Stick hurling: Parental Guidance advised

[farmerinthecity]

Agree. But what a cunt.

[TheBlackSpot]

@neilld

Don’t think they can really turn back the clock with the size of the Bas at this stage.

Why not? Just enforce the rule

GAA Official Guide, Part 2
4.5 The bas of a hurley at its widest point shall not be more than 13cm.

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[TheBlackSpot]

[quote]A few years ago, a prominent intercounty player was asked in a convivial setting had he ever had anyone measure the bas on his hurley. He hadn’t and no surprise there because the GAA has apparently abdicated responsibility for the regulation of equipment.

In part 2 of the Official Guide, rule 4.5 states: “The bas of the hurley at its widest shall not be more than 13 centimetres”.

With an implicit policy of not enforcing this, the GAA has fed into the current situation. As O’Connor said, the sweet spot (optimum for striking) is now so much larger. One senior GAA official estimates that the width of the bas in some cases is now clocking in at around 18cm – nearly 40 per cent in excess of what’s allowed.

That’s a lot of additional – and irregular – firepower.[/quote]

Seán Moran: Enforcing equipment rules a good starting point in hurling...

[habanerocat]

It would be fierce hard to govern at club level. Thant’s the problem I’d say.

[TheBlackSpot]

@habanerocat

It would be fierce hard to govern at club level. Thant’s the problem I’d say.

Would it? Surely it wouldn’t be beyond the imagination to design a frame that the stick would have to pass through and would only pass through if the bas was 13cm or less. 2 minutes before te players take the field would be all it would take.
Special penalties might have to be intoduced for circumvention of the rule during play (substituting an illegal hurl eg)

[TheBlackSpot]

@Ashman

You would miss the whipping in the air .

@LionelRitchie

And on the ground. Watching packs of a dozen fellas trying to rise a ball isn’t much watching. You’d miss one fella tearing in, whipping on all and sundry instead of the fuckacting about.

It’s almost as if the stick has evolved to reflect what is effectively the extinction of both ground hurling and overhead striking.

see article above

[habanerocat]

@TheBlackSpot

@habanerocat

It would be fierce hard to govern at club level. Thant’s the problem I’d say.

Would it? Surely it wouldn’t be beyond the imagination to design a frame that the stick would have to pass through and would only pass through if the bas was 13cm or less. 2 minutes before te players take the field would be all it would take.
Special penalties might have to be intoduced for circumvention of the rule during play (substituting an illegal hurl eg)

Sure you’d have to do every hurl in the parish. They’d be sneaking them in over the ditch. Then if you find one what do you do? Break it? Spray it with red paint?

[TheBlackSpot]

@habanerocat

Sure you’d have to do every hurl in the parish

but in club matches if the home club were smuggling illegal hurls into play the away club wouldn’t be long in drawing the ref’s attention to it.
No doubt enforcement would have problems at the start but I think it should be possible to overcome them.

[TheBlackSpot]

@habanerocat

if you find one what do you do? Break it? Spray it with red paint?

If you can’t use it to play with sure it’s no use to anybody!

[TheUlteriorMotive]

You could sell them as serving plates to gastro bars

[balbec]

Paddy looking for the problem

[TheBlackSpot]

@TheUlteriorMotive

You could sell them as serving plates to gastro bars

I have a pal who had a cheeseboard made in the shape of a hurl.

[Julio_Geordio]

@TheBlackSpot

I have a pal who had a cheeseboard made in the shape of a hurl.

Heard he was a gouda player

[KinvarasPassion]

Edam well sure he was

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Julio_Geordio

@TheBlackSpot

I have a pal who had a cheeseboard made in the shape of a hurl.

Heard he was a gouda player

He was in his Swiss.

[Julio_Geordio]

@Fagan_ODowd

He was in his Swiss.

He played under Cheddar

[FlakeAway]

Does Hurling have a diving problem? | Eddie Brennan | High-scoring games, excessive frees & refs

13:48

James Skehill & Eddie made a few interesting points on the rim of the sliotar influencing how far it travels rather than the weight.

[HenrySellers]

Lacrosse have a stick check, where 2 players sticks are measured at random every game per team per half.
Each coach also can call one check on a player and keeps the call if the check is successful.
Wouldnt be too hard to implement in hurling.

Good, Close or Dang! How to Conduct a Stick Check

Players wouldn’t be long changing hurls if they were getting a card or sin binned for an illegal hurley.

[LionelRitchie]

All a bit cheesy

[LionelRitchie]

@EstebanSexface

Vindication…

Ya gimp