Rob Reacts to... GAA Hurling Skills and Tricks!

I can see why hurling is called the fastest sport on grass! Some of these skills and tricks are just brilliant!
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[@markhogan271]

One subtlety to add to the skill level in this game. A hurler can only take possession of the sliotar (ball) twice, if they catch it 3 times that's a foul. So if they pick it up into their hand, or catch it in play, that's once. They may then "solo" it, which is balancing or bouncing the ball on the hurley, remember they can only take 4 steps with the ball in their hand. So if they take it into their hand after soloing, that's twice, now they have to get rid of it. However sometimes you will see players either continue with the ball on their hurley, flick it up off the hurley and strike it, or put the ball back on the hurley, solo and then bounce the sliotar off the ground, which resets the number of hand possessions. Bouncing the sliotar off the ground while running at full tilt with defenders all over you is very difficult!

[@jaymemcg]

Hey Rob, so there was a series on TV called the toughest trade. A hurler went to play baseball (there is a brilliant clip of the hurler doing bare handed catches and the baseball guys freaking out) and another to ice hockey and someone from them games came to hurler. A gaelic footballer went to play rugby and Shane Williams the Welsh rugby legend played gaelic football. Well worth a look. I also believe the Kilkenny hurlers went to train with some cricket team in England to help them with their fielding. Interestingly I've played soccer, gaelic football, hurling and rugby (now a referee) and hurling is tougher than rugby just about.

[@eoghandridl1007]

Ya you have to have bones of steel or your fucked 😅

[@conordorrian1652]

It's not that you have bones of steel, it's just that you develop after a while a higher pain threshold

[@STHFGDBY]

Ahh not really. They are both completely different fields of strength and toughness. You cannot say that hurly is more tough than Rugby.

[@rightiswrongrightiswrong806]

@@STHFGDBY Rugby, like all other field games, is for people who can't hurl.

[@886jules1]

It takes a special type of lunatic to play goalie in hurling! Great to play and great to watch.

[@RobReacts1]

I don't think I would be brave enough!

[@dubsfan261]

Arguably the greatest Hurling save was made a couple of week back by, Eoin Murphy of Kilkenny. It was jaw dropping.

[@mikki3562]

I believe Jack Charlton when he was manager of the Irish football team use to sometimes take the team to hurling matches to get the inculcated with the spirit of it. Talk about "putting them under pressure"!

[@SN-cm7hu]

I remember hearing somewhere that Sir Alex Ferguson brought the Man United to a senior football final at Croker to show them what true passion and sportsmanship is about

[@mariamoyles189]

You seriously love hurling. Not just your words. But your expressions too. Nice to see 👍👍

[@RobReacts1]

It looks bloody amazing but insane at the same time! Maybe calls for a trip to Ireland for the weekend to watch at some point!!

[@mariamoyles189]

@@RobReacts1 lol. Rib hurting head banging madness you would love it in a crowd of 80 thousand people on one of they big games. Make sure and pick a side and buy a tee-shirt 😄

[@michaelburgess6556]

These guys are not paid. All for the love of the game, pride in club and county.

[@BrianBell4073]

You play for school first and county if you are good. We all start playing when we are around 5. You won't hit county until you are about 20. Broken bits everywhere

[@STHFGDBY]

We all played Hurley as kids in Ireland. I don't know anyone who didn't. And yes, it's very painful at times. Nobody that has ever played it didn't get a smack of the hurly across the knuckles, the knees, the head. My mother took me off the school hurley team because I came home with a tennis ball sized lump on my head. I was only about 12 y.o.a. And that was the last straw for her. In those days we didn't wear any protection. Even then the senior players didn't have to wear protection. That was changed some years back. And just to add, many players developed their early skills of playing hurley as children and Teenagers.

[@peadarruane6582]

The scottish version of this is called Shinty..... an informal pickup game of Ice hockey in canada is called Shinny... There is strong evidence that Ice hockey developed from Irish and Scottish immigrnts adapting hurling and shinty to the Canadian winter

[@niallocallanain3579]

The Manx game is called 'camog', cam meaning a bent stick. Female hurling is called 'camogie'.

[@peadarruane6582]

@@niallocallanain3579 Learn something new ... thanks for that.

[@KarlXByrne]

The mish mash of Hurling and Shinty every year is a joy to watch, almost as fun and violent as the Gaelic football/AFL hug fests.

