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Signals
Skip's signals and sweeping for new curlers
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Play to Broom (Outhand) |
Play to Broom (Inhand) |
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Stone turning from right to left |
Stone turning from left to right |
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Draw Shot |
Lie Here |
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Skip raises hand from top of broom, indicating direction stone has to draw into house |
Skip taps palm of hand on top of broom, indicating where stone should lie in house |
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Strike (this Stone) |
Guard Shot |
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Skip draws edge of hand against broom handle |
Stone to lie in front of stone already lying, or in front of house to obstruct opponents. |
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Wick Shot |
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Skip touches side of lying stone with broom and rolls broom head away, indicating that stone should gently knock lying stone and lie inside it. |
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Sweeping |
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With hand well down broom for maximum pressure, sweep strongly in direct path of stone. Follow your own team's stones down the ice and sweep immediately you are asked to. |
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Watch the signals
Guard
Broom horizontal. Don't come up to it on any account.
Draw
Broom drawn slowly across the ice to the position skip wants the stone to finish. Watch your weight.
Come up to it
Hand tapped on top of broom in front of a stone.Come right up to it. Don't be short but don't knock it on more than a fraction.
Strike
Hand across top of broom. The extent of the hand from the top of the broom will show how much the stone has to be moved.
Full Strike
Broom held up perpendicularly. Little or no ice will be given and a strong delivery must be made to ensure hitting the stone target hard.
Hold or Up
Stop sweeping immediately. The head of the broom knocked on the ice - very important when there is a lot of noise.
Tee
The position of the tee is indicated by the broom held perpendicularly over it.
The Circle
The front of the circle can be indicated by swinging the broom in an arc around it.
Port
Space between two stones.
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