Actually,curling is a verysimpleandfungameandhere is how it is played!Curling is played on a straightsheet of icethat is about 46 meterslong.Eachend of theicehasfourpaintedcirclescalled a “house”.The object ofthegame is to slideyourstones on theice as close as youcan to thecenter of thecircle.Thecenter of thecircle is called a “button”.
Thegame is played by twoteams of 4 peopleeach.Theleader of eachteam is called a “skip”.Eachperson on theteam is supposed to throwtwostonesdowntheicetowardsthehouse.After a person of oneteamthrows a stone, a playerfromtheotherteamdoesthesame.As it speedsdowntheice,playersfromthesameteamwillhelpto guide thestonetowardsitstarget. Theyusebrooms to “sweep”theice so willspeed up or changedirection.Thisslowchange in directionmakesthestone“curl”left or right,that is whythesport is called“curling”.
Afterallstones are thrown by bothteams,theplayers inspect thehouse to seewhichteam’sstone is closest to thebutton.Eachstonethat is closer to thebuttonthantheopponent’sneareststonecounts as a point.
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