[@StiofanGaillimh]

@@KarlXByrne I never knew. I need to check that out 👌

[@philbradshaw7650]

06:10 This sideline hit is the hardest thing to do in Hurling. It's basically the equivalent of turning a putter into a 7-iron. Id love to see a video of you trying it. A decent Hurley and a sliotar (the ball) will cost you about 40-50 pound, also its great to just hit the ball for your dog to retrieve

[@gerryscallan8992]

Hi Rob love your reaction to our wonderful games but just to let you being new ish to our game that goal that you said don't mind that was one of the best examples of amazing hurling skills he hit the ball into to the net without swing his hurley left or right because he knew he could be hooked by the defenders behind him on his left or right and he has to make that decision I'm a split Second and of course he also has to get the ball past the goalkeeper this not a criticism of you Rob you are new to our ancient games Irish people would appreciate what the player in that part of the clip takes an extraordinary level of skill and courage I still considered you the very best at reacting to our games keep the good work up Sky sports are showing GAA championship games live starting Sat 16/4/21 live coverage right up to the football and hurling semi finals and finals and no restrictions on crowds 🙂🙂🙂

[@maureenguthrie7537]

I don't have to imagine a ball coming straight at me. I played camogie, the women's game in my teens, which is exactly the same but played on a slightly smaller pitch. In those far off days no protective gear was worn and I was in the goal mouth. I saved the goal because the ball was hit very close in and I didn't have time to duck. It hit me right between the eyes. If it had been even a little lower I would have had a broken nose. I finished the game but had the most spectacular black, then green and yellow eyes for nearly two weeks. That ball is hard - very hard.

[@martincummins3731]

This is a 2000 year old sport. It is derived from the training skills required for fighting close quarters on the battle field. Since then it has developed into a sport. Nearly all other team stick sports are derived from Hurling. Lacrosse, Ice Hockey. Field hockey, Shinty. The one exception Baseball.

[@TineBeo]

Even baseball came from rounders... a practice for hurling..

[@martincummins3731]

@@TineBeo Yeh. I get what you are saying. I stand corrected. 👍🏻

[@lordbluntwell2353]

Just a small note on the goal keeper he has two hurls one with a much larger head for saving shots 😉 they then use a regular hurl for the puck out "returning the ball into play" .

[@thebiglad6163]

The re of mandatory helmets came in relatively recently. Before, most lads were mad bastards who just kept going without 🕜

[@bryanphelan9616]

If you want to see professional players try there hand in both the sports, it's in aib's the toughest trade, Shaun Williams comes to play gaa, and a cricketer comes to play hurling both at the club level, the second one trades with a ice hockey player and NFL player, and as always it's the amateur lifestyle that shocks them the most

[@bryanphelan9616]

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[@naomhfermin]

I'm a hurler so I can do bits of that. Loved the video amd your appreciation of our sports

[@Mugairyuiai]

This was my favorite game to play and was on my local town and school teams. There were no helmets back in those days and getting hit with the sliotar (ball) could literally knock you out or, end your game, never mind getting hit with the hurley. It's a fantastic fast paced and very skillful game. Not the best game to be having a violent disagreement though.

[@cheiftain732]

You order 30 hurlys and get a game going train for a few months you will have a game going . Bring more teams in help with basics . America has a thriving scene

[@lordbluntwell2353]

How to pick the goal keeper in hurling ? Turn up to training at 8years old Two sprint laps of the pitch last man to finish is the keeper second last is back up keeper. Basically like soccer the fat lad is keeper

[@ngaourapahoe]

I already said : these are acrobat warriors in double shorts.

[@76ludlow]

Always appreciate your reactions to hurling and gaelic football. Actually there is a crossover game that allows Irish hurlers a limited opportunity for international playing experience. There is a similar stick game callled Shinty, played mainly in the Highlands and Islands of the west of Scotland which provides the opportunity for the development of a hybrid game that brings Hurling and Shinty together under compromised rules, while representing the best of Ireland and Scotland. These games are played annually at special tournaments in either country, with players picked from the best of both games to represent their country. Check it out.

