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Sweeping
Sweeping has two effects: 1) A stone that is played too short (too slow) can be made to go further through sweeping (but not faster). An example: The skip asks for the stone to be delivered into the house, but the player delivers it with not enough weight (energy); without sweeping it will be a guard. The two sweepers sweep the stone, and if they sweep hard, the stone arrives in the house. A team effort. 2) The curl can also be suppressed. When a stone gets swept, it curls less than it would without sweeping. This is a way to adjust the trajectory of the stone.
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