Sliotar
Sliotar [ ʃlʲɪt̪əɾ ] (more rarely Sliothar ) is the name of a ball that is similar in size, material and design to a baseball and is used in the Gaelic team sports hurling , camogie and rounders , which are particularly popular in Ireland .
When Hurling and Camogie his wife variant is Torspiele in which the players of both teams try to Sliotar with one as Hurley signified bat to hit or hand into the opponent's goal. In terms of game play, they are comparable to a mixture of hockey and lacrosse . In contrast, Rounders is a batball game similar to baseball or cricket , in which the sliotar is hit by one team as far as possible so that the other team can cover a certain distance until the ball is reached.
In all three sports, the sliotar is exposed to high forces and accelerations from hitting with a club. It is a spherical game ball, which in the standard version (size 5) has a diameter of 69 to 72 millimeters and a weight between 110 and 120 grams . It contains a core made of cork , which is covered with a leather shell sewn together from two parts , the thickness of which is between 1.8 and 2.7 millimeters. For Camogie (size 4) as well as in the children's (size 1 and 2) and youth area (size 3 and 4), smaller sliotars are used.
The determination of height and weight goes back to a hurling game between South Galway and North Tipperary that took place in Dublin in February 1886 . Sliotars that conform to the rules and have been approved by the Gaelic Athletic Association , the governing body of Gaelic sports in Ireland, are marked with an appropriate label.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Gaelic Athletic Association: Official Guide - Part 2 (PDF file, approx. 950KB; last accessed on March 17, 2017)
- ↑ Sliotar. In: Josh Chetwynd: The Secret History of Balls: The Stories Behind the Things We Love to Catch, Whack, Throw, Kick, Bounce and Bat. Penguin Group, New York 2011, pp. 147-151