I would always say that first touch is the most important; the ability to get the ball into your hand first time- high, low, off the hurley, straight into your hand, whatever.
Without that ability, you can have the sweetest strike in the world but you wonât actually puck any ball because you need other people to give you handy ball all the time.
Weâve fellas on our Junior B team who are lovely strikers of the ball but arenât worth a fuck in a real match because thatâs literally all they can do. Maybe we could stand them in goal but even then, under a dropping ball, youâd be fearful.
Obviously you need a combination of skill to make it at the highest level. Not that Hegoâs striking is bad; his long range striking off his right is very very accurate. If he has a fault, itâd be his short striking in tight spaces.
Ah no all us Limericks know that poor auld WOD wouldnt be half the stickman of say Alan Tynan.
How is Alan, is he still living off the glory of goading Will in a league game?
