So this topic is alluded to many times when our big lads get handed their arse's by primarily Kilkenny. The cats are more skillful, why??
Have we basically stopped coaching forward play? Is it that we're so content with tackling and small sided games because they overlap so nicely from football to hurling??
How much time is spent with Juvenile teams to minor on striking, catching, touch work.....close in and further apart. How much time is spent on high Catching? Are we coaching the freedom out of hurling (running off the shoulder, support play, working the ball out??
Whatever about the numbers bigger clubs have, how can there be such a disparity in playing levels in just one division??
Genuine question, Are teams training on large areas or are they shoehorned into small sided game territory??