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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_curling
Front end A team's lead and second, considered as a unit
Back end A team's third and skip, considered as a unit.
Here's a Guide to Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics
A game consists of 10 ends (think of it as an inning in baseball).
Each player delivers two stones for a total of eight per team in each end. The order of delivery is predetermined, starting with the lead (who typically specializes in placement), the second (often used to block), the third (used to take out opponents’ rocks) and the skip (the team’s captain and generally the most skilled and vocal player).
Players aim for a circular target of four concentric circles called a house, the scoring zone that’s similar in appearance to a dartboard, situated 93 feet away.
At the center of the house is what’s referred to either as the button or tee, which is what players looking to score are attempting to place the rock closest to.
Only one team scores in each end, with scoring based on stones located in the house. The team with the stone closest to the button is awarded one point. Additional points are earned for other stones that are closer to the button than any opposing stone.
A losing team can concede after six ends have been completed. If a game is tied, it goes to extra ends.
The last stone thrown in an end is called the “hammer.” The team that fails to score in an end gets the advantage of having the hammer in the following end.
What is curling? - World Curling Federation
The role of the skip is to direct play for the team and they are found standing in the house at the scoring end of the sheet. The vice-skip takes over the skip’s duties for the team when the skip is delivering their stones.
In team curling, each player delivers two stones, in consecutive order, in each End – a round – while alternating with an opponent. Each team uses a set of eight stones all with the same handle colour – red or yellow at World Curling events.
The playing positions are commonly known as Lead, Second, Third and Fourth. The lead is the player who delivers the first two stones. The second plays the third and fourth stones. The third plays the fifth and sixth stones and the fourth plays the last two stones. Skips usually play fourth, but that’s not essential.
In mixed doubles, both teams play five stones each. They begin every end with one stone, per team, pre-placed therefore it’s possible to score six points in an end. One player plays the first and fifth stones while the other player plays stones two, three and four.
A team scores one point for each of its own stones located in or touching the house that are closer to the centre than any stone of the opposite team. Only one team can score in an end. If no team’s stones are touching the house at the conclusion of an end, no points are scored. This is called a blank end.
The teams take it in turns to deliver their stones from the Hack at one end of the sheet to the house at the opposite end. Players must release the stone before the Hog Line for the stone to be considered in play. Stones which do not pass the hog line at the scoring end of the sheet are removed from play. When an end is complete, the next end is played in the opposite direction.
After all stones have been delivered to the scoring end of the sheet, the players themselves calculate the score.
Before a game of curling begins, teams decide who will have what is called the Hammer or Last Stone Advantage. In championship curling this is decided by a draw to the button with two players from each team delivering a stone as close as possible to the centre of the house – one stone is delivered clockwise and the other counter-clockwise – and the distance from the stone to the centre being measured. This process is called the Last Stone Draw or LSD.
If a team has the last stone advantage, it means they can deliver the final stone of an end and have an advantage to score at least one point and potentially win that end. When a team scores, they lose the last stone advantage and the hammer passes to the opposing team for the next end.
Teams generally try to score more than a single point in an end and will, therefore, sometimes blank an end, ensuring that no stones are lying in the house after the last stone is played. This means they get to keep the hammer for the next end. However, in mixed doubles, a blank end also causes the hammer to be passed to the opposing team.
There are three types of curling shots – a Guard, a Draw and a Take-out, but there are many variations of these shots.
- Guards are thrown to the front of the house, to the Free Guard Zone – the space between the hog line and the house – to protect stones in the house.
- Draws are shots that are delivered to reach the house and establish a scoring position.
- Take-outs are shots that remove stones from play.
Sweeping can extend the path of the stone. Good sweeping can allow a stone to travel two or three metres further. Sweeping can also reduce the curl and make the trajectory of the stone straighter.
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