Further Things That Are Wrong (Part 2)

[Cheasty]

@Bandage

Most people use GGA as a babysitting service & a socialisation tool. They traditionally have big numbers for young age groups so it’s good for kids to mix & so on. But when they quickly realise how shit the GGA sports are (shinty for muldoons & some new bogball throw, kick & catch in zones concept), they can quit & move to proper sports at the age of 8 or 9. The GGA will have served its purpose & it’s win win because they’re happy to hoover up grants for clubhouses & white elephant ground developments & don’t mind being used by normal people.

Are you seriously saying there isn’t a need for a 43,000 capacity all-seater stadium in Killarney?

[iron_mike]

@Bandage

Most people use GGA as a babysitting service & a socialisation tool. They traditionally have big numbers for young age groups so it’s good for kids to mix & so on. But when they quickly realise how shit the GGA sports are (shinty for muldoons & some new bogball throw, kick & catch in zones concept), they can quit & move to proper sports at the age of 8 or 9. The GGA will have served its purpose & it’s win win because they’re happy to hoover up grants for clubhouses & white elephant ground developments & don’t mind being used by normal people.

What a crock of shit

[Mac]

The GAA would expect soccer to work around them believe it or not. Even though GAA won’t play a match till April and we’re in the middle of the soccer season.

[Appendage]

He doth protest too much.

[Mac]

@Spidey

Summoned

I assume athletics and soccer don’t take place the other times of the year when GAA is on

Athletics, Soccer, Rugby, Gymnastics would all go across the winter here and then GAA dominates the summer schedule. You usually expect a month or 6 weeks where they overlap but this time it’ll be the guts of a 4 month overlap and then when the GAA inevitably extend things once the season finishes it’ll create the same problem in September onwards

[gilgamboa]

@Mac

Athletics, Soccer, Rugby, Gymnastics would all go across the winter here and then GAA dominates the summer schedule. You usually expect a month or 6 weeks where they overlap but this time it’ll be the guts of a 4 month overlap and then when the GAA inevitably extend things once the season finishes it’ll create the same problem in September onwards

As the GAA is now a predominantly middle to upper class sport they realize that interfering with Fiachra and Luachra etc going on three week gaeltachts and then 3 weeks in the cambrils won’t work around the GAA timetable…hence the calendar grab

[Mac]

@Appendage

Typically you’re highly critical of the poor quality of players produced by Wexford over the years. Players produced by the general lack of effort and apathy that prevails in Wexford.

Someone in your club is willing to give it a go. Don’t bring your kids by all means but don’t be whining about it.

There’s no lack of effort at underage. I’ve never criticised that. It’s how one organisation expects all others to down tools to facilitate them when the kids are in the middle of that season I have a problem with.

If they were going to do it in a way we’d both like they’d do nothing but hurl for the next 3 months but that won’t happen either.

[Mac]

@gilgamboa

@Mac

Athletics, Soccer, Rugby, Gymnastics would all go across the winter here and then GAA dominates the summer schedule. You usually expect a month or 6 weeks where they overlap but this time it’ll be the guts of a 4 month overlap and then when the GAA inevitably extend things once the season finishes it’ll create the same problem in September onwards

As the GAA is now a predominantly middle to upper class sport they realize that interfering with Fiachra and Luachra etc going on three week gaeltachts and then 3 weeks in the cambrils won’t work around the GAA timetable…hence the calendar grab

It’ll be some craic when soccer moves to a calendar year in a couple of years time.

[Massey]

That one flew over your head there lad

[Kyle]

I just wanted to have a dig at rubby

[Midshipman_Asha]

Absolutely, the lengthening GAA season is really starting to affect athletics. We were trying to organise juvenile cross country development squads before Christmas and it was so difficult.

[Appendage]

But all of the organisations compete with each other for the kids. And it’s always been thus.

Soccer runs from August to May. And maybe into June depending.

Kennedy Cup boys are banned from playing any other sports just as an aside.

Wexford kids don’t play enough hurling before the age of 12 to produce enough inter county players to produce successful teams. 8-12 are massively important years in terms of skill development.

That’s a massive problem if we want Wexford winning stuff. We are miles off it. Bottom 25% of each age grade over u15s in so called hurling counties.

We can have all the development squads in the world but with the numbers that we start from there aren’t enough late developers coming from left field to make it happen.

We won’t get any better by waiting till the soccer is over to start.

[TheUlteriorMotive]

All kids sports start too young and it’s a land grab for members and money.

Two years of a common curriculum across all sports from age 7 teaching basic movement, gymnastics, running, playing simple ball games would be far better for everybody.

[gilgamboa]

@TheUlteriorMotive

Two years of a common curriculum across all sports from age 7 teaching basic movement, gymnastics, running, playing simple ball games would be far better for everybody.

Correct

[myboyblue]

@Mac

@gilgamboa

@Mac

Athletics, Soccer, Rugby, Gymnastics would all go across the winter here and then GAA dominates the summer schedule. You usually expect a month or 6 weeks where they overlap but this time it’ll be the guts of a 4 month overlap and then when the GAA inevitably extend things once the season finishes it’ll create the same problem in September onwards

As the GAA is now a predominantly middle to upper class sport they realize that interfering with Fiachra and Luachra etc going on three week gaeltachts and then 3 weeks in the cambrils won’t work around the GAA timetable…hence the calendar grab

It’ll be some craic when soccer moves to a calendar year in a couple of years time.

Let the fellas who want to play soccer and rugby work away.

[Jahan]

There are clubs already providing fundamental movement sessions that have nothing to do with a particular sport, they seem to be very well received by children and parents.

I think UL may do some sessions but in general it will still come down to a club to offer those sessions.

[SAFE]

There is definitely a certain IQ level required to play hurling at a decent standard. I’ll admit some outliers do sneak through but in the main the slow fellas fall off and end up in the likes of rugby.

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

Irish shinty ?

Get the ball, shoot, get the ball whack it as hard as you can, get the ball shoot

[gilgamboa]

@Little_Lord_Fauntleroy

Irish shinty ?

Get the ball, shoot, get the ball whack it as hard as you can, get the ball shoot

70 or 80 scores in a match. Like basketball only they can only play a game a fortnight

[Thornhill]

Staying in cork tonight. In the Dean. Upon checking we were asked to give a €100 deposit . In case we use the Minnie bar etc.
cheeky pricks,