Shoes
A large part of the game is sliding, with curling shoes this is made easier. One part
of the shoe has a plastic or teflon base and the other is covered with a rubber base.
When you first startto learn how to play your instructor will most likely put sliding
tape or a slider on your shoe instead of you using a pair of curling shoes. The reason
for this is that these types of slidiing devices are not as slick as curling shoes,
which makes its easier for a beginner to learn how to balance when sliding.
Brooms
Over the years the curling broom has developed. It first stared off as a corn broom which looks
like a shorter version of a kitchen broom with longer brisles. The design move to a
push broom look, which uses horse hair. Horse hair is now slowly being faded out with the
deveopment of the padded broom. The pad eliminates the problem of broom shedding that occurs
hair brooms. The main purpose of the broom is to help keep the rock that is in motion to either go straighter or farther. Sweeping can neveeer make the rock go faster. As well the broom is held at the opposite end of the sheet to give the shooter a target to aim for.
The way that the broom helps the rock is that it warms up the ice slightly so that a light film of water is produce. This creates a track that the rock will follow, which in turn helps the rock go straighter or further.
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