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Re: Sub Sign-up

Francesca — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:05:46 -0000

Subs pay the person they are subbing for on a game-by-game basis.

Re: Curler’s Corner: Know Your Role (3/7)

Heatherhopethor — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:24:24 -0000

I would like to learn this game. Where can i take lessons?

Re: Curler’s Corner: Know Your Role (3/7)

Mark — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:44:20 -0000

Taking off your glove on your throwing hand cannot be overstated. My accuracy improved significantly just by removing my glove.

Re: Curler’s Corner: Know Your Role (3/7)

sdcanuck — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:12:13 -0000

Well said Alan. Being ready to shoot by the time the opponent's stone comes to rest makes a huge difference in the pace of the game. It's not hard to get in 8 ends in two hours if everyone is doing that.

Re: Curler’s Corner: Know Your Role (3/7)

Janice — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 23:39:35 -0000

Again, very well presented, Alan. Thanks for taking the time to do this blog series.

Re: Curler’s Corner: Know Your Role (2/7)

Alan — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:18:53 -0000

Those are 2 very good points.

- The first is great technical skill knowlege. There are a couple technical aspects to curling: how to start and stop as you mentioned, coverage of the stone, angle, where to stand, where to start, etc. We will look at posting about technical aspects in a future blog as well. Thanks for the starting point.

- You are very right. A skip will be more aware of if the stone gets caught in a faster channel or not. They may call the sweepers on or off based on this knowledge, but if the team is communicating and the sweepers are aware of the channel existing, the skip may just need to communicate that the stone is in the channel. "Take a look, its in the channel" or if the skip wants them off to allow the stone to curl out of the channel, it comes back to trusting the skip's call of sweeping or off the sweeping. Thank you for the insight and excellent common case of arena curling.

Re: Curler’s Corner: Know Your Role (2/7)

sdcanuck — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:17:06 -0000

Another good post, Alan. Two random thoughts:

- when you put your broom on the ice to start sweeping, make sure it is not in the line of the rock. If there was any debris on your broom it may get dislodged when your broom hits the ice, and that can kill the shot. If you start your sweeping close to your body and out of the rock's path you can avoid this problem.

- especially in arena games, there may be slick grooves that form during the game - if a rock is travelling in one of these grooves, it will carry much further than if it is a foot to the right or left. The skip may call for weight if they think it is in one of these grooves as it is generally easier to spot from the skip's vantage point than the sweeper's (especially without a center line in the ice).

Re: Curler’s Corner: Know Your Role (1/7)

Francesca — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:32:34 -0000

Oh heck yeah! Curling in Brazil sounds fantástico.

Re: Curler’s Corner: Know Your Role (1/7)

sdcanuck — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:47:58 -0000

Curling in Brazil - even more unexpected than curling in San Diego : ) Let us know when you guys organize a bonspiel - I imagine there are some adventurous curlers who would love to make the trip...

Re: Curler’s Corner: Know Your Role (1/7)

chousenshi — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:44:28 -0000

Well, I'll use your text, very good! Greetings from Brazil!

Re: Crushed The Crush!

sdcanuck — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:15:20 -0000

I'm really impressed with the showing from SD curlers. It's pretty exciting just to have this many curlers from the area participating in bonspiels - to be doing well to boot is awesome!

Re: Curler’s Corner: Lead On!

sdcanuck — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:11:40 -0000

Good lead stones completely make or break an end - the shots lack the variety and instant drama of later stones, but they are no less important. But something our skips should keep in mind is that just because there is a free guard zone doesn't mean the first two rocks have to be guards all the time. Especially on arena ice (where take-outs are not as easy), getting your stones into the top half of the house early can be a good strategy, especially if you need a big end to catch up.

Re: Curler’s Corner: Know Your Role (1/7)

Mark — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:05:02 -0000

Good article Alan but I always like to say, "when you win, it's a team effort; when you lose, it's the skip's fault." :-)

Mark

Re: Curler’s Corner: Lead On!

Francesca — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:26:16 -0000

Great article. I was so fortunate, as a new curler, to be being given the opportunity to throw lead. It allowed me to completely focus on fundamentals--balance, aim, weight, rhythm in the hack, etc. Now that my game is starting to develop, and I've thrown in the other positions as well, I'm still thrilled to play lead whenever asked to do so. Well-thrown lead stones are the foundation on which victorious ends are built and that's really rewarding!

Re: Curler’s Corner: Lead On!

Mark — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:45:08 -0000

Excellent article, Alan. After playing every position except lead in my short curling career, I played lead in the Vacaville Bonspiel. Trying to throw stones in front of the house all weekend presented a much bigger challenge than I ever imagined. I have a new respect for the lead position.

Re: Learn to Curl Clinic – June 5th, 2010

Tiffany Urbanek — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:18:53 -0000

Could you let me know if there are any spots that open up for the clinic tomorrow? I need 2 spots.
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Re: Sub Sign-up

kermitsio — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:16:55 -0000

Do you have to pay the full season league price even if you are a sub, or is it a game by game cost if you get called?

Re: Individual League Registration

sdcanuck — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:01:04 -0000

The forms will appear on this page starting at 5PM today when registration opens.

Re: Individual League Registration

reelkmcn — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:57:42 -0000

Where is the form to fill out and where is the wavier form?

Re: Learn to Curl Schedule Set

sdcanuck — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:10:02 -0000

We have had a lot of interest in tonight's (27th) - registration will open at 7 and the first 64 curlers will be accepted. If you get bumped you can prepay for a spot at next week's clinic (6th).