Hurling is an outside sport and plaed on a 137m long grass pitch two teams of 15 players compete between two goal posts positioned at each end of the pitch.
Each player uses a wooden stick called a hurl to obtain ownership over a small ball called a sliotar. The ball or sliotar is the same size as a baseball and just as hard. The sliotar can be carried by hand but after four steps of the player it must be either passed or bounced on the end of the hurl. It can be also hit in the air with the stick, on the ground and also kicked or slapped with an open hand.
The game itself is very touch sport with the allowance of touch to touch shouldering and with players charging at a small ball with sticks it can become a very injurious sport.