GAA chiefs are considering introducing several different types of sliothars to accommodate games during different occasions, it has emerged.
A number of top players have voiced their concerns about the flight of the new ball and the speed it travels at prompting the GAA's Head of Games, Pat Daly, to consider playing different balls on different occasions.
He said: "We may look at the possibility of having one for summer and another for winter as well as one for Croke Park, where there is not much give in the ground, and another for different stadiums."