Curling

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Fun Fact

A long time ago people thought Curling was made by the dutch! Plus it used to be played outside! OH FRESH AIR! Curling is played mostly played by older generation people. It's mostly played in Scottland. One of the biggest sport in Scottland. Curling is mostly played with 4 or 5 people on a team. Men Curling are more competitive than Curling for Womens. U.S.A Ranking for Curling is at 27. Mens 9 games played Won 2 Loss 7. Winter Olympic is in Vancouver,Canada.

How to Play ** There are 4 steps. Those are Lead,Second,Vice,and Skip. Lead:Go first player goes throwing the stone across the ice. Usually has easier shots because there are few stones in play. Second: Next player trys to knock there opponents stone away from the target(right picture.) Vice**:** Throws third, holds brush (target) for Skip, and sweeps only Lead's and Second's shots - has difficult shots as a lot of stones are usually in play. Skip**:** Throws last, holds brush for all other players, tells other players when to sweep, watches the "curl" of the stone - has most difficult shots as all other stones have already been played - team captain. 

Videos: Curling Basics:[|Curlin Basics]
 * Tourament:**[|**Tourament**] **Basic**

=== The equipment that you will need to play is a broom stick that is very easy to hold. A curling stone (bottom) the curling stone is BIG. Very very clean running shoes. If you have all of that then your ready to start playing on the ice. P.S. Broom made is of hog hair and need an arena full of flat walkable ice. **Curling Stone Vancouver Olympic 2010**  ===

__**5 Things To Know About Curling 1 **__ Curling is actually known as suffleboard on ice.The Olympians play 10 ends, or innings (yes, like baseball), and the team with the most points at the end wins. **__ 2 __** Don't even think about knocking the curlers for not being athletes. Although curlers like to have fun, counting the social aspect of the sport as a big part of the experience they love, curlers around the world have taken their fitness to a new level in preparation for these games. They have personal trainers, high-intensity training camps, sports psychologists and more. The teams that don't work out hard off the ice are the ones that fall behind everybody else. Wow that sure? Would be a very fun training.
 * __4__** After a 42-pound granite stone is sent sliding down the ice, two players use sweeping motions to control it - to make it go faster or slower, or to change its direction, or "curl." The goal is to get the stone as close as possible to the center of a series of the curling target.
 * __5__** Be Strong Be Fast Never QUIT!