I made this because with my 5-minute movie I found myself having to fast forward to get to the point whenever showing it on a handheld device. I think this would be more suitable for the "elevator pitch".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgEMvRrOCRI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgEMvRrOCRI)
Sunday morning, 30 guys with hangovers chasing each other with sticks.
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on October 07, 2011, 08:31:46 AM
I made this because with my 5-minute movie I found myself having to fast forward to get to the point whenever showing it on a handheld device. I think this would be more suitable for the "elevator pitch".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgEMvRrOCRI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgEMvRrOCRI)
A lot of steps in that first movement !
30 Tasmanian Devils with umbrellas chasing a hedgehog.
It's better than Gaelic football
Played by athletes as courageous as lions, as graceful as ballet dancers, as nimble as acrobats and as artistic as the renaissance masters. And they trying to skull each other.
Hurling is for piano tuners.
Fuball is for piano removers.
Show them a clip of King Henry
Men's Camogie
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 07, 2011, 03:06:45 PM
It's better than for people that are no good at Gaelic football
;)
30 men with sticks, one wee ball, defend a set of posts with the lower part having a net, attack the other set of posts with the lower part also having a net.........no referee.
Quote from: Bingo on October 07, 2011, 05:39:00 PM
30 men with sticks, one wee ball, defend a set of posts with the lower part having a net, attack the other set of posts with the lower part also having a net.........no referee.
And what would you say for the other 1 minute 34 seconds?
Quote from: Zulu on October 07, 2011, 05:40:21 PM
Quote from: laoislad on October 07, 2011, 05:38:02 PM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 07, 2011, 03:06:45 PM
It's better than Gaelic football
+1
.........................in yer opinion.
Faster more skillful game yes, better i'm not so sure? the Munster Hurling final is probably the GAA biggest game outside of the All Ireland finals.
Quote from: laoislad on October 07, 2011, 05:38:02 PM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 07, 2011, 03:06:45 PM
It's better than Gaelic football
+1
So Laois lads are experts in hurling AND football.Jeeez you wouldn't think it when you see them play!!!
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Quote from: laoislad on October 07, 2011, 05:38:02 PM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 07, 2011, 03:06:45 PM
It's better than Gaelic football
+1
.........................in yer opinion.
Faster more skillful game yes, better i'm not so sure? the Munster Hurling final is probably the GAA biggest game outside of the All Ireland finals.
Faster yes, more skilful no. The games have different skill sets but there are many skills in Gaelic football that everybody struggles to master. I always find it funny that people say hurling 'is a fierce skilful game' yet it is football where most people give out about the inability of players to perform the skills, surely that suggests football is, at the very least, also a very skillful game?
Both games require a multitude of skills, those in hurling tend to be more difficult to learn initially but I think the ones in football are more difficult to master. For example most kids will take longer to strike a ball well than to kick it but once they are able to do both proficiently, which one do we see them make a mess of more? You rarely see an easy point missed in hurling or an attempted pass miss by miles, it happens regularly in football.
Quote from: Zulu on October 07, 2011, 06:36:11 PM
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Quote from: laoislad on October 07, 2011, 05:38:02 PM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 07, 2011, 03:06:45 PM
It's better than Gaelic football
+1
.........................in yer opinion.
Faster more skillful game yes, better i'm not so sure? the Munster Hurling final is probably the GAA biggest game outside of the All Ireland finals.
Faster yes, more skilful no.
......................in your opinion.
Yup but it's a considered one!
Hi there, come here often? Why thank you, I use Charles Worthington for Brunettes. My wife doesn't know I use it but sure it's only a drop. Not a bad oul day, eh? I know, summer's a thing of the past isn't it. No, but I'll probably catch it on the iPlayer. Was it any good? Hahaha. Ach to be honest I cannot really stand Bruce Forsyth but yer woman looks well at the odd time. Hahaha. I probably would yes but those days are over. Ach now, you're only saying that, hahaha. Well, thanks for that anyway and you're not bad looking yourself. Did you drop something there? There, just behind you. What? What? Oh come on, my hands just brushed you as you turned around. I bloody didn't grope you, you're my cousin!! What? Ah jaysus don't be at that, yer da'll kill me. Ach Betty, come on, I misread the signs. Hurling is a game of 15 v 15. You use a hurley and a sliotar. A goal is worth three points. Listen, keep that between ourselves. Please. Thanks.
