| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Curling Fundamentals -- Hurry Hard! Playing the Game -- Getting Better -- Behind the Glass -- What Is Curling? -- What's This Game of Rocks and Brooms About? -- Throwing rocks -- Curling rocks -- Shooting and scoring -- Sweeping - more than just cleaning up around the house -- A thinking person's game -- Why Curl? -- You can play at any age -- You can play with your wife - or girlfriend, or husband, or boyfriend, or... -- You can learn how to play in one day (really, you can) -- You can play without taking out a second mortgage -- You don't have to be in rip-roaring shape -- You can play in a wheelchair -- A Game for Everyone -- A Community's Heart and Soul -- Kilts and Cannonballs: Where Curling Comes From -- Origins of the Game -- Continental Europe -- Scotland the brave -- Canada Rocks -- Prairie roots -- The iron crowd in Quebec -- Around the Globe -- Oh say, can you curl -- Europe and the rest of the world -- Curling Fundamentals -- The Equipment -- Shoes and Sliders -- Types of sliders -- The speed of your slider -- Caring for your slider -- The best shoes for the game -- Brooms -- Push brooms -- Types of push brooms -- Handles -- Gloves -- Sweaters -- Pants -- The Ice -- This Isn't Hockey Ice, You Know -- Pebbling the Ice -- Maintaining the Ice -- Cleaning the ice -- Breaking in the ice -- Scraping the ice -- What players can do -- Rock and Roll -- Crafting a Rock -- Ailsa Craig: Another Scottish connection -- How rocks are made -- Sizing Up Your Stone -- The striking band -- The running surface -- How a Rock Curls -- As Unique as a Snowflake (Just Heavier) -- How Rocks Get Fixed -- Fixing the striking band -- Fixing the running surface -- The Rink -- The Team as a Whole -- The Lead -- Throwing stones -- Sweeping -- The Second -- Throwing stones -- Sweeping -- The Front End: Working Together -- The Third -- Throwing stones -- Holding the broom -- Keeping score -- Tossing the coin -- The Skip -- Throwing stones -- Understanding strategy -- Reading the ice -- Forming the Team -- Hogs and Hacks: Understanding the Playing Field -- The Game -- The Sheet -- The House -- The Lines -- The Hacks -- The Rules -- The Basic Rules -- Common Infractions -- Touched stone -- Moved stationary stone -- Rules Regarding Sweeping -- When and where you sweep -- How you sweep -- Measuring Stones -- The Free Guard Zone -- Sizing Up the Scoreboard -- The score after the first end -- The score after the second end -- The score after all eight ends -- Etiquette -- Hurry Hard! Playing the Game -- The Delivery -- Setting Up -- Feet first: Stepping into the hack -- Keep your balance: Using your broom -- Hold onto your stones -- Delivering the Rock -- Pressing ahead -- The backswing -- The forward swing -- The slide -- Sliding at the broom -- The release -- The Shots -- What Makes a Good Shot -- Watching your weight -- Staying in line -- Waiting for the signal -- The Draw -- Throwing it -- Getting good at it -- Here a draw, there a draw -- The Takeout -- Throwing it -- Getting good at it -- The Guard -- The Freeze -- The Split -- The Run-back -- The Raise -- Sweeping -- How to Sweep -- Slip-sliding away -- Holding the broom -- Brushing the stone -- Where to Sweep -- Stay in line! -- You're not sweeping alone, you know -- Why You Sweep -- Special sweeping circumstances -- Don't forget your stopwatch -- Stepping onto the Ice -- Before First Rock Is Thrown -- Warming Up -- Legs -- Upper body -- Heading Out to the Sheet -- Which sheet? -- Practice slides -- Shaking Hands -- The Coin Toss -- Choosing your rocks -- Setting up courtesy stones -- Let the Game Begin -- That's quite a pace! -- The end of the end -- The beginning of the next end -- Accidents Will Happen -- Throwing the wrong color -- Playing out of order -- Arriving late -- Having an injured teammate -- It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over -- Before You Call It a Day -- Getting a Game -- Signing Up -- Drawing Conclusions - Make Sure You Know When You're