GAA Official IRELAND game Sliotar Size 5 hurling ball

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Yellow sliotar to be used for all inter-county games going forward". Irish Examiner. 7 January 2021. The leather cover can be between 1.8mm and 2.7mm and is laminated with a coating of no more than 0.15mm Keenan, Robert Anthony; Riogh, Aisling Nic An; Fuentes, Adrian; Daly, Padraig; Cullen, Ivor M. (19 January 2019). "The dangers of hurling—genital injuries arising in the modern game". Irish Journal of Medical Science. 188 (3): 1087–1091. doi: 10.1007/s11845-019-01969-x. ISSN 0021-1265. PMID 30661175. S2CID 58609483.

Kennelly believes they would be well advised to also focus on the significant performance gains that could be made if they took an interest in the visual ability of their players. But over time, it became clear that some unapproved manufacturers were using the stamp of approval illegally. Some approved manufacturers were placing the stamp on sliotars that would not pass the tests, either deliberately or because they could not sufficiently control the manufacturing process. That's due to our geographic position off the north west of Europe closer to the path of the Atlantic low pressure system which tends to keep us under cloudy airflows for much of the time. Research led by the author, Prof Dermot Brabazon and Dr Fiachra Collins from DCU started to examine the mechanical characteristics and design of sliotars in far more detail using a specially designed testing rig. It was able to launch balls at up to 80 miles-per-hour and used a very high-speed camera and force plate to determine how much the sliotar deformed during high impacts, and how fast (and far) the sliotar would travel. Concerns that many of the sliotars coming from outside Ireland were not meeting the specifications set and bearing counterfeit stamps - not to mention suspicions they were being produced with child labour - have led the GAA to pursue a digital sliotar for games, which will only be produced by approved manufacturers.A good strike with a hurley/hurl can propel the ball over 150km/h (93mph) in speed and 110 metres (361ft) in distance. [7] [8] In normal conditions, the vision of eight per cent of men is red-green colour deficient, which means that one in twelve men can't identify the difference between red and green. GAA Approved Suppliers". Gaelic Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012 . Retrieved 22 February 2012. References to hurling on the North American continent date from the 1780s in modern-day Canada concerning immigrants from County Waterford and County Kilkenny, [28] and also, in New York City. After the end of the American Revolution, references to hurling cease in American newspapers until the aftermath of the Great Famine when Irish people moved to America in huge numbers, bringing the game with them. [29] Newspaper reports from the 1850s refer to occasional matches played in San Francisco, Hoboken and New York City. The first game of hurling played under GAA rules outside Ireland was played on Boston Common in June 1886. No, hurling players are not paid. Hurling is an amateur game and most players have full-time jobs in various professions, such as teachers, farmers, bankers, etc. Hurling Equipment What equipment do I need to play hurling?

However, subsequent changes in the core and covering of the ball (traditionally cork and chrome leather respectively) have also impacted things like water resistance and the co-efficient of restitution - bounce factor to you or me - affecting the distance the ball can consistently travel. People would claim the same thing has happened in golf, and the ball has been a contributory factor, but you just can't pin everything on the ball. If the ball goes over the crossbar, a point is scored and a white flag is raised by an umpire. If the ball goes below the crossbar, a goal, worth three points, is scored, and a green flag is raised by an umpire. A goal must be scored by either a striking motion or by directly soloing the ball into the net. The goal is guarded by a goalkeeper. Scores are recorded in the format {goal total} – {point total}. For example, the 1997 All-Ireland final finished: Clare 0–20 Tipperary 2–13. Thus Clare won by one point (2–13 being worth nineteen points). A solo run is when a player balances a sliotar on the bas of the hurl as they move down the field with possession of the ball. How long can you solo run in hurling? One of the first modern attempts to standardise the game with a formal, written set of rules came with the foundation of the Irish Hurling Union at Trinity College Dublin in 1879. It aimed "to draw up a code of rules for all clubs in the union and to foster that manly and noble game of hurling in this, its native country". [18]Players will go for something that will travel further and feel better, but it mightn't necessarily be in the interests of the game," says Daly. As we reminded you this week, the only thing 'new' about the yellow ball introduced for the 2020 championship is its colour, which is intended to make it more visible in front of floodlights, cloudy skies and goalposts. In the early 2000s, the GAA experimented with using sliotars with rubber rather than cork cores; however, it was found that using a rubber core led to a more unpredictable bounce, and moved a lot faster than a ball with a cork core, especially in wet conditions. It was decided to return to a cork ball because of this. [6] While different sized sliotars are used for different ages and codes (with, for example, senior camogie games using a "size 4" sliotar, and senior hurling a "size 5" ball), [9] some claims have historically been made of non-standard balls being used to gain a perceived advantage in competition. [10] [11] Met Eireann has said that Irish skies are completely covered by cloud for well over 50 per cent of the time.