But particularly because hurling and camogie are Irish sports played in Ireland and 50 per cent of the time we're competing with cloudy conditions, it's a no-brainer. Club and county GAA teams have put a lot of effort and no little expense into improving their level by focusing on gains in the areas of strength and conditioning and skill-specific training.

The leather cover can be between 1.8mm and 2.7mm and is laminated with a coating of no more than 0.15mm Du Pont, Kevin Paul. "Captivated by Irish hurling; US soldiers brought it home". Boston Globe . Retrieved 19 June 2015. Hutchinson, Roger (2004). Camanachd! The Story of Shinty. Birlinn Ltd. pp.27–28. ISBN 978-1-84158-326-6. Tennis changed from white to yellow balls because they were easier to see for players and spectators.Met Eireann has said that Irish skies are completely covered by cloud for well over 50 per cent of the time.

Hurleys//hurls, Heritage. "Irelands Fastest Hurler Competition". Heritage Hurls . Retrieved 6 October 2015. Hurling helmets to be compulsory". RTÉ Sport. 28 October 2009. Archived from the original on 31 October 2009 . Retrieved 30 October 2009. A hurling match is played between two teams with 15 players either side. A match is divided into two 35 minute halves. The objective of a hurling match is to move the sliotar up the field to score through an H-shaped goal post. There are two ways to score: in the net for 1 goal (worth 3 points) or through the upright posts for 1 point.A square ball is when an offensive player steps into the inner-square before the ball does. When this occurs, gameplay pauses and a free is awarded to the defending team. The square ball rule exists to prevent forwards from What is a “free” in hurling? Allowing for a minimum of variation due to individual production, these specifications, calculated by a DCU testing team and based around averages of 15 manufacturers, were put in place to try and ensure a consistency in how sliotars perform. About 80 per cent of the population are right-eye dominant, right-handed, and right-footed or else left-eye dominant, left-handed and left-footed. Leaving 20 per cent of the population to be cross-dominant which means either right handed but left-eye dominant, or left-handed but right-eye dominant.

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] King, Seamus J. (1998). The Clash of the Ash in Foreign Fields: Hurling Abroad. pp.139–140. ISBN 978-0-9533513-0-5.You'll be able to see a small white ball if your vision is good under good conditions, so against a blue sky. Kennelly’s studies have proven that someone who is colour-blind is highly unlikely to make the grade as an inter-county footballer and hurler.

Horgan, admittedly from a forward’s perspective, also questioned why anyone would want fewer scores in a game. So even though you'll see the goal perfectly clearly, the location of the goal will be altered if you're looking at it with the non-dominant eye. And it's also easier to score a goal if it's the dominant eye that's looking at the goal. Because your non-dominant eye will see the goal in a slightly different position.

And I think it's because on the one hand it's so obvious that they think surely a player would know themselves, but they don't. There's very little take up. Even for international sports, there's very little awareness around the importance of vision. How you would even go about getting consensus on that I'm not sure but at the end of the day you want to see a ball in dispute, a good contest. Otherwise it becomes a bit like tennis where you see guys serving aces but no rallies. An official Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) sliotar, as used in top level hurling competitions such as the National Hurling League or the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships is subject to strict regulations as regards its size, mass and composition. [3] Yellow sliotar to be used for all inter-county games going forward". Irish Examiner. 7 January 2021.