Gaelic Football

1. Originated in Ireland

Ways to Score:
● Kick the ball into the goal (3 points)
● Kick or fist the ball over the crossbar (1 point)

How to Move the Ball:

● Kicking it out of your hands
● Kicking it along the ground
● Running with the ball in your hands, but only taking up to 4 steps
○ If after 4 steps you want to keep the ball, you must either dribble it or solo
it back to yourself.
○ Can’t bounce the ball more than twice in a row, so if you bounce; the next
move must be a solo
○ You can solo as many times as you want when you have possession of the
ball

How to Move the Ball:

● Can catch the ball with your hands in the air
● Hand pass it (slap the ball with an open palm) to a teammate
● Hit the ball to a teammate with a clenched fist

Defense
● While playing defense in Gaelic, contact is allowed as long as it is shoulder to
shoulder.
● In our modified game of Gaelic, while playing defense, we deny, dispossess, and
delay the other players.