This 5-part curling lesson on delivering the rock is reprinted from a United States Curling Association brochure

.  The entire brochure can be found at the bottom of this post.

DELIVERY – Rock Play

Much of the enjoyment of curling comes from delivering a rock consistently well.  Once good fundamentals are achieved, any curler will be able to enjoy club-level social games or top-level competitive play.  The degree of competition may change, but the fundamentals remain the same.

A sound curling delivery requires accomplishment in four technical areas: Alignment, Timing, Balance and Release.  The delivery must be straight, the movements properly coordinated, the body in balance, and the release controlled and consistent.  As each skill improves, so does accuracy.  In addition to the technical aspects, a sound curling delivery requires a delicate “feel” for weight and sound mental skills.

RELEASE:

The rock is released during the last few feet of the delivery.  Until that time, the throwing arm remains slightly bent and the position of the rock handle is still turned as it was during setup (2 or 10 o’clock).  Using the good grip established at setup, turn the handle from the turned position (2 or 10 o’clock) to 12:00 as you simultaneously extend your arm.  Release the rock cleanly and follow through so that your hand finishes in the “handshake” position.  The rock should rotate about two-and-a-half times during the draw shot.

Release Tips

The point of release should follow completion of timing and balance.  A release is too early if it occurs simultaneously with, or prior to, achieving a balanced position over the sliding foot.  Too late of a release point will present more opportunities to inadvertently take the rock off line, or crowd the hog line.  Establishing a comfortable release point greatly increases consistency.

Take-outs will generally be released earlier than draws.  A draw shot released at the top of the house will travel a different path and will have more time to curl than a rock released near the hog line.  If the release point varies too dramatically from one shot to the next – or one curler to the next – the skip will have a tougher job reading the ice.  The same is true for rock rotation.  A more rapidly rotating rock will travel a straighter path.  A slow turning rock (if it doesn’t “lose its handle”) will tend to curl more.  Consistent rotation makes it easier for the skip to read the ice.

This 5-part curling lesson on delivering the rock is reprinted from a United States Curling Association brochure

.  The entire brochure can be found at the bottom of this post.

DELIVERY – Rock Play

Much of the enjoyment of curling comes from delivering a rock consistently well.  Once good fundamentals are achieved, any curler will be able to enjoy club-level social games or top-level competitive play.  The degree of competition may change, but the fundamentals remain the same.

A sound curling delivery requires accomplishment in four technical areas: Alignment, Timing, Balance and Release.  The delivery must be straight, the movements properly coordinated, the body in balance, and the release controlled and consistent.  As each skill improves, so does accuracy.  In addition to the technical aspects, a sound curling delivery requires a delicate “feel” for weight and sound mental skills.

BALANCE:

Your sliding foot must be flat to the ice and centered under the chest to achieve a balanced slide.  If possible, angle your slide foot out to increase the sliding area and provide surer balance.  A balanced delivery means you won’t be leaning on the rock and will be able to impart a positive turn upon release.

Some common symptoms of a balance problem are: putting a hand down immediately after releasing the rock, rising up on the sliding toe, unsteadiness during the slide, leaning heavily on the broom, or a circular drift toward the end of the slide.  Typically, the sliding foot either does not come far enough under your chest, or it ends up more under the waist or hips than under the chest.  If your body weight is not centered over your slide foot, other makeshift adjustments may have to be developed to steady your delivery: you may rely on the rock, the broom, or your trailing leg for balance.  Such habits can be perfected, but do not produce a position as stable as the one created by centering weight over your sliding foot.

This 5-part curling lesson on delivering the rock is reprinted from a United States Curling Association brochure

.  The entire brochure can be found at the bottom of this post.

DELIVERY – Rock Play

Much of the enjoyment of curling comes from delivering a rock consistently well.  Once good fundamentals are achieved, any curler will be able to enjoy club-level social games or top-level competitive play.  The degree of competition may change, but the fundamentals remain the same.

A sound curling delivery requires accomplishment in four technical areas: Alignment, Timing, Balance and Release.  The delivery must be straight, the movements properly coordinated, the body in balance, and the release controlled and consistent.  As each skill improves, so does accuracy.  In addition to the technical aspects, a sound curling delivery requires a delicate “feel” for weight and sound mental skills.

TIMING:

Timing refers to a finely tuned sequence of movements during the delivery.  The separate parts are integrated into a continuous, fluid motion essential for accuracy and consistency.  There are three major movements during the delivery: Press, Drawback and Slide.

PRESS

Once you are comfortable with your setup in the hack, the delivery motion begins with a forward press.  Simply move the rock ahead a few inches down the line of delivery, basically to initiate motion slot gacor terbaru and get the rock “unstuck” from the ice.  Be sure to keep the rock’s “turn” position (2 or 10 o’clock) during the press.

DRAWBACK

Pull the rock straight back on the imaginary line from the hack foot to the skip’s broom.  Make sure that the stone does not touch the hack foot.  Simultaneously elevate your hips and draw them back behind the hack.  At the peak of the drawback, the majority of your body weight has shifted to the hack foot and the slider foot has moved back to a point where the toe is about even with the heel of the hack foot.  Your shoulders remain square to the skip’s broom and the situs judi slot online terpercaya rock’s turn position is held at either 2 or 10 o’clock.

SLIDE

The transition from the drawback to the forward slid involves a significant weight transfer as your hack foot pushes out of the hack.  Forward movement is initiated by the rock, followed closely by the sliding foot.  Your hack foot thrusts you forward and your body weight shifts almost entirely onto your sliding foot during the slide.  Your hack leg trails directly behind your body.  By keeping the timing and movement controlled as the sliding foot gets centered, one fluid motion is created.  Your sliding foot position is the key to balance.

Timing Tips

Many curlers kick out of the hack as soon as the forward slide begins.  Leg drive should begin after the rock and your slide foot have started forward so that the body weight can be shifted smoothly from hack leg to sliding foot.  To improve leg drive timing, practice delivering without the rock.  Allow the sliding foot to move in gradually.  As body weight is shifted to the sliding foot, initiate leg drive.  Delivering without a rock is also a good way to check to see if your delivery is balanced.