Gaelic football is a form of football, played mainly in Ireland. Along with Hurling, it is the most popular sport in Ireland. The games history goes back to 1537, but the modern game came into place in 1887.
THE GAME
Gaelic football is played with two teams that have 15 players each on a rectangular grass pitch with H-shaped goals at each end. The main goal is to score by kicking, hitting or throwing the ball in the opponents goal. The team that has the most goals at the end is the winner.
Players run the ball up the pitch using a combination of Carrying and “Soloing” (Gently dropping the ball and kicking it back up), kicking it or passing it by hand to your teammates.
THE RULES
DURATION
TEAMS
THE BALL
- Picking up the ball directly from the ground.
- Throw the ball.
- Run 4 steps without a prop, moving or “soloing” the ball (dropping and kicking the ball back up).
- Drop the ball twice.
- Hand the ball over the opponent’s head and run round to retrieve the ball.
- Hand the ball into the goal (it can be hit in from the air).
- Changing hand (throwing the ball left to right, and vice versa).
SCORING
TACKLING
The Physicality of the tackling in Gaelic football is higher than European football, but not at physical as rugby. You are allowed to be in contact shoulder “wrestling” and you can knock the ball out of the opponents hand , however, within the rules:
- Must use 1 hand only when tackling.
- No pushing.
- No hitting the opponent.
- No Pulling.
- No blocking of shots with your feet.
- No tap tackling.
- No stepping on others feet.
- Must not steal the ball with force.
REFEREES
The match is overseen by 8 referees:
- One Head referee.
- Two touch line referees.
- Two “Stand-by referees.
- Four “Minor” referees (2 at each end).
The head referee is responsible for Starting and stopping of the match, free kicks, noting players positions, giving out disciplinary cards and seeing players in and out.
Touch Line referees are responsible for following the match, and signalling for moments that the main referee may had missed.
The “Fourth” referee’s job is similar to the one in football; Oversee substitutions, show the extra time using an electric board.
The “minor” referees are responsible for singling the goals by lifting a flag; a white flag or a green to show if a point or a goal has been scored. If the ball has gone outside they will lift their hands spread.
All the referees can signal to the head referee that something illegal has happened, although, this rarely happens. The head referee can override any decision made by the other referees if he wishes.
REFERENCES
LITTERATURE
- ^ «GAA pitch size». BBC News. 11. oktober 2005. Besøkt 18. september 2009.
- ^ The pocket book of the GAA (se litteratur), side 152-153
- ^ GAA Official Guide – Part 2 (PDF). Gaelic Athletic Association. 2016. s. 8. «A team shall consist of fifteen players.»
- ^ GAA Official Guide – Part 2 (PDF). Gaelic Athletic Association. 2016. s. 73.
- Mark Reynolds, Niamh McCoy, Julianne McKeigue, Joanne Clarke (2016). The pocket book of the GAA – Thr official story of the Gaelich Athletic Association (engelsk). Dublin: Gill Books. ISBN 978-0-7171-7071-5.
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