There are as many hurling books as there are hurling skills, with more emerging at the end of every year.

Ned Power himself identified over 120 different identifiable skills in the game of hurling.  This was part of a process that was started by Donie Nealon, Des Ferguson and Fr. Tommy Maher in 1965.  Ned joined the team of men with the “right stuff”.  The Americans had their space programme.  We in Ireland had our feet more firmly rooted on the ground, dealing with stuff that really mattered.

So all the hurling books in the world don’t make a difference if you don’t have the basics, broken down into components of information that can be then taught and passed on to others so that they too may be able to enjoy and perfect their skills; so that the quality of the game is increased throughout the country.

“My Father: A Hurling Revolutionary, the life and times of Ned Power” is out on paperback at the end of November 2009.  Click here for further information, pre-order and excerpt.