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See Mickey Whelan's suggestion on Hoganstand. Now, let's say you've got the ball and have just shipped a good shoulder and you are on the ground, in possession of the ball, and surrounded by opposition players and your team mate is a few yards away. In that situation, it seems silly that you'd have to waste time struggling to get to your feet (while you're being half-fouled and the ref is doing nothing) before releasing the ball to your team mate. All momentum would be gone. essmac (Tyrone) - Posts: 1141 - 17/03/2017 10:04:44 1967756 Link 3 |
Players aren't allowed consecutive hops of the ball. If restrictions come in for the handpass, they will have to be trialled and common sense applied. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7757 - 17/03/2017 10:32:59 1967766 Link 0 |
I'm open somewhat to the handpass being restricted but itd be very hard to officiate. waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 17/03/2017 11:15:56 1967771 Link 0 |
Not being smart but me and my friends were talking about something similar last weekend and we all agreed that if you took the bounce out of football you'd make it a much better game (have solos only ) it would do away with certain teams taking 10-14 steps and it would make it easier for defenders to knock the ball away it would also make lads move the ball a bit faster . KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 17/03/2017 11:29:37 1967779 Link 0 |
I don't know why players have to feel that they need to gain possession of the ball in to their hands before passing it. It's so easy just to help it on with the fist,hand or foot. So many times a chance goes abegging when a player in a good position in front of goals insists in catching the ball when he could easily touch it off to a team-mate or just get some part of his body on it to help it towards the goal. Dublin seem to be the only team that use their brains in this regard. and to a lesser extent , Donegal.
s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 17/03/2017 12:04:13 1967790 Link 0 |
how would it do away with players taking too many steps ? . surely if let's say as an example kevin McMenaman gets the ball and go towards goal, he can solo and then take 4 steps and then either solo again or hop, take 4 more steps and either solo or hop. if there were no hop allowed would he not be more inclined to take more steps as it's arguably more difficult to solo under pressure than hop. s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 17/03/2017 12:08:25 1967791 Link 0 |
Very hard to restrict the hand pass, officials are struggle with poorly written rules as they are never mind new ones. arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4892 - 17/03/2017 12:20:34 1967802 Link 0 |
Here's a mad theory the game is fine and has absolutely nothing wrong with it. The league has being great when teams of a similar standard play each other. We're not going back to 70s 80s style football thankfully. Now lets all move on. doratheexplorer (Cavan) - Posts: 1467 - 17/03/2017 12:23:27 1967804 Link 1 |
This plague was started in the 1970's by Dublin and then Kerry took it to a new level when you could score goals with the overhead handpass over the keepers head.Now with the fitness and running power of players this off the shoulder hand passing has become an epidemic.I would say 2 handpasses and that would mean you could have a quick one two.I think it is probably impossible now to do much about it. gunman (Donegal) - Posts: 1049 - 17/03/2017 12:27:12 1967806 Link 0 |
I do agree that there is far too much handpassing and teams are averse to taking a riskier foot pass. But you can't just ban hand passing as it is such an integral part of the game. Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1870 - 17/03/2017 12:38:11 1967807 Link 0 |
Kevin Foley's goal for Meath in the fourth game of the 1991 saga against Dublin came at the end of six consecutive hand passes. I would hate to see it being disallowed. tommy58 (Dublin) - Posts: 169 - 17/03/2017 12:58:50 1967811 Link 0 |
Go out and get a ball and try doing 4 solos at top speed and see how you get on ! Also try and solo around a player that's standing in front of you, we always teach young to take your hop before you try to step around the tackle because it is as easy to do it after a solo.
KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 17/03/2017 12:58:52 1967812 Link 0 |
Certain teams? Dublin I presume?
The_Fridge (Tyrone) - Posts: 2087 - 17/03/2017 15:14:54 1967847 Link 0 |
Yup.
KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 17/03/2017 15:41:28 1967852 Link 0 |
Don't think hand passing can really be restricted but I believe goals should only be scored with the boot or with the hand if pass comes via a kick. ponga (Mayo) - Posts: 647 - 17/03/2017 16:55:05 1967869 Link 0 |
First clip on TG4 showed Crokes number 14 in the semi final soloing at full pace before offloading for a goal. Problem with handpass is that it allows people with no skill to play the game as long as they can run, hence it's a bore to watch.
Brian_Coyote (Antrim) - Posts: 346 - 17/03/2017 16:55:19 1967870 Link 0 |
Another stupid suggestion how about leave our game alone Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 17/03/2017 20:48:26 1967986 Link 0 |
1. If goals from a fist have to be from a foot pass, some might argue just like there can't be consecutive hops, there shouldn't be consecutive team hand passes. 2. As mentioned earlier, there is skill in a quick one-two by handpassing. For this reason there's an argument for allowing at least 2 consecutive team handpasses. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7757 - 17/03/2017 21:20:47 1967999 Link 0 |
Completely agree
Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4172 - 18/03/2017 10:56:47 1968079 Link 1 |