Quote from: ONeill on October 07, 2011, 06:57:44 PM
Hi there, come here often? Why thank you, I use Charles Worthington for Brunettes. My wife doesn't know I use it but sure it's only a drop. Not a bad oul day, eh? I know, summer's a thing of the past isn't it. No, but I'll probably catch it on the iPlayer. Was it any good? Hahaha. Ach to be honest I cannot really stand Bruce Forsyth but yer woman looks well at the odd time. Hahaha. I probably would yes but those days are over. Ach now, you're only saying that, hahaha. Well, thanks for that anyway and you're not bad looking yourself. Did you drop something there? There, just behind you. What? What? Oh come on, my hands just brushed you as you turned around. I bloody didn't grope you, you're my cousin!! What? Ah jaysus don't be at that, yer da'll kill me. Ach Betty, come on, I misread the signs. Hurling is a game of 15 v 15. You use a hurley and a sliotar. A goal is worth three points. Listen, keep that between ourselves. Please. Thanks.
Laoislad,that sorts your other 1min 34sec's!
Quote from: Zulu on October 07, 2011, 06:36:11 PM
Quote from: Blowitupref on October 07, 2011, 06:17:30 PM
Quote from: Zulu on October 07, 2011, 05:40:21 PM
Quote from: laoislad on October 07, 2011, 05:38:02 PM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 07, 2011, 03:06:45 PM
It's better than Gaelic football
+1
.........................in yer opinion.
Faster more skillful game yes, better i'm not so sure? the Munster Hurling final is probably the GAA biggest game outside of the All Ireland finals.
Faster yes, more skilful no. The games have different skill sets but there are many skills in Gaelic football that everybody struggles to master. I always find it funny that people say hurling 'is a fierce skilful game' yet it is football where most people give out about the inability of players to perform the skills, surely that suggests football is, at the very least, also a very skillful game?
Both games require a multitude of skills, those in hurling tend to be more difficult to learn initially but I think the ones in football are more difficult to master. For example most kids will take longer to strike a ball well than to kick it but once they are able to do both proficiently, which one do we see them make a mess of more? You rarely see an easy point missed in hurling or an attempted pass miss by miles, it happens regularly in football.
Excellent post.
It was a bit painful reading the same aul hurling inferiority complex up to this point.
There is nothing more pleasing on the eye in sport imho than the sight of a player in Gaelic football winning a high ball then holding off opposing players while somehow managing to control the ball, and then as they get within 40m of the opponents goal being able to make enough space to get off a shot, curling the ball over the bar. As a demonstration of skills mixed with power, pace, agility and grace there is nothing in hurling that comes close.
Quote from: blast05 on October 07, 2011, 08:17:19 PM
Quote from: Zulu on October 07, 2011, 06:36:11 PM
Quote from: Blowitupref on October 07, 2011, 06:17:30 PM
Quote from: Zulu on October 07, 2011, 05:40:21 PM
Quote from: laoislad on October 07, 2011, 05:38:02 PM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 07, 2011, 03:06:45 PM
It's better than Gaelic football
+1
.........................in yer opinion.
Faster more skillful game yes, better i'm not so sure? the Munster Hurling final is probably the GAA biggest game outside of the All Ireland finals.
Faster yes, more skilful no. The games have different skill sets but there are many skills in Gaelic football that everybody struggles to master. I always find it funny that people say hurling 'is a fierce skilful game' yet it is football where most people give out about the inability of players to perform the skills, surely that suggests football is, at the very least, also a very skillful game?
Both games require a multitude of skills, those in hurling tend to be more difficult to learn initially but I think the ones in football are more difficult to master. For example most kids will take longer to strike a ball well than to kick it but once they are able to do both proficiently, which one do we see them make a mess of more? You rarely see an easy point missed in hurling or an attempted pass miss by miles, it happens regularly in football.
Excellent post.
It was a bit painful reading the same aul hurling inferiority complex up to this point.
There is nothing more pleasing on the eye in sport imho than the sight of a player in Gaelic football winning a high ball then holding off opposing players while somehow managing to control the ball, and then as they get within 40m of the opponents goal being able to make enough space to get off a shot, curling the ball over the bar. As a demonstration of skills mixed with power, pace, agility and grace there is nothing in hurling that comes close.
Absolute rubbish! Infinitely harder, and more skill involved in a hurler winning a high ball .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsbP-DfeZTU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsbP-DfeZTU)
Quote from: blast05 on October 07, 2011, 08:17:19 PM
Quote from: Zulu on October 07, 2011, 06:36:11 PM
Quote from: Blowitupref on October 07, 2011, 06:17:30 PM
Quote from: Zulu on October 07, 2011, 05:40:21 PM
Quote from: laoislad on October 07, 2011, 05:38:02 PM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 07, 2011, 03:06:45 PM
It's better than Gaelic football
+1
.........................in yer opinion.
