Curling 101��It’s Week 3!!

Week 3 Agenda�

1. Team member roles review
2. Shot types review
3. New shot types
4. Sweeping review

5. Weight
6. Etiquette review
7. Warming up
8. To the ice!

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Team Member Roles Review

• Lead, second, third (vice-skip), skip
• Lead & second sweep when not throwing
• Responsible for weight judgement on draws
• Communicate weight on all shots to skip (more later)
• Skip “owns the house” until his/her shots

Team Member Roles Review

• Skip designs strategy, calls sweeping, particularly for take-outs
• Skip watches for alternate shot during play (Plan B)
• Third holds broom for skip

& owns the house at that

time – generally sweeps

past tee

Basic Shots Review

• Draw
• Takeout

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New Shot Types�Draw Variations

• Guard (long and short)
• Come around draw
• Freeze – comes with risk
• Should be tight and on the nose
• Often imperfect & opponent will

take out

• Raise / tap back

New Shot Types�Takeout Variations

• Clear / peel
• Hit and roll
• Double (or more) takeout

Weight

• Weight is how hard you have to throw the stone
• Different shots require different weights
• Leg drive and how long stone is held before release determine weight (not pushing!)

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Weight

• Weight is how hard you have to throw the stone
• Different shots require different weights
• Leg drive and how long stone is held before release determine weight (not pushing!)
• Weight changes as ice changes
• Over the course of a game, especially from early ends
• Between venues (experience on different ice helps)

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Weight

• When judging weight, communication is key
• 2-way communication
• Skip calls, sweepers update
• Hog-to-hog timing system is �good for all curlers

Weight

• Draws are usually indicated by where skip points broom
• Takeouts are often indicated by tapping the rock to be removed
• Takeout weight indicated by hand signals & weight indication, to be shown on ice

More Weight

• Different terminology
• Common draw weight terms: short, top of house, tee, back house, deep
• Common hit weight terms: hack, board, control, normal, peel (sometimes with up/down)
• Best if team discusses terms they'll use
• Numbering systems (1 to 10 is common)

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Weight Drills

Tonight’s on-ice drills will help with:

• Weight/sweeping judgement
• Sweeping communication

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Etiquette Review

• Shake hands (fist bump) before & after each game - ”Good curling” and “Good game”

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Etiquette Review

• Stay to the sides unless delivering or sweeping
• When opponent shoots, all but skip stay between hog lines
• All players should stay still when opponent is throwing

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Etiquette Review

• Be ready for your turn to throw to �keep the game moving
• Get ready to throw THEN watch �the opponent's shot
• At the end of an end thirds �determine score

*** All others stay out of house

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Basic Rules

• Throwing order doesn't change once established at start of game
• Same broom & head for entire game
• Release stone before the near hog line
• Stone must be completely over the far hog line to be in play

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Basic Rules �

• Stone completely over the back line is out
• Stone touching the sidelines is out (gutter ball!)
• Can't sweep opponent's stone (until tee line, �then one player only)
• “Burning” rocks (should be called on yourself)
• Touching your team’s moving stone removes it from play (hog line exception)
• Touching stationary stone – skips agree �on placement

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One More Basic Rule �

• FGZ ….

The Free Guard Zone!

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At the End of the Game��

• Winners sweep the ice
• Straw broom around hacks �and edges
• Big broom (“mop”) up & down �entire sheet – clean mop after �hanging up
• Return club brooms to racks
• Clean broom heads used in game �with small brushes hanging from �wastebaskets

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To The Ice!

• Grippers
• Grab a broom
• Slide/delivery practice
• Sweeping review

• Shot indications
• Weight judgement/communication
• Hot shots competition!
• Game time?

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Warm Up Time!�Step – Stretch – Slide�

• Step
• Walk on the spot, bum kicks, step up/down
• Stretch
• Neck movement, shoulder rolls, golfer’s twist
• Leg swings, half lunges, heel raises
• Slide (on the ice ….)