Does anyone know the rules to Olympic Curling?
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Rules of Curling\n\nCurling is a team game that is performed on a frozen pitch, the concept of which is very similar to bocci. It consists of sliding 19.96 kg blocks of stone (called rocks) which have a handle so that they stop as close as possible to the centre of a target drawn on the ice (called the house).\nThe team\nEach team consists of four players. The lead is the one that makes the first throw. The second is a good points maker, but also good at eliminating the stones of the opponents that are in the way. The third is faced with a more tricky game. The fourth player, the skip, is the most experienced player, who devises tactics, advises his teammates on each throw and throws last.\nThe delivery of the rock\nThe lead makes the first throw, known as the delivery, from a type of block known as a hack. In order for the delivery to be valid, the rock must be released before a line known as the hog line. The two leads deliver their rocks one after the other, followed by the 4 deliveries of the two seconds and the 4 deliveries of the two thirds, while each end is concluded by the four stones delivered by the two skips.\nSweeping\nFollowing the delivery, two sweepers go into action. They position themselves on the ice (called the sheet) a couple of steps ahead of the rock and, with brooms made of horse hair, hog hair or synthetic material, sweep the ice in front of the rock to help determine its path, prolong the rotation of the rock, and extend or shorten its path. The sweeping is performed in a side to side motion directly in front of the stone, and the last movement of the broom must be made towards the outside. Once the stone has passed the tee line the skip or second are allowed to sweep. They can only start sweeping after the opponent's stone has passed said line. On the other hand, by stopping the sweeping action at the right time, the stone can be slowed and stopped at a precise point. The sweepers can only sweep in the area between the two teelines.\nGame strategy\nLike in bocci, a stone can knock the opponent's stone out of the scoring area. The skip can therefore ask his teammates to deliver the stone in the house (draw) or to knock an opponent's stone out of the way (take out). Game strategy can be very complicated based on score and game situations.\nScoring\nPoints are calculated based on the number of stones that finish closest to the centre of the house, before the closest stone of the opponent. Only one team can score in an end. Each team is allowed 73 minutes of play for 10 ends. If the match is a tie, an extra end is played to determine the winner.\nField of play\nCurling Sheet\n\nSheet: A 44.5 m long area of play. Its shape allows to play in both directions.\nHouse: The area where points are scored: 3.66 m in diameter, with internal rings of 1.22 and 2.44 m in diameter.\nTee: The centre of the house, also known as the button.\nHack: A rubber foothold from which curlers deliver the stone.\nHog Line: The stone must be released before the near hog line, and travel beyond the far hog line, otherwise it is removed from play.
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Yes. It takes skill to be able to throw consistently. If they made curling a winter event then why not shoes for summer? Who do you contact to get this going? I like the idea of it.
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The U.S. had both a Men's and Women's curling team in the 2002 Winter Olympics.\n\nYou can find their names and brief bios at:\n\nhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/uscurling_bios/
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Curling is a winter version of shuffleboard. It has two targets on both sides of a stretch of ice in which teams try to get their "Stones" closer to the center then the other teams.\nFor more detailed information go to the site listed below, be sure to read the introduction and also the section entitled "Basics of the Game"
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http://www.thecoachingcorner.com/soccer/game_rules.html\n\ntoo many rules to put on the page so here is a website for you, hope it helps
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http://www.luyaa.org/t-ball_rules.htm
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Check out the US Curling Club map for venues.  \nSurprisingly, there is one in most major northern cities.\nhttp://www.kccurling.com/main/USClubs.asp
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Check out the rules and regulations here:\n\nhttp://www.specialolympics.org/Special+Olympics+Public+Website/default.htm
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For U.S. Athletes:  \nThere is no age limit to compete in the Olympics.\n\nHowever, some sports do have age requirements for health and safety reasons.  Competition rules of certain international federations cite age limits as follows: \n- Bobsled (minimum of 14 years old)\n- Boxing (17-32)\n- Diving (minimum of 14)\n- Equestrian (16 or older)\n- Figure skating (15 by July 1 of previous year)\n- Gymnastics (must be 16 years old in Olympic year)\n- Judo (15 or older), luge (16 or older)\n- Soccer (under 23), team handball (over 18)\n- Weightlifting (17 or older)\n- Wrestling (must be at least 17 on day of Opening Ceremonies). \n\nThere are no general restrictions among the International Federations on an "upper" age limit.
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It's like chess. Easy to learn, but not so easy to master. Getting used to sliding on the ice and learning to sweep are the hardest parts. Just finished my first year. Very addicting once you try it. If you are interested in finding a place to curl next season, try the USA Curling website. If you're not in the US, there's a link on the website to the International Curling Federation that may be able to help you find your national association.
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Official competitive rules (as far as I know) for high school level:\n\n-No movement on the block until starting sound is made. If the line judge sees movement he will order the swimmers to stand up and he will then order swimmers back down.\n-No leaving the block before the previous person in your relay has touched the wall. Early departure from the starting block will result in a DQ.\n-No entering the water for backstroke until the line judge gives the OK. Early enter can result in a DQ and late entry can result in either a DQ or a no-swim as determined by the line judge (if DQ is called only the swimmer's time is taken for coach's uses).\n-No flutter kick at all on breaststroke and butterfly.\n-2 hand touch on wall for butterfly and breaststroke, same level, same time\n-Flip turns for backstroke and freestyle in all events at all times in 1st heats that count for points. \n-No flip turns for breaststroke and butterfly in all events at all times. \n-No touching of the wall until finished for backstroke and freestyle. \n-No touching of the bottom of the pool for all events. \n-No re-entry into the water upon completion of the race. \n-Relay swimmers must be out of the water upon the arrival of the next swimmer to finish. \n-No controlable sound during diving.\n\nOther rules that apply to swimming as far as I know: \n\n-Pool temperature must be over 68 degrees and lower than 87 degrees Farenheit to swim in. Any lower or higher (respectively) and the meet is either delayed or postponed if not started. \n-No person with a commonly comunicable disease is allowed to swim.\n-No bodily fluids such as blood can enter the water in an obviously notible number. If they do enter the pool then all swimming is stopped for about 8-10 hours for all the pool's water to circulate through the filter.
