Delaware County Gaels Youth Gaelic Football Club


DELAWARE COUNTY GAELS YOUTH GFC
264 South Bayberry Lane
Upper Darby PA, 19082
Hotline 267-765-3599, Team Number 51700


 

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Delaware County Gaels


RULES OF GAELIC FOOTBALL

Gaelic Football is a fast and exciting field game unique to Ireland. It can be described as a mixture of soccer and rugby, but it is a lot older.

There are 15 players on a team and the object is to kick, hand-pass or fist a leather ball through to the opponents goal, into the net as in soccer to score three points, or to put it over the crossbar for one point. The time for each game differs for youth competitions, generally 30 minutes, with two halves of 15 minutes each for U-8, and increasing to 70 minutes with two halves of 35 minutes each by the age of U-18.

The ball used in Gaelic Football is round, slightly smaller than a soccer ball. It can be carried in the hand for a distance of four steps and can be kicked or “handpassed”, a striking motion with the hand or fist. After every four steps the ball must be either bounced or solo-ed”, an action of dropping the ball onto the foot and kicking it back into the hand. You may not bounce the ball twice in a row.

A goal is signaled with an umpire to the left of the goal raising a green flag. A point is signaled by the raising of a white flag to the right of the goal. The umpire raising his/her outside arm signals a 45/65 free. A “square ball”, when a player scores having arrived in the square prior to receiving the ball, is signaled by pointing at the small parrallelogram.

Shoulder to shoulder tackling is permitted and an opponent’s kick can be blocked with the hands.

Please visit the Cul Coach at The CUL4KIDZ Web Site for more information on the Skills of the Game.

View the Word Document with the above information plus player positions by clicking HERE.




With special thanks to the Denver Gaels please view the following videos to learn more about the game. Visit the Denver Gaels Web Site. Congratulations on a fantastic 2004 NACB Finals!


About the Game

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The Skills

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The Rules

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