page_title: Hurling
section_title: Statistics
hierarchical_section_title: Hurling / Statistics
context_page_description: Hurling is an Irish outdoor team sport similar to hockey, played by two teams of 15 people.
  The object of the game is for players to use a wooden axe-shaped stick called a hurley, or a hurl, to hit a small ball called a sliotar between the opponents' goalposts either over the crossbar for one point, or under the crossbar into a net guarded by a goalkeeper for one goal, which is equivalent to three points.
  The ball can be caught in the hand and carried for not more than four steps, struck in the air, or struck on the ground with the stick. It can be kicked or slapped with an open hand for short-range passing. A player who wants to carry the ball for more than three steps has to bounce or balance the ball on the end of the stick, and the ball can only be handled twice while in his possession.
context_section_description: In a team there are 15 players, or "hurlers."
  The hurley or hurl (hurl), or camán, is generally 70–100 cm (32–36 inches) in length
  The goalkeeper's hurley usually has a bás (the flattened, curved end) twice the size of other players' hurleys to provide some advantage against the fast moving sliotar.
  The ball, known as a sliotar has a cork center and a leather cover; it is between 23 and 25 cm in circumference, and weighs between 100 and 130 g
  A good strike with a hurley can propel the ball up to 150 km/h (93 mph) in speed and 100 m (305 ft) in distance.
  A ball hit over the bar is worth one point. A ball that is hit under the bar is worth 3 points which is called a goal.
caption: Hurling stick (Hurley) and ball (sliotar) (Irish Camán agus sliotar)
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