The Importance of Quiet Commentation on Irish Handball

In Ireland we've got a game called Handball, which is a traditional Irish game. It's one of the four Gaelic games. So part of me was going, oh my God, is there an Irish connection with tennis? There's not. Our game of handball, it's just something that's indigenous to our island. And we've managed to keep to tradition. But while I was researching, I'd never seen a game of Irish GAA handball on TV. so I ended up looking at handball matches. The commentators aren't professional broadcasters. They're farmer professional handball players who don't have much broadcast and experience. Listen to how the commentators go from loud