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Anyone have any formal/informal ideas to share to help improve CLUBS when we come back after lockdown ? Please don't turn this thread into an Inter-county argument Suggestions for indoor team games ideas... ? 7/9 a side games...? Juvenile blitz formats...? merchandise possibilities...? .fundraising ....? promotional opportunities...? community involvement....? membership growth.....? Any bit of positive feedback could help us all and might provide a welcome distraction at the moment. Black+Blue (Galway) - Posts: 122 - 24/01/2021 12:24:18 2328731 Link
If games and numbers dont materialise then clubs should think about selling land to build houses for much needed social housing. People need houses ?Club in Derry City Dolans allowed to sell land they were to build second pitch. Instead building indoor training hall. GAA Going indoors ??? Another novel fundraising method ? IssacBall (Derry) - Posts: 51 - 31/01/2021 10:21:23 2329798 Link
Anyone have any formal/informal ideas to share to help improve CLUBS when we come back after lockdown? Please don't turn this thread into an Inter-county argument Suggestions for indoor team games ideas...? 7/9 a side games...? Juvenile blitz formats...? merchandise possibilities...? .fundraising ....? promotional opportunities...? community involvement....? membership growth.....? Any bit of positive feedback could help us all and might provide a welcome distraction at the moment. Black+Blue (Galway) - Posts: 50 - 24/01/2021 12:24:18 Get rid of under 12 championships in their entirety and just have 1 blitz weekend per division within a county and just get kids playing more games. Have more blitz days where multiple clubs play each other at age grade level. Kilmacud 7s are great but a nationwide 7s series would be cool. Wouldnt have to be limited to parish/traditional clubs either. If games and numbers dont materialise then clubs should think about selling land to build houses for much needed social housing. People need houses? Club in Derry City Dolans allowed to sell land they were to build second pitch. Instead building indoor training hall. GAA Going indoors ??? Another novel fundraising method? IssacBall (Derry) - Posts: 43 - 31/01/2021 10:21:23 No no no no no no. There isnt enough pitches for most clubs as it is. While housing is needed we need to be building more apartments and not continuing urban sprawl and we are losing enough green space within cities and towns already without doing more of it KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3495 - 31/01/2021 15:05:05 2329833 Link
Replying To IssacBall: "If games and numbers dont materialise then clubs should think about selling land to build houses for much needed social housing. People need houses ?Club in Derry City Dolans allowed to sell land they were to build second pitch. Instead building indoor training hall. GAA Going indoors ??? Another novel fundraising method ?" People need houses,, but we'll only build them if club numbers don't materialise. How many houses would you build on a bloody club ground anyway,, 5 or 6? Here in Galway the entire coast road in oranmore is practically a building site,and we're 229 000 000 000 in debt as it is. Next proposal please. Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1698 - 31/01/2021 15:30:56 2329838 Link
Replying To Galway9801: "People need houses,, but we'll only build them if club numbers don't materialise. How many houses would you build on a bloody club ground anyway,, 5 or 6? Here in Galway the entire coast road in oranmore is practically a building site,and we're 229 000 000 000 in debt as it is. Next proposal please." 150 houses and flats tenement style in place of a full sized flood lit grass pitch. In an urban area lacking pitches for gaelic football. Easy option taken to get the millions from a developer. What happens when the money runs out or Gid forbid the club generates more teams ??? IssacBall (Derry) - Posts: 51 - 31/01/2021 19:34:01 2329888 Link
Can we call a halt to the housing/pitch debate ?... anymore positive Club suggestions/ideas ?? Good idea about the National 7s KillingFields.....could potentially be a very exciting competition... Black+Blue (Galway) - Posts: 122 - 31/01/2021 21:15:57 2329910 Link
I think the reduced/split season is the big one. The day is going where club players will be prepared to put their lives on hold from January to October...absolutely crazy. While GAA is life in many communities especially rural ones including my own, there is so much more to see and do out there. The old men that give out about such a player was spotted out having a pint last night or Johnny has a few pounds put on....fcuk off lads.... We need to address why the drop out rate in Gaelic Games is so high after minor/u21. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11227 - 01/02/2021 17:32:53 2330024 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "I think the reduced/split season is the big one. The day is going where club players will be prepared to put their lives on hold from January to October...absolutely crazy. While GAA is life in many communities especially rural ones including my own, there is so much more to see and do out there. The old men that give out about such a player was spotted out having a pint last night or Johnny has a few pounds put on....fcuk off lads.... We need to address why the drop out rate in Gaelic Games is so high after minor/u21." I agree that the drop off issue needs tackling but is it exclusively a gaa problem though? Or is it a general problem for all sports. Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1698 - 01/02/2021 19:47:47 2330039 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "I think the reduced/split season is the big one. The day is going where club players will be prepared to put their lives on hold from January to October...absolutely crazy. While GAA is life in many communities especially rural ones including my own, there is so much more to see and do out there. The old men that give out about such a player was spotted out having a pint last night or Johnny has a few pounds put on....fcuk off lads.... We need to address why the drop out rate in Gaelic Games is so high after minor/u21." Drop out rate is far from exclusively a problem for Gaelic games. Its bad in soccer, rugby, most sports. KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3495 - 02/02/2021 16:18:09 2330133 Link
Replying To KillingFields: "Drop out rate is far from exclusively a problem for Gaelic games. Its bad in soccer, rugby, most sports." Well even from a leisure perspective. Soccer is the most widely played sport in the country as let's we face most of us play 5 a side etc. It is feasible to play gaa 7 a side on smaller pitches? I know I'm prob Amy taking crap here. Soccer is played by most but a recent study showed GAA is the most popular sport in this country followed by Soccer and then Rugby in third. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11227 - 02/02/2021 16:53:57 2330137 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Well even from a leisure perspective. Soccer is the most widely played sport in the country as let's we face most of us play 5 a side etc. It is feasible to play gaa 7 a side on smaller pitches? I know I'm prob Amy taking crap here. Soccer is played by most but a recent study showed GAA is the most popular sport in this country followed by Soccer and then Rugby in third." Thing is soccer and playing 5 a side is very different to the other sports who dont have this option or at least rugby has tag. GAA both hurling and gaelic dont have a social form. It most certainly is possible to play gaelic in shorter form on smaller pitches but would simply need a lot of rule adaptations. GAA is two sports though so gaelic is first, soccer second rugby third and hurling fourth? KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3495 - 02/02/2021 17:23:18 2330141 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Well even from a leisure perspective. Soccer is the most widely played sport in the country as let's we face most of us play 5 a side etc. It is feasible to play gaa 7 a side on smaller pitches? I know I'm prob Amy taking crap here. Soccer is played by most but a recent study showed GAA is the most popular sport in this country followed by Soccer and then Rugby in third." Soccer is the easiest sport to play, with less requirements for space, numbers, facilities etc. There's always a modified version which can be sorted and the game remains very similar to the official version. It's harder to do this with Gaelic sports, rugby etc. That's one reason why groups keep tipping away in soccer long after they've packed in club activity. Having said that, high drop-out rates are an issue for pretty much every sport. Keeping people engaged in physical activity is a massive challenge and the sporting bodies are obviously part of the solution. It's not an easy one to address however. There are so many other factors. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2034 - 02/02/2021 18:39:29 2330156 Link