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Lads, what is going on? I'm not sure about the rest of the counties (you lads can enlighten me I'm sure), but in Meath alone we've had 6(!!!) ACL injuries in the last two seasons, and 4 of them have been in the last 6 months. Each of them have been county players too. As I said before I can't speak for other counties but surely this is getting severely out of hand and the GAA needs to do something to address the intense workload placed on amateur players? The new rules have been a success from an entertainment standpoint but with how much running and intense training is involved nowadays it is obviously taking a severe toll on players. RoyalStalwart24 (Meath) - Posts: 98 - 17/08/2026 11:45:08 2690165 Link 0 |
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Its scandalous whats going on and nobody is passing any remarks. Young players all suffering from them too and its all down to S&C. There is to much being done at a young age far to many weights lifted. Go into any intercounty minor or development squad gym session most of them are lifting huge weight. This has to be taking a toll as years ago there was no S&C and there wasn't a word of ACL injury's apart from a few. From having sons part of development and minor squads there is far to much of a focus put on size and strength rather than skill natural ability and speed. Wouldnt do any harm for young boys to go work on their weak side rather than in lifting weights because at the end of the day you cant kick a dumbell over the bar. Farneyarmy2013 (Monaghan) - Posts: 38 - 17/08/2026 12:46:35 2690175 Link 1 |
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There were plenty of ACL injuries before the new rules.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8707 - 17/08/2026 13:12:44 2690179 Link 0 |
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The GAA spend millions on coaching but have they addressed fitness? How many coaches are telling players what to do and it's all wrong ? Coaching poorly is one thing but weights training poorly is risky. Maybe it's time GAA change some of the funding routes ? Kew (Galway) - Posts: 385 - 17/08/2026 13:24:41 2690181 Link 0 |
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The main problem with increased ACL and other ligament and tendon injuries is that lads arent doing enough s and c work when they are actually growing. If you look at rugby they do more weights from a younger age, the thinking being that if you put on the muscle as you are growing your ligaments and tendons develop at the same time, getting used to that extra muscle. While if you wait til lads are fully developed by the time they are minor or u20 before you start doing much S and C work with them their ligaments and tendons arent able for that extra muscle. Hence more ligament and tendon injuries. Another seperate issue is that if you do that bulking up without doing any speed/sprinting/agility work you just become slow. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20485 - 17/08/2026 13:51:56 2690186 Link 1 |