[@ConnbineHarvester]

Over the bar is called a point ... The name of the ball is a sliotar but to pronounce it properly, say "schlitter" like slitter but with and Sch like Schumacher at the start and litter all one word said fast. Irish people probably aren't as blown away or as impressed as you are with the solo runs because we grow up seeing them, trying them, but goalkeepers do impress me greatly! Long long ago, there were dual-stars players who represent their county in Hurling and Gaelic Football, but nowadays a coach will make a player pick one or the other which is kind of a pity. Former Spain international and Liverpool player Xabi Alonso played a bit of Gaelic Football in his teens when he was a language exchange student. Martin Keown, England and Arsenal played a lot of Gaelic Football in his youth, his parents are Irish. And way before your time Kevin Moran, Manchester United and Republic Of Ireland was a big Gaelic Football star before he switched to soccer. Ireland do play Scotland in a mix rules game of Hurling and Shinty but those games aren't covered or promoted that well.

[@patrickmorris3721]

Alex Ferguson. Showed the Man United team a a rematch between Tipperary and kilkenny. And said they don’t even get paid

[@peterhoz]

You gotta remember that all the GAA players are strictly amateur. They have fulltime jobs Mon-Fri.

[@ngaourapahoe]

speed ! agility !

[@michaelburgess6556]

Best game on the planet! Mind you l am biased! I am from Ireland 🇮🇪☘

[@RobReacts1]

Haha you prefer it over Gaelic football?

[@dc9856]

Good man Rob. You got it in one. A goal is worth 3 pints and over the bar 3 pints .helmets only became mandatory recently. Back in the day very few wore them.watch a full game like an old all ireland final. Offaly v limerick 1994.you will enjoy it.all the best from the west of Ireland

[@dc9856]

And over the bar 1 pint. A question often asked is what do you prefer, the pint you drink or the pint you take

[@annmcardle7145]

I played this as your teenage girl in Cashel co tipperary very fast hard game then we did not have head gear back in 1958 😂😢 It was called Camogie but call it hurling for men still same now you need to go to Ireland watch it live 😅😊

[@higuk999]

The fastest game on grass is in reference to how fast the ball travels when pucked

[@robertdagg9661]

Check out the international rules games between Ireland and Australia

[@adameverard2625]

You’re not allowed to throw the ball so any hand passes you see the ball is released before being struck with the hand

[@peterbyrne178]

The clips you are watching are from some of the greatest players from the last 20 yrs .....great tune in the background by the way ..Banish Misfortune

[@eoinmaguire6691]

The fastest and most skilful game on grass👍 Leave it out with the idldly I music yeah it's our traditional music and blah blah blah but we do have plenty more musical content out there, Cool reaction though like 2 see people's thoughts on our national sports and you clearly appreciate the high level of skill involved in our game👍🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@gerryscallan8992]

Hi Rob when a hurler does that trick of flicking the ball over an defenders head and catching it on his stick I am sure its the same in England we say he sold him a pup 🐶 and when two hurling sticks hit each other we call that the clash of the Ash in America they call someone who think 🤔they know everything about the game a Monday morning quarter back in Ireland 🇮🇪 we call them hurlers on the Ditch not too sure if their is an equivalent for cricket and I totally agree their is no professional or amateur sport in the world that can compare to hurling the skill set is beyond a anything you can think of and as you rightly say these girls and guys are all total amateurs their was when I was a boy only one other sport that could attract crowds approaching GAA crowds rugby union lansdown Road 50000 Twickenham 60000 Cardiff Arms Park over 50000 Murray field much the same they were all amateur players when I was a boy not too sure if their is apart from American college football but they have catchment areas of a 100 million plus people so 100 thousands for them in no big deal one last little fact I read at least 40 years ago that Twickenham every year would get over 700 thousand applications for England home games I think I said it you before tickets for all Ireland finals are not sold to the public they are distributed to the 2000 GAA clubs the four teams in the finals get the most tickets all Ireland finals usually have two games senior and minor the minor Players are aged over 13 under 17 the minors play before the senior game so by the the time the senior starts you could have well over 70000 watching the young players and that's where a lot of the senior players got use to playing before tens of thousands of fans due to the pandemic they play the minor games separately boo I don't know if you heard of Kevin moran he played for Dublin in the 70s he also played soccer he was spotted playing soccer by an agent and got to try out for man United which led to them signing him on he played for a number of years the manager of man United at the time said when he first played on the first team that he didn't have to worry about Kevin's reaction to the huge crowds because he played gaelic football in front of bigger crowds at home 🙂🙂🙂 looking forward to the football final at 5pm hope you get a chance to see it take care Rob

[@mariamoyles189]

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[@galoglaich3281]

There is a video of best hurling saves by ALL things GAA.Its said that a hurler needs to master 150 individual skills and the ball can travel 100m,literally 2 hits of the ball can result in a score from one end of the field to the other.

