Happy St. Patrick’s Day! To celebrate, I’ve compiled a list of fun facts about hurling! Fact #1 – Hurling In The Olympics In the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, MO, hurling was a demonstration sport. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_Summer_Olympics) Fact #2 – All-Ireland Hurling Final Every year, over 82,000 people attend the All-Ireland Hurling Final (the […]
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10 Hurling Rules That You Should Know
Want to learn about the rules of the Irish sport hurling? Well, here’s 10 basic rules that you should know to play the sport. The Objectives Of Hurling. The objective of hurling is to use a wooden stick, called a hurl, to hit a small leather ball, called a sliotar, between a H-shaped goalpost. Hurling […]
Hurling Training Drills
Check out this tutorial on hurling training drills to help you keep fit no matter what the season! In this lesson, you’ll learn: – How to dribble the ball on the ground around an opposing player – How to solo the ball around an opposing player – How to practice jab lifting the ball – […]
How To Play Hurling
Hurling is an Irish sport that combines the skills of field hockey, lacrosse, and baseball. It is played using a wooden stick, called a hurl or a hurley, and a leather ball that is similar to a baseball, called a sliotar, in an exciting and fast-paced field game. What Is Hurling Hurling is a 3000-year-old […]