what are the rules of curling; and who's the best curler?
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Basically you have to get your teams stones closer to the centre of the house than they other team. This can either be done by drawing (putting a new stone in the house), raising (knocking another one of your stones into the house), or take out (removing one of the other teams stones). The brushing the ice reduces friction and makes the stones travel faster and can be used to make the stone change course.\n\nCurling is a team game so no one player is the best, as they all do different jobs, the skip is usually the best at takeouts and is last to play in each end, but other players are better at sweeping, while some players are good tacticians.
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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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The curling stone or rock used in the game weighs a maximum of 44 lbs. (19.96 kg) and is fitted with a handle on top allowing it to be rotated as it is released.\n\nThe Scots in particular believe that the best quality curling stones are made from a specific type of granite called "Ailsite", found on the Ailsa Craig, an island off the Ayrshire coast. Most curling stones are made from this granite. Because of the particular rarity of Ailsite, costs for curling stones can reach as much as $500 (CAD).
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First of all, hats off to you for acknowledging the superiority of BCA rules.  I wish more people like you lived in my hometown.  Anyway, Tony makes some good points.  The BCA website is always a good starting place.   I also agree that Robert Byrne is a great BCA HOF author.  Phil Cappelle has some great books available on strategies for the various pool games.  Larry Schwartz has a book titled "The 8-ball Handbook for Winners".  Also check out the writings of George Fels.  He has a great book called, "A Smarter Way to Learn Pool".  It may not cover what some would consider "advanced" techniques, but much of what he says is very similar to the way I teach my own students.  We differ on a few points, but then even I differ on a few points with my BCA Master Instructor.  As a BCA instructor myself, of course I'm going to recommend that you find a certified instructor in your area.  I know that you asked for web links, but I'm always a little skeptical of "hints" and "tips" posted on line.  Often the advice given isn't really tested and probably works for only the author and a few other like-minded people.  Best of luck.  M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.
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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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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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The quick answer- The Game is played between two four-member teams who use stones with different colored handles. Each game consists of ten ends, which are similar to innings in baseball. During an end, each team member alternates throwing stones toward a circular target area, called the house, the center of which is approximately 93 feet away. Only one team scores points per end. The team with their stones closest to the center of the target area, called the button, gets one point for each stone between the button and the opposing teams nearest stone. After each end is completed, play is switched to the house at the other end of the sheet. \n\n===============\nRules of Curling \nThe following link will take you to informative websites with in-depth discussions on the rules of curling:\n\nCurling Rules - World and Canadian curling rules, including animated descriptions of various curling techniques \n\nCurling Fundamentals - Simple discussions of curling fundamentals for delivery, sweeping, and strategy. \n \nhttp://www.curldc.org/about/rules.php
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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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It's the sport called curling.
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This site has some instructional curling DVDs: http://www.curling.ca/store/category.asp?catid=3
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Curling is an awesome sport.
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Curling first appeared in the Winter Olympics in 1924, was a demonstration sport in 1932 and then was out of the Olympics for 56 years. It was brought back as a demonstration sport in 1988 and 1992 games and was an official medal sport again in 1998 in Nagano.
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Its got to be curling! I mean I cant imagine the years of concentration and training it takes to be the best curler. Wow, I have so much respect for those atheletes.
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Did you ever watch curling?
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Speed skating as a bigger loop. 2 people go at a time in their own lane. All the times are put in order, fastest wins. \nShort track 4 or 5 people go at a time. Depending which round it is 2 or 3 people per heat move on to the next round. Finally in the final round the 6 (I think) competetors left go for gold, silver and bronze. In the short track, the loop is small and everyone is together. They try to build up momentum to pass but are not allowed to contact the others.
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Unfortunately the World Championships are over (Scotland took the gold) but you could have watched the round robin matches for Canada on Curl TV's website (www.curltv.com). You can see highlights of the entire event on ESPN2 April 16 from 3:00 - 5:00
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Lol that other guys answer was way too long. The players sweep to prevent the stone from curling as much. When they do not sweep, the stone will cut into the ice, slow down and curl more. When they do sweep, its to maintain a faster veolcity and so the stone will not curl as much.