Hands off the hand pass

Glad to see that the GAA is resisting any calls from the purists about limiting the use of the handpass.
There is a lot of handpassing in our game but the best teams don't overuse it despite what many are claiming.
The handpass is simply the best way of getting out of defence with the ball and its use has brought a lot of movement to the game.
However, when it comes to moving into attack the good sides like Kerry, Armagh, Tyrone, Meath and even the Dubs, I don't include Cork as they are chokers, get the ball fast into space with good foot passing and their point taking under pressure marks them out from the limited teams.
Lets's face it short foot passes are a nonsense, they are difficult to execute and often just the wrong ball.
Those who want to see more kick passing in the game should work with youngsters if they want to change anything and make sure that the standard of kick passing needed to compete at the top is taught to kids from they can walk.
Football remains a simple game and for most of us the reason we fell in love with the game was just kicking the ball around on the street or on a field and the pleasure we got out of being able to reproduce it when you went on to the field to compete with your peers.
There is some great shooting and still some first class passing off the foot in the modern game, there is always room for improvement but restricting another skill, handpassing, is not the way forward.