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Olympic
Curling
Members of
Grand National Curling Club
United States Curling Association
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The Curl
Curling stones
have a hollow (concave) grind on the bottom with a small running surface where
the stone meets the ice. Because of this running surface they're able to "curl" if the player turns
the handle while he's delivering the stone. When a stone curls, it travel in a curved
trajectory. This curve is called curl. Ice is a very
important factor for the curl. Under some ice conditions, a stone
can curl
3 feet or more, under others only 1 foot.
A slow stone (draw, guard, ...) curls more than a fast one
(Take-Out, ....)
Without the curl, Curling wouldn't be so interesting and
exciting.
Different
ways, how a stone can be played
Click on the shot name
or rocks below to see a
simple demonstration.
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Draw: | A slow stone, which
curls into the house.
| Guard: | A stone that stops in front of the house and guards a stone in the house.
| | Freeze: | This stone stops
directly in front of another stone. They touch each
other, but the stone that was already in the house isn't moved.
The front stone has the advantage, it can't be
knocked out of the house without also taking
the back stone out. Normally, the back stone is an
opponent's stone. | | Take-Out: | A fast stone intended
to knock another stone out of the house. Some other variants:
Double-Take-Out: 2 stones get knocked out, Triple-Take-Out: 3
stones get knocked out.
| | Tap-Back: | Also called a promotion. This
stone pushes a guard into the house and stays in front of
the house as a guard. | | Wick: | 1) A stone
that "splits" a guard, so that both stones roll
into the house.2) A stone that hits another and deflects
off that stone and stops in
the house, sometimes even behind a guard. |
The Ice The
Stones The Delivery
Sweeping
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