[quote=“caoimhaoin, post: 883954, member: 273”]S&C in Ireland is probably in the top 5-10 most advanced and educated in the world. Pound for pound it could be the best. The GAA does remarkably well and some of it’s coaches are amongst the best.
You are talking thru your whole here.[/quote]
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An epidemic of young lads getting hip replacements in their early to mid 20’s and you’re telling us Ireland is at the top.
You are some nutter.
An epidemic of young lads getting hip replacements in their early to mid 20’s and you’re telling us Ireland is at the top.
You are some nutter.[/quote]
An epidemic? Shut up you fool.
You’re a fucking crank and the facts show that the GAA is light years behind other sports when it comes to conditioning.
Gga players sre notoriously unfit
You are not dealing with educated worldly people here. I saw the program WB were doing at the time and it was some of the stupidest training ever. It’s no wonder they failed when they had a talented roster.
What facts? The only possible comparison is with the AFL as we play them, and routinely hammer them now.
This is scare mongering from the likes of Moyna and he didn’t even have real evidence, he was guessing. Yes they train a lot, but look at the 1/4 finals onwards in in last years All Ireland. Completely healthy and fit teams, nobody missing from injury bar 34 year old Alan Brogan from memory. The pace of the games were unbelievable, for any sport, not to mind an Amateur game.
Anyway I’m talking to a child and a WUM, I should know better.
[quote=“caoimhaoin, post: 883967, member: 273”]What facts? The only possible comparison is with the AFL as we play them, and routinely hammer them now.
This is scare mongering from the likes of Moyna and he didn’t even have real evidence, he was guessing. Yes they train a lot, but look at the 1/4 finals onwards in in last years All Ireland. Completely healthy and fit teams, nobody missing from injury bar 34 year old Alan Brogan from memory. The pace of the games were unbelievable, for any sport, not to mind an Amateur game.
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The amount of cruciate injuries and now hip replacements are extremely high in GAA compared to football. The players are carrying far too much weight and the onus seems to be on putting as much weight on as you can instead of concentrating on speed and agility. GAA players also only have to play 70 minutes a match as well. The example you used about the All Ireland final is not a very good one considering both teams had only played 1 match in the 4/5 weeks in the run up to the final.
Facts please pal?
Yes they play 70 mins but at a higher pace and intensity than a game of soccer, for example every soccer team in existence plays 90 mins ( with the obvious exception of younger ages.) are they all higher calibre athletes than an inter county GAA team? NO.
Even though youre a wum, i do enjoy this, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel.
[quote=“count of monte cristo, post: 883974, member: 348”]Facts please pal?
Yes they play 70 mins but at a higher pace and intensity than a game of soccer, for example every soccer team in existence plays 90 mins ( with the obvious exception of younger ages.) are they all higher calibre athletes than an inter county GAA team? [/quote]
Ah here, come off it. League of Ireland teams are considerably fitter, faster and more agile than GAA players.
Ah here, come off it. League of Ireland teams are considerably fitter, faster and more agile than GAA players.[/quote]
Sorry pal, but unless you have a basis in fact and not just your opinion then fuck right off.
A leading irish university measured fitness levels and found part time loi players were fitter, this was dealt with and boxed off yeards agohere
On Sunday 15th September 2013 Metal Rhino staged the world’s first fitness challenge competition between three representatives from three different sporting disciplines:
GAA Football: David McKibben([U]County Down GAA[/U] and Bryansford)
Rugby: Willie Stewart ([U]Belfast Harlequins[/U] 1st XV)
Crossfit: Damian Regan ([Reebok CrossFit Northern Ireland[/URL] [URL=‘https://www.facebook.com/theunitbelfast’][U]The Unit[/U]])
http://metalrhino.com/gaa-football-vs-rugby-vs-crossfit/
The results are detailed in the table below. 3 points for first place, 2 points for second place and 1 point for third place.
Challenge
David
Willie
Damian
None of them are sporting disciplines
Actually cruciate injuries are pretty low in GAA and are getting less and less every year. One reason for that is the likes of the Strength and Conditioning programs young players have been out on over the last 4-5 years at development level in certain counties is so far ahead of everything in Ireland only the big English clubs in soccer rival or better it in that part of the world. My own County doesn’t cut it as they tend to leave it to the clubs themselves. But I know of some clubs who have kids on LTAD programs, screening them at 12/14 and helping them with their health and movement on an on-going basis. The local soccer clubs take their fees and fail to make the payments. That’s the fucking difference. And that’s the way it will be for a long time as the people running soccer don’t have the foresight or fund raising ability as local GAA Clubs. FACT.
Cruciate injuries are low as gga players only play 3 or 4 games of note a year
Also a gga man boasting about fundraising is hard to stomach, corrupt governments giving sports nobody plays money is not a positive thing
http://ulster.gaa.ie/wp-content/uploads/council/strategies/uc-strategy-2009-2015.pdf
120,000 players in Ulster and 250,000 members - page 15 of this report
so for rest of country based on same numbers pro rata looking at 1m members and 480,000 players
what other sport in Ireland comes close
2,319 – Number of affiliated GAA clubs on the island of Ireland in 2008.
2,610 – Number of affiliated GAA clubs in the world in 2007.
Football has twice as many player as all the gga sports combined.thats a fact, ulster gga would bump things numbers up for when they beg the brits fot money.