It looks like something Michael Scott would have made up. And how do you avoid getting run over?
clickety_clack•4mo ago
This is a more accurate depiction of throwing the bowl. It’s a bit more athletic than that guy made it look. https://youtu.be/OwjNenO259Q
secondcoming•4mo ago
There are people ahead who warn/stop cars. It's only really played on quieter country roads.
physarum_salad•4mo ago
"this does not look like a real game"...turns off computer and plays beer pong
donohoe•4mo ago
It makes much more sense to me than golf does.
jmclnx•4mo ago
Sounds lots of fun, but I would not be able to play. Well I probably could but I have always been an extremely slow runner.
Bicycling was different, but running, could never do :)
Molitor5901•4mo ago
This sounds cool! I remember when I came upon HURLING (the sport) late one evening and it was absolutely incredible. A bunch of guys with no helmets running around bouncing a baseball on the end of a short hockey stick, and then slamming that ball across the field.. I thought surely someone was about to get beaned. Incredible sport.
rgblambda•4mo ago
Hurling should be played with helmets. If it's just a group of friends in a park casually passing the sliotar (ball) to each other and taking practice shots then okay, but not if they were playing a proper game.
WorkerBee28474•4mo ago
+1 to helmets. In youth, the very similar sport of lacrosse actually has a higher risk of concussion than football [0].
Any serious hurling game since at least the early nineties is always played with helmets (as a legal requirement, but also just common sense). Sure, you might have a friendly knockaround without them, but not a real match.
illwrks•4mo ago
You need to wear a helmet with it. Years ago a colleague played in the local team and one weekend took a hurley (the stick with the metal band at the end) to the face and had his jaw broken. Never forgot his helmet again.
physarum_salad•4mo ago
It's "hedge petanque". Looks more fun too. Line of sight to the ball is not optimal though.
SpicyUme•4mo ago
This looks like it could be bastardized into a fun neighborhood event with some planning.
Mistletoe•4mo ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyomkya9qG8
It looks like something Michael Scott would have made up. And how do you avoid getting run over?
clickety_clack•4mo ago
secondcoming•4mo ago
physarum_salad•4mo ago
donohoe•4mo ago