Nobody said being an elite athlete was easy. Garnering more than 79200 views it was our 10th most popular story of 2015. The welfare of players is therefore of paramount importance to the gaa and its future success. Just imagine it for a second. The player is central to the gaa and all its activities. It is not just gaa players that add a couplf of inches to their height.

The portumna man is now 92kg which would be classed by many as the ideal weight for a hurler and combined with his height of 6 ft 2 in he has the. In fact they are measuring the height of a player every few weeks to monitor their growth rate and in some cases measure their parents height as an indicator of their childs potential height. Seamus kennedy 6 ft 2 in. The associations medical scientific and welfare committee is comprised of medical professionals players and administrators. Ronan maher 6 ft 0 in. Shoe shop owner struggled to get into the team early on in the summer but a regular fixture since the kildare game.

Players are conditioned down to a tee theyll all have similarly loaded programmes in they gym but sometimes regardless of the work they put in off the pitch they can struggle to gain weight. This story first appeared on sportsjoe in february of this year. What is the ideal weight for a gaa player. Noel connors and johnny small are slugging it out in the corner of the ring. The hardiest boys in the land. I recently met the celtic player scott mcdonald out for a few pints i am 5ft 7in according to his bio online he is 5ft 8in but i was the taller one.

Conor sheehan reports on gaa player burnout. Research shows some players accumulate up to 5kg of abdominal fat in the off season and return to training with a weight handicap. Dont try this at home. Tipperary defenders height weight pádraic maher 6 ft 2 in. Could you of imagined measuring the height of yao mings parents whose dad stood tall at 67 and his mother 63. Welcome to the players section of the mygaaie.

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