Playing -- Types of Games -- Club games -- Competitive games -- Playdowns -- Bonspiels and other fun stuff -- Getting Better -- Strategy -- Curling Strategy in Theory -- Last Rock -- With last rock -- Without last rock -- Curling Strategy in Practice -- Game Situations -- When you're behind -- When you're ahead -- Not scoring -- Strategic Thinking -- Get inside your opposition's head -- Play to your strengths -- Practicing -- Why You Need to Practice -- Your Basic Routine -- Training Alone -- Practicing your slide -- Practicing shots -- Finishing up -- Training with Your Team -- Work in pairs -- Work as a team -- Sweeping -- Finishing up -- Drills -- Adding an Element of Fun -- The Howard Game -- The Short Game -- Speed Play -- Raises -- Dryland Training -- At the gym -- Your weekly workout -- Eating right -- Behind the Glass -- Kids and Curling -- Little Rocks -- Juniors -- Bantams -- Teaching and Coaching Juniors -- Giving Lessons to Beginners -- How long? -- Fun takes planning -- Fun, fun, fundamentals -- Good teacher, bad teacher -- Send Me In, Coach -- Singing from the same song book -- Head games -- At practice -- During the game -- Knowing the rules -- A Few Final Words of Advice -- The curling mom or dad -- Coaching your own -- Legal challenges -- Be careful out there -- More than a coach -- Coaching -- The Role of the Coach -- Getting a Team -- Training -- Experience -- Commitment -- The Head Coach -- Putting everybody on the same page -- Setting up the season -- Game Preparation -- Before the game -- Off the ice -- On the ice -- During the game -- Mental Preparation -- I don't need a shrink -- Mind games that work -- Chewing on Rocks -- The Numbers Don't Lie -- Fun and Furor: Being a Fan -- Watching a Game at Your Club -- Know why you're there -- Know when to be there -- Know what you're watching for -- Organizers: Make it a big draw -- Watching a Game on Television -- Know what you're watching for -- Games worth watching -- Know who's in the booth -- Watching a Championship Game -- Who needs a pair? -- Rah, rah, sis boom bah -- Wet your whistle -- That volunteer spirit -- A World of Championships -- The Brier -- What is it? -- Where is it held? -- Who runs it? -- The format -- The spoils -- The road to the Brier -- More than a curling event -- The Tournament of Hearts -- The spoils -- The event -- A big television draw -- The same, but different -- The Canadian Junior Championships -- The format -- Boys will be boys -- A girls' thing -- The World Curling Championships -- The format -- The history -- The world on television -- The World Junior Championships -- The format -- The history -- You're holding it where? -- The Olympics -- The format -- The history -- The champions -- The Part of Tens -- Ten Top-Notch Curling Skips -- Randy Ferbey -- Elisabet Gustafson -- Russ Howard -- Colleen Jones -- Debbie McCormick -- Hammy McMillan -- Ernie Richardson -- Sandra Schmirler -- Bud Somerville -- Pal Trulsen -- Ten Memorable Curling Shots -- Al Hackner's Double Takeout -- Mark Nichol's Double Raise Takeout -- Guy Hemmings' Draw to the Button -- Jennifer Jones's Hit and Roll -- Eugene Hritzuk's Last-Shot Hog -- Hammy McMillan's Round-the-House Triple -- Debbie McCormick's Double Takeout -- Sandra Schmirler's Hit and Roll -- Billy Walsh's Extra-End Winner -- Ed Werenich's Triple Takeout -- Ten Tremendous Curling Games -- Ferbey-Dacey -- Gushue-Uusipaavalniemi -- Hackner-Ryan -- Howard-Sparkes -- Howard-Sparkes...Again -- Norberg-McCormick -- Richardson-Baird -- Schmirler-Blach-Lavrsen -- Trulsen-Martin -- Werenich-Darte -- Ten Terrific Curling Information Sources -- The Curling News -- Curling.com -- Curlingzone.com -- CurlTV -- In the Hack.com -- The Ontario Curling Report -- The Rulebook -- Sweep -- TSN (The Sports Network) -- USACurl.com. |
| Subject |
Curling.
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| ISBN |
9780470838280 |
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0470838280 |
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