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Hurling workshop

  • 01-05-2014 11:17am
    #1
    irelandrover
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    So I am currently living abroad and playing for a club here.

    We are trying to spread the sport a little so next week I am giving a hurling workshop to 20 - 30 students at a local university. Problem is that I have never given a hurling workshop before. Only took up the sport 5 years ago so I wouldn't have any experience in this sort of thing.

    Does anyone have any tips or drills that I can run through on the day. Or any advice on how to keep people interested for the time.

    Any help in this would be greatly appreciated.


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  • #2
    savannahkat
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    We did some thing similar. The best thing we did was install a large television screen beside where we were showing the drills were people who had never seen hurling could watch a game. The reaction was amazing and we gathered quite a crowd who were gob smacked by the pace and fury of the game as they were when they saw the size of Croke park and the huge attendances. It did away with any amount of having to explain the game.
    We also by the way constructed a tunnel covered in see through netting. The tunnel was made of plastic pipes and was 10ft wide by 30 foot long. It allowed us to drive the ball as hard as possible while keeping the spectators safe. We place a hoop at one end with the object being to either rise and strike the sliother at the target or strike from the hand. The kids had a great time trying it out but the television was the making of the whole effort.


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