[guidogodoy] Saturday, February 27, 2010 10:09:21 AM
If you can play it on ice and find little brooms! [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by spapad from Saturday, February 27, 2010 10:06:05 AM)
spapad wrote:
So, curling is like a giant game of Marbles?
guidogodoy wrote:
HAAAA!!! Look it up on Wiki!
Nah, I wouldn't be so cruel. In a nutshell, sweeping can change both the speed and "curl" of the stone. Look at a shot after an opponent "takes out" a rock. A sweeper often will start sweeping the other's rock to get them out of the "house" or target.Speeds it up, iow.
As for strategy, you'll often see what I am watching now: throwing "guards" that will be in front of the target / house. They can try to "curl" around them or hit them head-on to take them out. When I refer to the yelling, it is usually the person / "skip" who threw the rock and is watching the line or trajectory of the shot rock and is shouting at the sweepers to do one thing or another. Sweep with more pressure, less, not at all, etc.
So, when are we going to play?
Deep Freeze wrote:
Yeah, I was actually wondering about that. What is the point with the brooms?? Do they actually have an affect on the stone?? If so, what?
guidogodoy wrote:
See? Becoming a convert! NOTHING like playing it.
10 "ends" (like bowling). The sweepers can get the rock to speed up, slow down or "curl" one direction or another. I prefer watching the women. They scream more! Even better was in the past when they actually used brooms instead of these new swiffers. Wonder if they clean floors too?
Deep Freeze wrote:
Believe it or not, I watched the Sweden/Canada match yesterday. STILL don't get it but it appears to be shuffleboard on ice...
guidogodoy wrote:
They are heads and shoulders more advanced. I see that the damage has yet to be assessed and that they are still waiting for aftershocks but it is like an 8.8 hitting Japan. Won't be anything close.
Say, watching curling?! LOL!!
Deep Freeze wrote:
Quite likely that they are a little more technically advanced as far as infrastructure is concerned.
guidogodoy wrote:
Yikes! An 8.8 shaker in Chile? Oddly enough, they will probably have less damage than the República Dominicana.
