Our Curling Development Officer Norman Ainslie was on a curling tactics course before shutdown and thought he would pose you some questions from that course. There were 10 scenarios all together and the answers are all geared for players who can play the shots but he also has the preferred shots for a club curler. So think what are likely to be the players weaknesses when answering. It's only a bit of fun, there are no wrong answers just preferred ones Pick the shot you would play of the 3 and why you would play it and post your answer in the comments section below.
There are three different scenarios attacking, defensive and balanced.
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It is normal for teams with the hammer to want to keep the centre open for their last stone. So it makes even more sense for the opposition to block it up. So what follows is a competition to keep their stones around the button. Guards in the free guard zone play their part. For the team with the hammer it is still possible to chip stones on the centre line out of the way as long as they don't go out of play. They normally put guards away from the centre and play behind them. However, it becomes impossible to ignore the stones that the opposition put into the centre and they have to move them. Knocking guards away from the centre line if they are far from the house, or knocking them into the house if they are close to the house to move stones in the house are normal strategies. For the team without the hammer, it is then important not to line up stones to make it easier to knock out stones in the house.
Let battle commence. |
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