a throw-in where two sets of two players from either team compete shoulder-to-shoulder for the sliotar which is thrown in at ground level by the referee at the halfway mark. Generally, players solo run up until they get tackled and the ball gets dislodged or the ball somehow gets dislodged from position. A poc out (or puck out) is performed when a goalkeeper hits the sliotar in the air out of their hand to reintroduce it back into gameplay after a score or when the sliotar has gone wide (i.

When a team is on the attack with the sliotar, a player can score a point by hitting the ball over the crossbar, or beat the goalkeeper by hitting the ball under the crossbar, which is worth 3 points.The first two players are tackling for the ball in a shoulder-to-shoulder clash and if they miss the ball, the two players behind them will tackle for the ball. Hurling is an amateur game and most players have full-time jobs in various professions, such as teachers, farmers, bankers, etc. A hurl pass is when a player shortens their grip on a hurl and strikes the sliotar out of their hand to a nearby player.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.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. If you are a defender, stand as close as possible to your marker to block the forward playing the ball. Hurling players line out on the field on both sides of the halfway mark in a 3-3-2-3-3 formation: 1 goalkeeper, 3 backs, 3 half-backs, 2 midfielders, 3 half-forwards, and 3 forwards.

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.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The sliotar balls have been designed for junior and youth players to help them learn, develop and perfect the skills of Hurling/Camogie. 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.