Learn To Curl: Measuring
Rather than a game of inches, curling is a game of millimetres! Despite the best efforts of everyone involved, sometimes it is difficult to tell which stone is closer to…
Learn To Curl: Blank End
In curling, a blank end is an end when neither team scores any points. This means that no points are added to the scoreboard, and the team that had the…
Learn To Curl: Hog Line
There are two hog lines on every sheet of curling ice, with one 10 meters from the hack at each end. These thick lines span the width of each sheet,…
Learn To Curl: Hammer
In simple terms, the “hammer” is the name given to the last stone thrown in a particular end. In curling, it is considered an advantage to have the hammer because…
Learn To Curl: Scoreboard
Once you understand how to score points in curling, the next step is to be able to read the scoreboard. This is something that takes a bit of time to…
Learn To Curl: Scoring
Scoring in curling is determined after both teams have thrown all of their stones. In each end, only one team can score points no matter how many stones are in…
Learn To Curl: End
Games of curling are played in a pre-determined number of rounds, which are called ends. Most club matches are 8 ends, but longer 10 end games are the standard for…