Proper push delivery sequence: 1. The above picture shows the stance before the squat for the dominant foot slide. In my case- right handed/right footed slide. Note the pre-delivery location of the sliding foot. The right foot heel is against the hack x-board. This initial position is also common to the CCA taught non-dominant slide in which the slide foot (left) is slightly ahead of the hack foot. Squatting with one foot slightly ahead is simply easier and has no other bearing on the delivery since for most heavy weight shots the slider foot will be moved back anyway to gain delivery momentum. Note that both feet are aligned ahead/parallel with the center line and the slider foot is FLAT with a full foot slider (experienced curlers only). The hack foot is aligned straight and not at some random angle common to 75% of current curlers!!  Duct tape on sneeker for first 20+ lessons. If this person was a beginning curler, there would be a gripper or plain basketball sneaker for several lessons on the "slider" foot and then duct tape would be applied on the slider foot for as many as 20 lessons to ease into the slide without the chance of falling down. I watched at The Ice Sheet in Utah during a USCA "learn to curl" clinic after full foot sliders were installed on adults and children for the first time curling session. They dropped "like flies" hitting a bug zapper. You see, the USCA copied the 20 year old CCA manual word for word. In Canada, most current coaches do not put a slider on a novice right away but work into the slide with duct tape. There were about 270 people show up the first day. ( 9 returned the second day) and 5 were my children students in which I had them toss the sliders and brushes aside. |
They used only
their sneakers and the two handed delivery. I would put duct tape on the slider foot only
after they got their ice legs. One of my 9 year old girls put 7 of 10 rocks in the house
the first hour with the one step out two handed delivery procedure while other adults and
children were busy scooting around trying to master the slider on the wrong non-dominant
foot! I talked to one of my student's mother who had tried curling the day before. She said she "hurt all over" and was not going to try curling again but her daughter was ecstatic about curling because she had fun. Teachers at schools who have not coached destroy literally thousands of potential young 2-6 grade students' desire to curl by applying the slider immediately at the first session (including my two sons). As the children slip and slide and make a fool of themselves (they think) in front of peers, they have imbeded a very negative learning experience into their minds and the young people may never curl again. 
2. From the initial stance, you must squat to clean the rock : Do not final wipe with hand or gloves!! Note the location of feet and rock. We will now clean/scrap the dirty rock running edge with a hard fingernail brush. Kelly Law sabotages her
rock before delivery by wiping and wiping and wiping with lotion filled
fingers!!!!Many Canadian pro men do the same and then blame the rocks for
not curling identically. |
