What do you find fascinating about the sport of curling?
Compared with some of the other winter Olympic sports, curling seems more nuanced and calm. But for those who play, and those who are enthusiastic spectators, the sport is riveting. If you're one of those people, or newly absorbed in the Olympic curling events, what would you say is most fascinating about the sport? Do you plan to try it in the near future?
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I can see Ailsa Craig (it means Rocky Island) from my house,and three hundred years ago there used to be a small curling loch at the end of our street, however I don't find it very interesting and commercial rinks have almost disappeared over the the last 30 years
Curiously both curling and golf originate in Scotland! Mmm.
I used to consider curling some odd type of sprot ... was it really a sport? But learning more about the skills to make rocks exactly go where you want them to go, tactics on smart positioning, I did get more respect although I still have no ambition to start learning and practicing it. The important thing is ... practioners have a lot of fun in the challenge. That is good anyway.
My wife and I have been following curling about 15 years, and did a beginners class last November....we'll be going back to continue learning the finer points of the sport as participants.
What is the draw?? Calm, most definitely.....calm politeness. But beyond that, understanding how the rocks behave on the ice, how to clear a blocking stone and get your rocks into the house......"Chess on Ice"......
It's a great game for strategy and placement execution for both teams and the round frequently being determined by who curls the last stone.
More about the rock types. It looks like a nepheline syenite, rather than a granite, containing little or no quartz, with a very dense, fine grained structure. This contributes to its very high strength and resistance to chipping. The geologist who was investigating the stones could provide more information.