Faster more skillful game yes, better i'm not so sure? the Munster Hurling final is probably the GAA biggest game outside of the All Ireland finals.
Faster yes, more skilful no. The games have different skill sets but there are many skills in Gaelic football that everybody struggles to master. I always find it funny that people say hurling 'is a fierce skilful game' yet it is football where most people give out about the inability of players to perform the skills, surely that suggests football is, at the very least, also a very skillful game?
Both games require a multitude of skills, those in hurling tend to be more difficult to learn initially but I think the ones in football are more difficult to master. For example most kids will take longer to strike a ball well than to kick it but once they are able to do both proficiently, which one do we see them make a mess of more? You rarely see an easy point missed in hurling or an attempted pass miss by miles, it happens regularly in football.
Excellent post.
It was a bit painful reading the same aul hurling inferiority complex up to this point.
There is nothing more pleasing on the eye in sport imho than the sight of a player in Gaelic football winning a high ball then holding off opposing players while somehow managing to control the ball, and then as they get within 40m of the opponents goal being able to make enough space to get off a shot, curling the ball over the bar. As a demonstration of skills mixed with power, pace, agility and grace there is nothing in hurling that comes close.
You call it a hurling inferiority complex, I see it as a Gaelic Football inferiority complex...
All a matter of opinions I suppose...
Again any mug can play football. It's a simple game to play. Dont get me wrong i love playing it but it's crap to watch. Dublin v Donegal, need i say more?
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 07, 2011, 09:21:46 PM
Again any mug can play football. It's a simple game to play. Dont get me wrong i love playing it but it's crap to watch. Dublin v Donegal, need i say more?
Any mug can play hurling, badly. Same as football.
There are a lot of crap hurling games, especially at a lower level. I prefer football. In hurling a keeper can puck the ball out, it's caught by the half forward and then over the bar with perhaps one defender challenging. 80% of the players are bystanders. In football, any such move will involved a dozen players on both sides, attacking and defending. There's no doubt that the stickwork is a skill football will never possess and that earns kudos in some quarters. Also, in hurling you'll often see the defender clear the sliotar, to raucous acclaim, any which way he can with no particular idea who it's to. It's a bit like 70s football.
There are a lot more scores in hurling but that's because some players are capable of scoring from their own half!
Hurling...I love watching it...serious skill involved....howver natural progression will mean that as keepers get more length in their puck outs in 20 years time it will be one a side.
I suppose if you were brought up only playing one code then you'll favour it over the other gaelic sport.
Quote from: 5 Sams on October 07, 2011, 09:36:23 PM
Hurling...I love watching it...serious skill involved....howver natural progression will mean that as keepers get more length in their puck outs in 20 years time it will be one a side.
I'm sure the length of puckouts could be reduced if the ball were engineered in a certain way. Maybe some sort of heavier synthetic cork core would slow it down a bit.
They're both much superior games to any other game about in my view.
Football is probably easier to adapt too but to play either well, in my view, requires the same amount of skill. Hurling at the lowest level is a bad a sight as you'll see but hurling at the highest level is as good a sight as you'll see.
You could say hurling has greater skill but in my view it's much of a muchness. Hurling consists of so many more balls which are more like 50-50 and football requires more movement to get into the spaces and then the skill to hit the pass. On the other hand the skill in hurling is for the guy to get control with less time and space. To me they balance each other out.
The skillful players in either are a joy to watch. Hurling is moving the same direction as football too with more of a blanket defense look to it than it used to.
Hurling is trips cross country to Birr , Limerick and Thurles. It's the brand icon that is black and amber . The Sean Treacy Pipe Band from Moycarkey Borris . It is the roar of the crowd after the centre half back sends it down the other end of the pitch Seanie McMahon style
It is Tipperary loudmouths, John Fenton 1984 , the Rackards , daoine I Meiricea ata bfheidir ag caoineadh lathair, hell's kitchen, the rasp of a caught sliotar in the hand, the green from the grass on the bas of a new hurl. It is balance, technique and what was that phrase, grace under pressure. It is young fellas looking for sliotars behind the goals at the county final . It is being the only person from the tribe in an Dublin office full of football people . It is the Glens of Antrim keeping the faith and Shefflin and Lory Meagher and the poise of Brian Whelahan . It is Shia rather than Sunni. It is too fast for football people. It is Jimmy Cooney's watch and Joe Cooney in the 1990 final. It is good land and no bog (except in Offaly ) It is all about the swing. It is being hooked. Something to impress Australians with. It is the sporting equivalent of Martin Hayes and it is den scoth.
