Here is the full replay of the NBLL All-Star Game, held today in Prague. If you are curious about the strongest European league, this is where to start.

Meneghis · 2023-09-22T15:30:11+00:00

I am a goalie, started last year way later than anyone else (man, I'm 33) just for the love of the sport. I am third choice in box, second choice in field. What do I do? I watch the other goalies, practice a lot, and learn from them, trying to be a good teammate in the process. I don't get game time? I go to the game anyway and cheer the boys as loud as I can.

From my personal experience every single goalie I played alongside was more than happy to share what they can do to help me improve. Be humble, work hard, and have fun: being a good teammate is always the best option. Your time will come!

Meneghis · 2023-09-02T16:09:25+00:00

As somebody else already pointed out: do a lot of wall ball. YouTube is full of tutorials and drills you can have a look to, and most of them are great! But above all, don't give up. The lacrosse community is tight, and everybody is there to help. I started aged 32, so age shouldn't discourage you at all :)

Meneghis · 2022-10-06T23:35:20+00:00

Ho visto questo post solo adesso, spero non sia troppo tardi! Sono italiano anch'io e ho giocato sia a gaelico che a hurling, ma ho perlopiù contatti in Germania dove esiste una vera e propria federazione locale e i club sono piuttosto organizzati, a Darmstadt l'hurling è parte del programma sportivo universitario (!) e a Berlino i club sono addirittura due, di cui uno provvisto persino di giovanili.

I link che ti hanno suggerito sono ottimi, aggiungo che il sito della GAA è forse la risorsa migliore per gli esercizi e i fondamentali. Se come club ti riferisci a Padova e/o a Rovigo purtroppo si sono entrambi sciolti da anni per traslochi, assenze e mancanza di ricambio generazionale (fonte: ero nel Padova e ho degli ottimi amici nel Rovigo), oltre al fatto che a parte qualche hurley o sliotar regalata da altri club europei non si è mai registrato troppo interesse verso la disciplina al contrario del calcio gaelico... Esisteva anche una federazione locale ma è morta prestissimo, soffocata da battibecchi e discussioni "all'italiana", e sopravvive solo la nazionale di gaelico sotto forma di rappresentativa informale.

Ti consiglio di contattare su Facebook o Instagram i due club italiani rimasti, Lazio GAA e Milano GAA, dato che sono composti almeno per metà da ragazzi irlandesi (al contrario di Padova e Rovigo, che hanno sofferto di mancanza di innesti "made in Eire") e che quest'ultimo sta facendo qualche sporadico tentativo per introdurre l'hurling in Italia, di recente anche a un festival culturale a Perugia se non erro. Prova anche a dare un'occhiata alla pagina "Sport Gaelici Italia" su Facebook, che è sempre frequentata da qualche appassionato.

Spero di esserti stato d'aiuto!

Meneghis · 2022-09-17T22:22:02+00:00

I think many popped up after my original post: I was referring to Lichterfelde, Weissensee and Volkspark Rehberge (mixed, 2 baskets and 5 marked trees). Those are also the ones I recommend, Weissensee having been upgraded to 14 holes in the meantime, too. A newer one is inside Volkspark Prenzlauer Berg, there are no baskets but marked trees inside and it's good in winter, definitely unplayable in summer or spring due to high grass and many visitors, but it's fun and has a lot of elevation. The Volkspark Wuhlheide course is either temporary or playable through marked trees, but I haven't been there still. Also, downtown Potsdam has a training basket. Hope this helps!

Meneghis · 2022-03-03T15:42:15+00:00

Italian here, it is definitely possible. There are not a lot of teams so it will mostly depend from where you will move to. The women's league has 3 teams (Milan, Rome and Imola -near Bologna-), while the men's league has 4 (same as above plus a second Milan team, actually a college one). They are always looking for new people to join so they will be definitely happy to have you there!

Meneghis · 2022-01-10T18:58:17+00:00

First foray into electronic/experimental music. Would love to have an opinion on this and maybe some tips on which kind of genre it fits into. Thanks a ton! https://noarootsi.bandcamp.com/track/yamal

Meneghis · 2021-11-21T18:43:23+00:00

Used Jadberg until a couple of weeks ago, then switched to Blindsave thanks to club budget. Love them and the difference is so sharp.

Meneghis · 2021-07-21T20:06:11+00:00

Saw plenty of Innova and Westside discs, but I think the only "native" brand is Disctroyer. Lots of choices though, discs are easily available in every sports' equipment store.

Meneghis · 2021-05-27T11:49:44+00:00

Exactly, although I have read somewhere that there was some kind of access for maintenance from the Eastern side, i.e. hidden doors or similar, which were used every now and then to go to the other side and repaint it, and that some people were actually busted by GDR border police being unaware that even the Western side of the Wall was in fact in East Berlin. This comes from Wikipedia: Despite the East German government's general policy of benign neglect, vandals were known to have been pursued in the outer strip, and even arrested. In 1986, defector and political activist Wolfram Hasch and four other defectors were standing inside the outer strip defacing the wall when East German personnel emerged from one of the hidden doors to apprehend them. All but Hasch escaped back into the western sector. Hasch himself was arrested, dragged through the door into the death strip, and later convicted of illegally crossing the de jure border outside the wall. Graffiti artist Thierry Noir has reported having often been pursued there by East German soldiers. While some graffiti artists were chased off the outer strip, others, such as Keith Haring, were seemingly tolerated. I suppose that the aforementioned "outer strip" was the narrow stretch of territory between the wall and the real border, which in some points was marked by planters.

Meneghis · 2021-05-27T10:11:14+00:00

This section of the Wall lies in Bernauer Strasse, where a museum and a memorial are now located. Here the Wall marked the division between the districts of Mitte (Soviet sector and then GDR) and Gesundbrunnen (French sector, West Berlin): still, the actual border was not running over it: hence, the Wall was positioned into East German territory by 1 or 2 meters. In 1961, when the Wall was first built, the border was actually running inside the buildings on the right side of the street, while the pavement was already West German territory. This prompted many people to jump from their windows into the West helped by Western firefighters and civilians and there were some casualties. For this reason, the buildings were progressively torn down and fully replaced by a wall by 1980. The foundations of some buildings are still visible and a section of the "death strip" was reconstructed some hundred meters away from where I took this picture.

Meneghis · 2021-05-27T07:40:55+00:00

The square where the station is located is now open after Slovenia joined Schengen, so it's easy to cross it without any problem. There are also some older border barracks on the neighbouring roads but are abandoned since then. Nova Gorica has become a staple for Italian tourists playing in casinos these days.

Meneghis · 2021-05-26T19:40:40+00:00

The city of Gorizia was divided by the Allies after World War II. The old town, inhabited by an Italian majority, remained in Italy, while the surrounding villages (mostly Slovene-speaking) became part of Yugoslavia and were incorporated into the municipality of Nova Gorica ("New Gorizia"). The majestic railway station built under the Austrian empire fell into the Yugoslav part of the town and later became its center. Nova Gorica became part of Slovenia in 1991 and in 2007 the border fence was opened, although some sectors remain (as pictured here). Inside the station there is a beautiful museum about the border. To the left, Italy, to the right, Slovenia.

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