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“Pickup Sticks”, a drill described in Bill Tschirhart’s Drills to Die For, has become my all-time favourite team drill and in this article I’d like to share some of the reasons why. I was introduced to “Pickup Sticks” by Bill personally at the 2010 Team Glenn Howard Fantasy Curling Camp, where Bill was one of Continue Reading

Perhaps one of the most frequently-sought articles about the sport of curling, Bill Tschirhart’s Drills to Die For describes 18 different individual and team drills that you can utilize in coaching your athletes. The drills include: Circle Drill, Line Dancing, Crazy 8′s, Keep Away, Las Vegas, Horse, Hide and Seek, Pop Goes the Weasel, Picket Continue Reading

Curling is a team sport; every shot is a team shot. Each shot requires co-operation by all four players: the skip to call the line, the thrower to throw the stone at the broom, and the sweepers to place the stone at exactly the right point on the sheet. But brushing, while being critical to Continue Reading

In addition to promoting and reporting on the success of the varsity curling program at Wilfrid Laurier University, the Golden Hawks High Performance Centre site is becoming the most active and comprehensive coaching resource for the sport of curling available. Strategy and Tactics: articles on strategy, shot selection, tactics, and pointers to resources that can Continue Reading

Could you describe your delivery in detail? Could you justify every component of that delivery? Do you know how to protect your delivery fundamentals from competitive pressure? Do you understand the importance of a pre-shot routine? Do you know what is the most reliable part of your body to establish the line of delivery of Continue Reading