Learn To Curl: Hack
The hacks are the black bits of rubber at the ends of each sheet of curling ice. When delivering a stone, players slide out from one hack and throw towards…
Learn To Curl: Measuring
Rather than a game of inches, curling is a game of millimetres! Despite the best efforts of everyone involved, sometimes it is difficult to tell which stone is closer to…
Learn To Curl: Blank End
In curling, a blank end is an end when neither team scores any points. This means that no points are added to the scoreboard, and the team that had the…
Learn To Curl: Sweeping
Most people who have never curled before will think of the sport as “the one with the sweeping”, but it is important for any serious player (or viewer) to know…
Learn To Curl: Mixed Doubles
Mixed Doubles curling is an adaptation of the traditional game for teams of two players. Instead of teams of four throwing eight stones, here each team throws five stones with…
Learn To Curl: Skip
The skip is often seen as the leader of a curling team, as they usually throw the final stones of an end and are responsible for strategy. However, it is…
Learn To Curl: Vice
The vice-skip is the player that holds a curling team together. Also known as the “third”, they are the glue between the front end and the skip and have to…
Learn To Curl: Second
In curling, the player who throws immediately after the lead is known as the second. Of a team’s eight stones, the second throws the third and fourth shots. Like each…
Learn To Curl: Lead
The player who throws the first two stones in a curling team is called the lead. This position is crucial to the success of the team, as they are responsible…
Learn To Curl: Stopwatch
Timing is everything in curling, and players can use stopwatches to help them measure the speed of their stones…and the opponents! Knowing how fast or slow a stone is moving…
Learn To Curl: Bonspiel
A bonspiel is a curling tournament. These competitions can come in a wide variety of formats, but every bonspiel will end by one team being crowned as champions. While some…