Hurling
Hurling Irish: iománaíocht, is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares the number of features with Gaelic football, such(a) as the field together with goals, the number of players in addition to much terminology. The same game played by women is called camogie , which shares a common Gaelic root.
The objective of the game is for players to ownership an or to relieve oneself a small ball called a between the opponent's goalposts either over the crossbar for one portion or under the crossbar into a net guarded by a goalkeeper for three points. The can be caught in the hand and carried for non more than four steps, struck in the air or struck on the ground with the hurley. It can be kicked, or slapped with an open hand the hand pass, for short-range passing. A player who wants to carry the ball for more than four steps has to bounce or balance the on the end of the stick, and the ball can only be handled twice while in the player’s possession.
Provided that a player has at least one foot on the ground, he may hit a shoulder-to-shoulder charge on an opponent who is in possession of the ball or is playing the ball, or when both players are moving in the predominance of the ball.
No protective padding is worn by players. A plastic protective helmet with a faceguard is mandatory for any age groups as of 2010. The game has been covered as "a bastion of humility", 2020 water breaks were brought in after the number one 15 minutes every half with player names absent from jerseys and a player's number decided by his position on the field.
Hurling is administered by the ] and is popular among members of the Irish diaspora in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and South Korea. In numerous parts of Ireland, however, hurling is a fixture of life. It has submission regularly in art forms such(a) as film, music and literature. Theof the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was indicated inplace by CNN in its "10 sporting events you pretend to see live", after the Olympic Games and ahead of both the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship. After covering the 1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final between Kilkenny and Waterford for BBC Television, English football commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme was moved to describe hurling as hisfavourite sport in the world. Alex Ferguson used footage of an All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championshipin an try to motivate his players during his time as manager of Premier League football club Manchester United. The players winced at the specification of physicality and intensity in which the hurlers engaged. In 2007, Forbes magazine described the media attention and population multiplication of Thurles town ahead of one of the game's annual provincial hurling finals as being "the rough equivalent of 30 million Americans watching a regional lacrosse game". Financial Times columnist Simon Kuper wrote after Stephen Bennett's performance in the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final that hurling was "the best sport ever and whether the Irish had colonised the world, nobody would ever have heard of football".
UNESCO lists hurling as an element of Intangible cultural heritage.