It is 12 feet in diameter and is made up of four concentric circles. The outside ring is 12 feet in diameter, the next ring is eight feet in diameter, the next ring is four feet in diameter and the inside ring is one foot in diameter. Sheet The playing area. It is feet long and allows play in both directions. Tee The center of the house. Scoring is determined by which rock is closest to the tee.
Heavy Ice Slow ice. It means the rocks have to be thrown harder. The opposite of keen ice. Keen Ice Fast ice. Rocks must be thrown less hard in these conditions. The opposite of heavy ice. Pebble The droplets of water applied to a sheet of ice before a game. They freeze and reduce friction between the stone and the ice. Straight ice A condition in which the ice does not cause the stones to curl very much. Biter A stone just touching the outer edge of the house.
It could potentially score a point. Burned When a rock is removed from play because of an infraction. Guard A rock between the hog line and the house used to prevent the opposition from hitting a rock in the house. Hog A stone that fails to reach the far hog line and is removed from play. Rock Also known as a stone. The stones weigh, on average, 42 pounds Shot rock At any time during an end, the stone that is closest to the tee.
Draw A scoring shot. It is designed to stop inside or in front of the house. Freeze A form of a draw that stops in front of and next to another rock.
For a right-handed player, the rock will curl from left to right. For a right-handed player, the rock will curl from right to left. Picked The slang term for a rock getting knocked off-line by a foreign object on the ice. Double takeout A takeout shot that clears two opposing stones from the house. End Similar to an inning in baseball. The score is determined at the conclusion of each end. In addition to featuring a lot of yelling, curling also has a variety of other unique features.
According to Mental Floss, sportsmanship is actually a hallmark of curling and is considered an integral part of the sport. As the outlet reported, opposing teams often openly congratulate each other on the ice for making good shots. Moreover, forfeiting a match after the sixth end if a team has nearly no chance of winning is considered a polite and sportsmanly tactic. Finally, it is reportedly often a curling tradition for a winning team to buy a losing team a first round of drinks after a match.
Politeness and sportsmanship are so important in curling that the first page of the official World Curling Federation rulebook discusses the concepts, which it refers to as the "Spirit of Curling. Who knew sweeping was so strenuous. Sochi WeAreWinter. Why is there so much yelling, no, screaming in curling?? To understand the method behind the mayhem, one must first know the rules of curling. For starters, players aim to direct heavy, granite stones across a sheet of textured ice toward a target area called the house.
Consider curling a distant cousin of shuffleboard. Each team has eight stones per end, which is curling's version of, say, a baseball inning. There are 10 ends in a tournament-style game. That makes for about an hour of screaming. Learn more with our viewers' guide. Usually, the team captain — known in the curling world as the skip — is calling the shots, yelling the commands. They must project to be heard down the ice.
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