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Synthetic Hurleys.
Barry
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09-May-2012 13:37
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Young fellow blocked down a player using one of these in a school coaching session other day only to have his own (nearly new) hurley (which he loved) smashed in two as a result.
Never saw a break like it before,repair out of the question.
Are these hurleys allowed in competitive games?
I hope not 'cos parents will be fairly -------ed off if,like me,they have to keep forking out for new ash hurleys.
Any views?
frasiercrane
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09-May-2012 13:44
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Does anyone remember about 10 years ago there was a feauture on Breaking Ball where a couple of fellas from Galway wwere making a new type of hurl which had grip on the bas in the style of addidas predator boots.I think it was made from a variety of timber as well as ash to make it as strong and light as possible.
frasiercrane
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09-May-2012 13:45
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Originally posted by Barry:
Young fellow blocked down a player using one of these in a school coaching session other day only to have his own (nearly new) hurley (which he loved) smashed in two as a result.Never saw a break like it before,repair out of the question.Are these hurleys allowed in competitive games?I hope not 'cos parents will be fairly -------ed off if,like me,they have to keep forking out for new ash hurleys.Any views?
Diarmuid Horan used one in the championshop a few years ago playing for Offaly.
Roberto Jordan
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09-May-2012 13:51
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They can and are used.
I have never used one but reckon they are better than the average mnuck you get from the bag in club dressing room but personally prefer what I can get from a decent maker myself...
On the OP....hurleys break , get over it........ Blocking down drills inevitbaly lead to a couple of hurleys cracking/ breaking or getting chipped......hence you see guys not particpating wholeheartedly or grabbing a spare sacrifical lump of a yoke from the sideline when doing so........
JohnneyCool
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09-May-2012 14:41
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Originally posted by Barry:
Young fellow blocked down a player using one of these in a school coaching session other day only to have his own (nearly new) hurley (which he loved) smashed in two as a result.Never saw a break like it before,repair out of the question.Are these hurleys allowed in competitive games?I hope not 'cos parents will be fairly -------ed off if,like me,they have to keep forking out for new ash hurleys.Any views?
I think the Cultec's are now designed to break themselves, but they'd still be quite a bit stronger than the average ash hurl.
Now the old Wavin hurl was a beast and I'm sure there's a few still propped up in the corner of manies a garage around the country. The vibrations from those yolks made them unusable.
Snoop99
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09-May-2012 14:50
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All the plastics hurley are made to break if their hit hard enough, it for safety reasons. That said they are far more durable that the ash variety, there are intercounty hurlers a few offaly lads (I think?) and definately Ryan O Dwyer & Conal Keaney use cultec plastic hurleys in games.
I see goalies use them for puck outs as there is a good strike off them. The one fault is that control is quite as good, but with some practice I'm sure lads would adapt. Given the price of hurleys and the availability of ash, we'll see a lot more plastic hurley in the future.
YK2
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09-May-2012 14:53
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When we were in national school we had a master who deemed himself a man of the future and the "plastik" was the way to go.
Between the sting of them wavin hurleys in the hand and that unmerciful slap a plastic juvenile sliothar against your legs, I say he turned a generation of kids off hurling altogether.
-YK2-
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