The team consists of four players, called the 'Skip' the 'First', the 'Second',
and the 'Third'. Terribly imaginative. The Skip (click here to see a skip of the old days)
is essentially the team captain -- generally the most experienced, well-tempered person on
the team. Play rotates so that all four team members get to deliver two stones each.
At any time, there is one skip, two sweepers, and one person delivering a stone.
When the Skip is scheduled to deliver his stones, the 'third' (so called because he
is the third in line to deliver stones) acts temporarily as skip. From this, we can
pretty much guess that the later stones are more important to the outcome of the game.
I'm not sure that they couldn't deliver in any order they chose, but that seems to be the
way it's done. Sweeping is directed by the skip, and the type of shot, as well as the
placement of the shot, is called by the skip (or acting Skip).
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