[@cheiftain732]

The stitch has a little lip about 5 ml to help but its skill . We play from kids so most can at least do basics

[@patrickwalsh2605]

I was a Goalkeeper. Played for Co Down u16

[@cosullivan311]

They learn from a very young age, every kid at school learn how to play hurling,it takes years to be able to be as good as these boys, and they don't get a penny, it's for the love of the game, not money, like money is destroying every other spot today.

[@BrianBell4073]

Yep, you get a hurl before you are old enough to wear shoes. You play every spare minute for maybe 15 years so you can play for the county team. You get broken bits of body regulalry and you do it for fun.

[@TineBeo]

Hurling is the only sport. Everything else? Just a game.

[@milk-eg7xi]

i used to be a hurler so i can do what they did and i liked the video great vid though (:

[@revlewisrees9880]

Lacrosse players could convert, perhaps. By even then there’s a big difference.

[@RobReacts1]

That's a shout. But they get to catch the ball in a big net

[@revlewisrees9880]

@@RobReacts1 - True, but probably the closest you’d get. I love hurling, and watched it for years when S4C (Welsh Channel 4) used to show Gaelic Games. I like Gaelic Football too, but prefer Hurling.

[@annfrancoole34]

You should watch " the last 5 Minutes Of Kilkenny v Tipperary - 2014 Hurling Final

[@RobReacts1]

do you have a link?

[@annfrancoole34]

@@RobReacts1 Sorry I'dont (not great at the old link) but if you put in "Last 5 Minutes Of Kilkenny v Tipperary - 2014 Hurling Final " you should get it.

[@annfrancoole34]

@@RobReacts1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/boStmZ6vmZKLjtU

[@davidgriffith8292]

Damn but they’re good players. Bet they won the school egg and spoon race!

[@RobReacts1]

Haha I knew it looked familiar!!

[@matthewedgeworth4509]

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[@RobReacts1]

Haha that's literally what it is

[@michaelburgess6556]

😅🤣😂🟥⬜ from Cork...THE REBELS

[@gerryscallan8992]

Hi Rob just in case you don't know the all ireland hurling final is on next Sunday sky no longer have the rights to gaelic games in the UK but you can see it all live on the BBC I player in Ireland we can see it on BBC TV here so I suggest you switch it on at 3pm then you should get the pageantry of our games the teams parade around the pitch behind a band this is to honour the warriors of of ireland 🇮🇪 thousand of years ago who went into battle hurling began thousand of years ago when Irish King's used hurling as a way to train warriors in close order combat and getting killed was not unusual so today their sacrifice is honoured by the parade before the game the teams going into into battle thankfully no death in modern times not that I have ever heard of long may that continue I hope you get to see it all on Sunday 23/7/23

[@eoghandridl1007]

It's the fastest and most skillfull sport there is

[@seank5271]

That book behind you says Young Bucks,?

[@RobReacts1]

It does 😁

[@ScepticalSkeptic]

And remember, not one of these players is a professional.

[@PlushyPlay1]

Everyone forgets Scotland play this too

[@kallengrace7033]

No they don't

[@carefulwatcher3073]

@@kallengrace7033 aaah...give'm a "nearly"

[@mickzer11]

shinty, scottish hurly

[@RJW1973RJW1973]

You start playing hurling from about 6-8. If you have not started by age 12, it is too late.

[@cheiftain732]

Keeper gets tackled too . No special rule

[@peadarruane6582]

Here is a good video of saves. "Best Hurling Saves - GAA" kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGbLdoitZZ51pK8 I've known a few lads over the years that played in goal for their local clubs etc. Not one of them was fully right in the head.... all great lads, but lunatics :D

[@paulmoloney4160]

Try playing it u end black and blue

[@raybo64]

You're missing the hooks and blocks.

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

Fastest ball game in the world and the oldest ball game in the world. Ice hockey is not played with s ball and is a slower game in a much smaller space.

[@ruairiosullivan3763]

They are not paid

[@garyhutton2654]

U mite note b Irish I'm from Northern Ireland stop the dididildee ffs we Irish love England so please

[@goadedmachine8448]

Scots play shanty