How do you play curling?
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A curling game is made up of 8 or 10 ends (like innings).  The curling team consists of four players.  Curling teams are traditionally identified by the last name of the team "Skip"" (the captain).  An end consists of each team member shooting (delivering) two rocks (curling stones), alternating with the team members of the competing team.\n\nA 12-foot circle (the house) is the scoring area.  For each stone closer to the center of the circles than any of the opponent's stones, one point is scored.  The team scoring shoots first in the next end, giving the opponent the "hammer", or last shot of that end.  The sheet of ice (playing surface) is 15'71/2" wide and 146 feet long, set up to accommodate play in both directions.\n\nAll four players shoot two rocks, beginning with the "Lead" player.  The "Second" shoots next followed by the "Vice Skip"." The Skip shoots the last rocks and directs the play of the others." The skip decides on shot selection and signals the players." The shooter must be accurate in aim, weight (velocity in delivery) and giving the rock the correct "handle" (or curl).\n\nEach running stone curls (curves) as it proceeds down the ice depending on the twist it was given during delivery.  The curl allows for better control of the stone.  Team members sprint along the path of the stone and sweep with curling brooms to control the curl and the speed.  Sweeping slightly melts the ice, which reduces the friction between the running stone and the ice surface.  The result is the stone will curl less and slide farther.
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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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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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It's like a game of bocce ball. On pebbled Ice. Curling is played by "ends" like "innings" in baseball. \n\nThere are 10 ends. In each end only 1 team can score points. The team with the rock closest to the button is awarded one point for each of its own rocks that is closer than the opponent's closest rock. If you happen to have multiple stones closer to the "button" than any of your opponents stones inside the "house" those are added to your score. Each team throws 8 stones per end. A maximium of 8 points is possible per end. If both teams are outside the house, no points are awarded in that end. The "sweeping" is to smooth the surface out to allow the stone to move farther and move straighter. It's better explained at the link I have provided but I wanted to give my own interpretation.
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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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Is curling really a sport?  I thought you had to sweat in the matches to be a sport.
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For digging....Make sure you are not swinging at the ball. If you have your hands in the right place and the hit is hard enough, the ball will pop right off your platform. (also....have your hands positioned to the setter so your ball won't go right in front of you) \n\nFor serve receive....Before a game...try to know what types of serves your opponent has. Float serves will tend to change direction at the last second, so be ready to move your feet. For top spin, getting to the right place is half the battle. Then just stick out your hands and angle to the target. (might require slight movement of the platform) For jump serve, it is likedigging, stick tyour hands out and angle because it is coming hard. \n\nFor passing...stay low (Good tip someone told me: if you can touch the ground without having to really extend your arm...you are low enough.) Also, have your feet spread out a little more than shoulder's length so you can move quickly and not easily fall over. IF you are over-passing, take a little off and aim behind to the ten foot line and maybe then the pass will land past what you aimed for and to the correct  spot.
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The hacks are put in temprarily, and either frozen in, or drilled in. When the curling is done, they take them out and re-freeze the ice. Hockey ice is also very different from curling ice and has to be treated differently anyway...\n\nSkating rink ice is generally pretty awful by curling-club standards, and is usually quite a bit harder to play on.
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In Yahoo Pool, here is how you shoot:\nWhen shooting the cue ball, use the left mouse button to move the cue stick \n     around the cue ball. When you have positioned the cue stick where you want,\n     click and hold the right mouse button. Pull back on the mouse until you have\n      the desired power (displayed on the right side of the table). Let go of the right \n     mouse button to take your shot. To move the cue ball when you have ball in hand,\n     simply left-click the cue ball and drag it to the desired spot and drop it. \n     For more precise aiming you may use the arrow keys to line up your shot as well. \nHope this helps, and good luck!
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i don't know, but curling is awesome!!\ngood luck finding a place!
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Curling 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 to score.\n\nDuring each round of play, called an end, each player slides two stones along the surface of the ice. Play alternates between teams, each throwing one stone on their turn. The person throwing the stone influences where the stone stops by the amount of force used, called the weight, the spin (turn), and the direction of the throw. Additionally, the final position of the stone is changed by sweeping or brushing the path in front of the stone to reduce curl and increase distance. Once all the stones have been thrown during an end, the score is determined and the play reverses direction back to the other house.\n\nThe players are known as the lead, second, third and skip, and traditionally throw stones in that order . The skip acts as the team’s captain, determining the position played by each player, strategy during the game, holding the broom in the house as a target for the shooters, and representing the rink. However, there is nothing in the rules to say where in the order the skip plays and in recent years the skip has thrown second or third stones on some teams.\n\nThe basic goal of each end is to have your curling stones nearer to the center of the target once all the stones from both teams have been thrown for that end. Therefore, the maximum number of points a team can earn per end is eight, though this is extremely rare because only the closest stones belonging to one of the two teams are counted. Strategies used during play, such as blocking (guard) and hitting rocks to reposition them (bump) or remove them from play (take-out) lead to lower scores. The term draw is used to describe a shot that comes to rest in the house without making contact with another stone. To peel means to remove both the target stone and the shooter's stone from play. For more information, see Types of shots below.\n\nTo help ensure the stone lands where intended, the skip stands in the house and indicates to the player throwing where to aim given the desired effect of the shot. The other two players sweep in front of the rock. Once thrown, players may not touch a stone while it is moving, so sweeping is the only way to influence the stone once thrown. Games, called matches, usually last eight ends, though in competitive curling there are usually ten ends and some recreational games last six ends.
