Hurling

Basic rules

Hurling is a distinctly Irish field invasion game played with a stick, called a hurley, and a ball called a sliotar. 

Playing Field

Hurling is played on a pitch up to 145m long and 90m wide. The goalposts are H Shaped with the goal area being x wide and y high.

Equipment

The stick, or "hurley" (called camán in Irish) is curved outwards at the end, to provide the striking surface. The ball or "sliotar" is similar in size to a hockey ball but has raised ridges.

Playing Rules

You may strike the ball on the ground, or in the air. You may catch the ball or pick up the ball with your hurley into your hand and carry it for not more than four steps in the hand. After those steps you may bounce the ball on the hurley and back to the hand, but you are forbidden to catch the ball more than twice. You can run balancing or bouncing the ball (the solo) on the hurley indefinitely. Players may contest for the ball by playing it with the hurley or by shoulder charging an opponent side-to-side.

Scoring
To score, you strike the ball over the crossbar with the hurley or under the crossbar and into the net for a goal, the latter being the equivalent of three points.

You may also contact Recruitment Officer Shannon Conroy at recruitment@sanantoniogac.org

or Hurling Trainer Chris King at secretary@sanantoniogac.org