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Hurlers vs Footballers

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Replying To dickie10:  "most hurling people seem to want to keep it status quo in case they have more competition, teams like athboy, boardsmill, rathmolyon dont want to be shown up by a new team, thats whats going to happen with ratoath"
I don't understand how the clubs you mentioned are effecting the clubs in North meath or the development of hurling in the county. Crazy statement.

The only way hurling will spread is if the none hurling clubs actually start to push it in their own clubs. County board can only do so much. And can I clear up there is no hurling board so it is at the mercy of the scraps left from the football.

The main problem in the non hurling parishes is that most of the parents never played the game so the rule it out for their kids. That simple

Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 630 - 08/01/2017 20:39:27    1944104

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Replying To Irish_downunder:  "I don't understand how the clubs you mentioned are effecting the clubs in North meath or the development of hurling in the county. Crazy statement.

The only way hurling will spread is if the none hurling clubs actually start to push it in their own clubs. County board can only do so much. And can I clear up there is no hurling board so it is at the mercy of the scraps left from the football.

The main problem in the non hurling parishes is that most of the parents never played the game so the rule it out for their kids. That simple"
I couldn't agree with Dickies comment that hurling clubs want to preserve the status quo. I am sure that most hurling clubs would like a bit of variety in who the play - they are probably well sick of playing the same teams year in year out. The reality is that the existing hurling clubs don't have the time and resources to spend on developing hurling in other areas - they are too busy looking after their own players and ensuring their own survival. A huge amount of time, effort and money goes into developing young players at club level, and if you let up at all, before you know it you have no players coming through to keep the club going.

As has been said, the biggest problem with getting hurling going in these areas is that there is literally no-one there already in these parishes who has the knowledge to teach kids how to hurl, even if they wanted to. The parents of the kids have never hurled, the people running the local football clubs have only ever played football. You are starting from nothing. That's even before you deal with the problem of active resistance to your efforts form the "football-only" brigade. So it is pointless sending in one coach for a year or two to show the kids how to hurl, and expecting that it will take off. You need serious commitment over a prolonged period to establish it properly.

anfearbeag (Meath) - Posts: 1134 - 08/01/2017 22:13:35    1944152

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