Hurling is one of those strange cultural phenomenons like those religious sects you find in the USA.
Those on the inside consider themselves blessed, to be God's people. Those on the outside respedt their dedication, but look upon them in wonderment (not awe). For anyone who willingly spends their free time being chased around a confined space by men with sticks, will always provide an entertaining sideline to the real world.
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on October 07, 2011, 08:31:46 AM
I made this because with my 5-minute movie I found myself having to fast forward to get to the point whenever showing it on a handheld device. I think this would be more suitable for the "elevator pitch".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgEMvRrOCRI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgEMvRrOCRI)
Very impressive video Eamonn
Quote from: seafoid on October 07, 2011, 10:11:03 PM
Hurling is trips cross country to Birr , Limerick and Thurles. It's the brand icon that is black and amber . The Sean Treacy Pipe Band from Moycarkey Borris . It is the roar of the crowd after the centre half back sends it down the other end of the pitch Seanie McMahon style
It is Tipperary loudmouths, John Fenton 1984 , the Rackards , daoine I Meiricea ata bfheidir ag caoineadh lathair, hell's kitchen, the rasp of a caught sliotar in the hand, the green from the grass on the bas of a new hurl. It is balance, technique and what was that phrase, grace under pressure. It is young fellas looking for sliotars behind the goals at the county final . It is being the only person from the tribe in an Dublin office full of football people . It is the Glens of Antrim keeping the faith and Shefflin and Lory Meagher and the poise of Brian Whelahan . It is Shia rather than Sunni. It is too fast for football people. It is Jimmy Cooney's watch and Joe Cooney in the 1990 final. It is good land and no bog (except in Offaly ) It is all about the swing. It is being hooked. Something to impress Australians with. It is the sporting equivalent of Martin Hayes and it is den scoth.
Quality!
Unlike a lot of lads on this board I played as much hurling as I did football but hurling lads dint half talk a lot of shite. I enjoy playing, coaching and watching both games but there is no fundamental difference between them. If you have sporting talent then you can play both games effectively with a bit of practice, it's as simple as that. I love the game of hurling but hurling heads are without a doubt the most full of shit sports people in the world. To listen to some of them you'd think you have to be a mixture of Ali, Usain Bolt, Messi and Ring to even be competent at the game and it seems many unfamiliar with playing believe this. Well it's bullshit and I've played with many lads who were excellent hurlers but decidedly average at other games.
Hurling is a great game but it's not superior to all others. If you think it is that's your opinion only and anyone who says different is just the sporting equivalent of a berre wearing twat jazz fan telling us to listen to the notes theiy're not playing.
Quote from: Zulu on October 08, 2011, 12:55:09 AM
Unlike a lot of lads on this board I played as much hurling as I did football but hurling lads dint half talk a lot of shite. I enjoy playing, coaching and watching both games but there is no fundamental difference between them. If you have sporting talent then you can play both games effectively with a bit of practice, it's as simple as that. I love the game of hurling but hurling heads are without a doubt the most full of shit sports people in the world. To listen to some of them you'd think you have to be a mixture of Ali, Usain Bolt, Messi and Ring to even be competent at the game and it seems many unfamiliar with playing believe this. Well it's bullshit and I've played with many lads who were excellent hurlers but decidedly average at other games.
Hurling is a great game but it's not superior to all others. If you think it is that's your opinion only and anyone who says different is just the sporting equivalent of a berre wearing t**t jazz fan telling us to listen to the notes theiy're not playing.
good post
Played senior hurling for over twenty years, played last game for the seniors a few weeks ago. We were missing a few ;) played senior football when finished minor, was doing ok but didn't commit to it and played for the reserve teams for over twenty years also but concentrated on the hurling.
My judgement is based solely on my experience. I enjoyed playing both, but preferred hurling. I think if you haven't played both then it would be difficult to criticize either sport. Imo
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 08, 2011, 09:00:24 AM
Played senior hurling for over twenty years, played last game for the seniors a few weeks ago. We were missing a few ;) played senior football when finished minor, was doing ok but didn't commit to it and played for the reserve teams for over twenty years also but concentrated on the hurling.
My judgement is based solely on my experience. I enjoyed playing both, but preferred hurling. I think if you haven't played both then it would be difficult to criticize either sport. Imo
What, all the arm chair "experts" then who have never played any sport then cannot be critical of them? A lot of our boys on here then wouldn't be able to post anything :P.
The reality is that the skills for both sports are not comparable. For instance catching a high ball, there are too many variables that make it impossible to compare. Just enjoy both games and realise how lucky we are to have the best games in the world.
