GAA for beginners - fitness

TheBig2010

does any club in dublin do beginner gaa training for adults? Primarily I just want it as fitness and another bit of motivation to help me along with losing weight...

Peace

I on't know of many clubs who only do a training option. You could just register with your club as a player and only turn up for training. Can't imagine any objection from the club on that point.

Where are you located?

popebenny16

GAA fitness lessons:

1. Run and keep running untill you puke your guts up.
2. Repeat 1.
3. Push the trainers car arond the place
4. Get into a morter bucket from the local building site and freeze your body in the GAA's verson of an ice bath.
5. Suffer insults from some old sod who won a Junior B medal in 1967 who apparently is a "coash" and happenes to be the guy who supplies the results into the local paper.
6. Hit the bar after a "hard session" because it was tough out there, and men have been sorted from boys.
7. Do this for four months and then wallop some lad in your first match and when you get sent off use the McManimin defence ("sure we trained hard this winter and therefore we should not be sent off")

to eb fair, many places simply stick to rule one for ever.

Peace

popebenny16 wrote: »

GAA fitness lessons:

1. Run and keep running untill you puke your guts up.
2. Repeat 1.
3. Push the trainers car arond the place
4. Get into a morter bucket from the local building site and freeze your body in the GAA's verson of an ice bath.
5. Suffer insults from some old sod who won a Junior B medal in 1967 who apparently is a "coash" and happenes to be the guy who supplies the results into the local paper.
6. Hit the bar after a "hard session" because it was tough out there, and men have been sorted from boys.
7. Do this for four months and then wallop some lad in your first match and when you get sent off use the McManimin defence ("sure we trained hard this winter and therefore we should not be sent off")

to eb fair, many places simply stick to rule one for ever.

From what i can see in my hurling club there is a definate shift away from just running as winter training. It helps we now have a floodlight all weather.

Its all fitness with the sliotar now and they do push you to within an inch of puking your guts up except this way its both interesting and keeping fella first touch up.

entropi

Peace wrote: »

I don't know of many clubs who only do a training option. You could just register with your club as a player and only turn up for training. Can't imagine any objection from the club on that point.

True, we have a membership option in our club for Adult-Non Playing...surely that type would constitute being able to train with the lads.

OP, it would be best to look into membership options for clubs you can viably get to for training sessions twice a week.

gandroid

popebenny16 wrote: »

GAA fitness lessons:

1. Run and keep running untill you puke your guts up.
2. Repeat 1.
3. Push the trainers car arond the place
4. Get into a morter bucket from the local building site and freeze your body in the GAA's verson of an ice bath.
5. Suffer insults from some old sod who won a Junior B medal in 1967 who apparently is a "coash" and happenes to be the guy who supplies the results into the local paper.
6. Hit the bar after a "hard session" because it was tough out there, and men have been sorted from boys.
7. Do this for four months and then wallop some lad in your first match and when you get sent off use the McManimin defence ("sure we trained hard this winter and therefore we should not be sent off")

to eb fair, many places simply stick to rule one for ever.

Sad but true! Gets you fit though...and HARD!!

SallinsMan

Sallins Hurling club are recruiting hurlers for the coming season. Both seasoned and first time hurlers are welcome.

Training is Tuesdays at 7.30 and Thursdays at 8. Sallins this year will be hoping to build on a very encouraging 2009 that seen them qualify for the League and Championship semi finals.

If you want to stay / get fit and play competitive hurling this summer contact us at sallinshurling@gmail.com

rebel girl 15

Peace wrote: »

From what i can see in my hurling club there is a definate shift away from just running as winter training. It helps we now have a floodlight all weather.

Its all fitness with the sliotar now and they do push you to within an inch of puking your guts up except this way its both interesting and keeping fella first touch up.

Thats the thinking at the moment - there is no point in being the fittest fella/girl on the field and not have the ball skills to match it. And imo it is completely correct - a lot of inter county teams brought it in earlier and it also helps each player get the 200 touches a session that is recommended

Penguino

Better skills training is the key to confident hurling

Sebastian Dangerfield

Bump - can anyone add to this? Its football, rather than hurling that Im after. Cheers

easygoing1982

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

Bump - can anyone add to this? Its football, rather than hurling that Im after. Cheers

It probably has changed in the last 5 years since this thread was started.

I've noticed an increase in the use of dynamic stretching and it really has veered away from running 20 laps a night.

A lot of the fitness now involves running/sprinting with the ball to up your skill whilst using and moving the ball at speed.

Personally I wouldn't think it would be viable to train with a GAA club just for fitness.

If fitness was your No.1 goal you wouldn't be focusing on your skill therefore you'd be missing and dropping balls and I've seen many a heated argument where lads have missed a good ball.

There is also the thing of the practice match that is usually held during training. most lads are completing for positions so if for instance you had no interest in playing matches your training session would be cut very short or if you did stand in to a position you could well be putting another player who was interested in playing and will be togging out for matches on to the sideline