Gaelic Football

My little brother has been trying out a few sports to see which ones he can get into. This weekend we went to Camana Bay to see if he would be interested in trying out for Gaelic Football.

This session was put on by The Cayman Islands Kids Gaelic Football Club called “Start of Season Blitz” – it was a free event and included training for children between the ages of 5 to 18.

The coaches started of by explaining what Gaelic Football was and there was a basic warm up for all players to get everyone familiar with catching and throwing the Gaelic Football and well as to learn a few techniques used .

It was mentioned that Gaelic Football is the most popular sport in Ireland however it seems be catching on in these parts of the world. From what I understand it is a mixture of football, basketball and rugby. The players are allowed to carry the ball in their hands, it can be kicked or hand passed. After every four steps the player must bounce of pass the ball.

Wikipedia states that it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kicking or punching the ball into the other team's goals (3 points) or between two upright posts above the goals and over a crossbar 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) above the ground (1 point).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSOe-USZzok

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjvUld0shh8