Strategy Clinic Jan. 5th

If you are looking to improve your skills as a skip/vice, or want to skip in the future, this 4 hour clinic is for you! Bill will offer off and on-ice instruction.

Topics:

1. In the House is a series of pointers for Skips & Vices on things like where to stand, how to hold the broom, communication, etiquette, and a few dirty little secrets :)
2. Reading the Ice involves going out on the ice with a partner and, on their half of the sheet, throwing stones and observing the amount of curl taking place for different broom locations.  This is essentially what competitive teams do when they have a 9 min practice before a game.  Part B of the exercise is in the warm room where the pair are asked to plot their perceptions of how much curl they each observed.  The results are surprising and the discussion insightful.
3. Angles is very popular.  It starts in the warm room with the theory and goes out on the ice to demonstrate.  Experienced curlers are usually surprised by what they learn.  
4. Strategy theory is basic, but really important to establish an understanding of how to call a game.  It is followed by ‘You Call the Shot’ where the students are given 20 different scenarios and are asked to think about what they would do.  This is an open discussion amongst the students, facilitated by the instructor.  There is no one right answer.  What is important is the discussion about why a certain call is justified.