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May I suggest you try Google,\nIf you're after the rules of snooker, try searching for 'snooker rules'.\nIf you're after rules for the various forms of pool you could try 'pool rules'
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Curling is a precision team sport similar to bowls or bocce, played on a rectangular sheet of prepared ice by two teams of four players each, using heavy polished granite stones which they slide down the ice towards an archery-like target called the house. Points are scored by the proximity of a team's rocks to the center of the target. The level of precision and complex nature of the strategic thinking required to win has led curling to be referred to as "chess on ice."\n\nOrigins and history\nThe game was probably invented in late medieval Scotland, with the first written reference to a contest using stones on ice coming from the records of Paisley Abbey, Renfrew, in February, 1541. Two paintings (both dated 1565 [1]) by Pieter Brueghel the Elder depict Dutch peasants curling (Scotland and the Low Countries had strong trading and cultural links during this period, which is also evident in the history of golf).\n\nThe word curling first appears in print in 1620 in Perth, Scotland, in the preface and the verses of a poem by Henry Adamson. The game was (and still is, in Scotland) also known as "the roaring game" because of the sound the stones make while travelling over the pebble (droplets of water applied to the playing surface). The word derives from the Scots language verb curr [2] which describes a low rumble (a cognate of the English language verb purr). The word does not take its name from the motion of the stones, which due to their deviation from a straight-line trajectory are said to curl.\n\nIn the early history of curling, the rocks were simply flat-bottomed river stones which were sometimes notched or shaped; the thrower had little control over the rock, and relied more on luck than skill to win, unlike today's reliance on skill and strategy.\n\nOutdoor curling was very popular in Scotland between the 16th and the 19th centuries as the climate provided good ice conditions every winter.\n\nScotland is home to the international governing body for curling, the World Curling Federation, Perth, which originated as a committee of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, the mother club of curling.\n\nToday the game is most firmly established in Canada, having been taken there by Scottish emigrants. The Royal Montreal Curling Club, the oldest active athletic club of any kind in North America, was established in 1807. The first curling club in the United States began in 1832, and the game was introduced to Switzerland and Sweden before the end of the nineteenth century, also by Scots. Today, curling is played all over Europe and has spread to Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and even China and Korea.\n\nThe first world curling championship in the sport was limited to men and was known as the "Scotch Cup" held in Falkirk and Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1959. The first ever world title was won by the Canadian team from Regina, Saskatchewan, skipped by Ernie Richardson.\n\nCurling has been an official sport in the Winter Olympics since the 1998 Winter Olympic Games. In February 2006, the International Olympic Committee retroactively decided that the curling competition from the 1924 Winter Olympic Games (originally called Semaine des Sports d'Hiver or International Winter Sports Week) would be considered official Olympic events and no longer be considered demonstration events. Thus, the first Olympic medals in curling, which at the time was played outside, were awarded for the 1924 Winter Games with the gold medal won by Great Britain and Ireland, two silver medals by Sweden and the bronze by France.\n\n\nBasics of the game\nCurling is played on a rectangular sheet of prepared ice into which two round, painted, archery-like targets (called the house) have been embedded. The game involves two teams of four players. These teams are called rinks and named for the team’s captain, who is known as the “skip”. Each team has eight polished granite stones, called stones or rocks, with which they try
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1. Icing is called immediatly when the puck crosses the back goal line instead of the player having to touch the puck.\n2. The team icing the puck can change lines, whereas NHL cannot change lines.\n3. No overtime in preliminary rounds of olympics, so there can be ties.\n4. Overtime in quarterfinals and on, are sudden death, 1 - 10 minute period. 4 on 4 players. If no winner at the end, they have a shootout as the NHL now does, cept they go 5 rounds of shooters instead of 3 as the NHL does.
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Anyone who doesn't like to curl should really go try it. There are plenty of people who would be willing to teach you how to curl. It is a great game. There are so many different levels to compete at. In My club there is a league where most of the people have only been curling for a few years. They are just there to have a great time and man do they ever. I take curling a little more seriously then they do. My team has regular practises and we compete with the best teams in the world.
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Mmm, bowling as a sport in the Summer Olympics. Well, it's in the Commonwealth Games and as you point out curling is simply bowling on ice. Hello, idea forming. In answer: You'd have to contact the people bidding for 2016 and ask them.
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here are the current odds to win the gold in olympic hockey:\n\nCanada 11/10\n \nCzech Republic 5/2\n \nFinland 12/1\n \nGermany 150/1\n \nItaly 300/1\n \nKazakhstan 400/1\n \nLatvia 125/1\n \nRussia 11/2\n \nSlovakia 11/1\n \nSweden 9/2\n \nSwitzerland 65/1\n \nUSA 3/1