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Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 08, 2011, 09:00:24 AM
Played senior hurling for over twenty years, played last game for the seniors a few weeks ago. We were missing a few ;) played senior football when finished minor, was doing ok but didn't commit to it and played for the reserve teams for over twenty years also but concentrated on the hurling.
My judgement is based solely on my experience. I enjoyed playing both, but preferred hurling. I think if you haven't played both then it would be difficult to criticize either sport. Imo
What, all the arm chair "experts" then who have never played any sport then cannot be critical of them? A lot of our boys on here then wouldn't be able to post anything :P.
The reality is that the skills for both sports are not comparable. For instance catching a high ball, there are too many variables that make it impossible to compare. Just enjoy both games and realise how lucky we are to have the best games in the world.
Aye right enough, but seriously if ya played it at any level and were decent at it then its a game that, when played well, is a sight to behold. I will miss it, I wont be lining out next year for the team :'(. The beer belly league will do me on a Monday nights but won't be the same.
so long as you enjoy playin, it doesn't matter which you play
Mens Camogie
Personally I prefer to watch hurling but I enjoy a game of football if I have a team to support. I would never disparage any sport though, they all have their points. Even soccer has its appeal, what it lacks in scoring it makes up for in suspense. What American football lacks in continuity it makes up for in the interesting way the game unfolds like a board game. I'm sure even cricket has its appeal to those who follow it, I'd probably enjoy it too if I knew more about it. It's all sport, it's all good, and there's no need to rub anybody up the wrong way by claiming that your own favourite sport is "better" than his.
Except for baseball. That's just shite.
I played football (badly) but love hurling.
I was at my parents last year for my sister's birthday and it was hurling final day and I had the telly on. Sis was back from Scotland from uni and two of her friends were over. One of the girls was trying not to be sick from the drink the night before and the other one shouted "Oh my God, they're hitting each other with big sticks".
Dad and I said almost together "That's what makes us Irish"!
All Gaelic sports played well requires skill and dedication and if they're played well, they are the most spectacular sports in the world in my honest opinion!!
This one is 2:24 long:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoQMl5kr17E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoQMl5kr17E)
Doesn't explain the rules but might come in handy if you want to just inspire someone.
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on October 08, 2011, 06:36:13 PM
Personally I prefer to watch hurling but I enjoy a game of football if I have a team to support. I would never disparage any sport though, they all have their points. Even soccer has its appeal, what it lacks in scoring it makes up for in suspense. What American football lacks in continuity it makes up for in the interesting way the game unfolds like a board game. I'm sure even cricket has its appeal to those who follow it, I'd probably enjoy it too if I knew more about it. It's all sport, it's all good, and there's no need to rub anybody up the wrong way by claiming that your own favourite sport is "better" than his.
Me too, which is quite rare for a Mayoman. I suppose the fact that you won't be let down is one thing that makes it enjoyable for me at least.
1.10 seconds in
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEvQofZvBUA
explained perfectly
That's absolutely excellent, Eamonn. Beautifully chosen action scenes.
Quote from: Onion Bag on April 24, 2013, 09:34:16 PM
1.10 seconds in
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEvQofZvBUA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEvQofZvBUA)
explained perfectly
See the YouTube comment? "Great to see Colin Lynch back hurling again." :D
30 hard as nails irish savages beating the tar out of each other to show how macho they are, scoring goals and points to make it look like the fastest game in the world, and at the end of the day the over sized bumblebees always win. In short that hurling to foreigners
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on April 24, 2013, 08:58:14 PM
This one is 2:24 long:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoQMl5kr17E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoQMl5kr17E)
Doesn't explain the rules but might come in handy if you want to just inspire someone.
That's a very well done piece. A player catching a tennis sized ball, some 80m away in mid air amidst a shower of flailing sticks, is some sight.
If I was to add one image to that montage, it would be the image of a goalie making a full length save, knocking the ball away with his stick.
When I was in England we were sitting n a pub one night and an American Student asked a friend on our GAA team - "what's that game you play in Ireland with the sticks?". I have to say i thought his answer was the most entertaining description of hurling I have heard:
"It's a cross between baseball and murder!"
Quote from: Main Street on April 26, 2013, 11:01:26 AM
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on April 24, 2013, 08:58:14 PM
This one is 2:24 long:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoQMl5kr17E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoQMl5kr17E)
Doesn't explain the rules but might come in handy if you want to just inspire someone.
That's a very well done piece. A player catching a tennis sized ball, some 80m away in mid air amidst a shower of flailing sticks, is some sight.
If I was to add one image to that montage, it would be the image of a goalie making a full length save, knocking the ball away with his stick.
the thing at 1:34 is such an example of high quality skill