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Don't forget to choose the best answer.\nWe are real people answering real questions with real answers so please show your appreciation by choosing the best answer! \n\nWhat's curling?
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Okay, first of all, a lot of these answers are silly. I play, and honestly, it mostly comes down to how polite you really are. There is a lot of politeness involved. You should always shake hands before and after the games, compliment each other's shots, be a team player, and be curtious. You can be disqualified if you don't have four players for the open draw of the bonspeil though. I guess, it's more if people don't want you to play, they'll just ask you to leave, there is hardly any disqualification. \n\nAs to touching a rock after you release it, it isn't as much of a disqualification of the player, but of the Rock. If you touch it (burn as it is known in curling jargon) then you simply take it out of play.
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outdoor lacrosse is 10 v 10 with 3 attackmen, 3 middies, 3 defensemen and 1 goalie.  The games are 4 quarters and basically it's similar to basketball in that you're trying to get the ball in the other person's goal and you basically set picks and roll off them as well as go 1 on 1 with your defenseman in hopes to score or draw a defenseman and pass it off to the open man for a shot on goal.\n\nThe ball is thrown through the air using your lacrosse stick, and when the ball is on the ground (outside of the goalie's crease) it's fair game for whoever wants it.  You basically pick up ground balls using two hands and as long as you're not hitting someone from behind and you're both near the ball you can hit the opposing team's player away from the ball (checking).  \n\nBasic rules are no hitting below the belt and as long as you're going for the ball you can basically use your stick to check them (poke or slap check) and try to take the ball away.  If you hit him the helmet that's a penalty and the team has to play a man down.  \n\nIf you throw the ball out of bounds on the sidelines it goes to the other team.  If you shoot the ball and it goes out it's the man closest to the ball when it went out that gets possession.. so basically it's worthwhile to chase shots that the goalie or the net didn't stop because you can get the ball back for your team.  \n\nThere has to be 3 men back on the defensive side if your team is on offense, and vice-versa on defense.  You can have any combination of players on any side of the field as long as you always have 3 players back not including the goalie.  (i.e. 2 defenseman and a midfielder can stay back on defense, and a defenseman with a long pole can go up and transition with the ball on offense as long as a midfielder or attackman stay back on the defensive half of the field).  \n\nTips:  Buy a good stick and start throwing the ball around.  Unlike basketball you don't have to be a specific build to be successful.  I suggest throwing the ball against the wall and joining either a lacrosse camp to learn the basics or start playing in an indoor or outdoor league and just get started.  Once you start playing I'm sure you'll find that it was meant to be that you're not on the basketball team.  Besides, you can legally get away with taking out your frustration in lacrosse ;)\n\nGood luck to ya!
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1. Long and short forehands\n     Get the machine to send you a short ball on your forehand followed by a long one on forehand as well.\n\n2. Long and Short backhands\n     Same on the backhand\n\n3. Drop shot and lob\n     A drop shot very close to the net followed by a lob where you go back full speed to catch it\n\n4. Consistent Forehand\n     Forehands, same speed, same length\n\n5. Consistent Backhand\n     Backhands, same speed, same length\n\n6. Short forehand - short backhand\n     Machine sends you a short forehand, you hit and quickly catch another short one on your backhand.\n\nHope that does it for now :)
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Curling is a joke\nhahaha sorry, I love curling, but I don't know any jokes about it\n\nIt's easy to make fun of, I guess... :-&#92;
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Okay, the object, as you should know is to get the yellow ball over the net, and inside the lines. If you are playing 1 on 1, use the inside lines. if you are playing 2 on 2, then you have that extra area on the side to hit it in, the valley. You may want to start off just hitting the ball back and forth with your partner. But you want to follow through on your shots, at first just hitting it may seem like a good idea, but eventally you will suck. If you start off following through your shots (you will be bad at first) but you eventally will get better.\n\ncheck out the link for more info...