I'm curious when does stone rotation come into play when throwing? What's the best way to get extra rotation on a stone? What are the advantages of having more rotation like 5 to 6 going down the ice. When should you use extra rotation on keen ice or should it be used used on league ice. Robert
Hi Robert. You should aim to get 3-4 rotations on every shot. Consistency is key. After you build up your consistency with rotations you can then have a better "feel" of the amount ice you'll need for the given ice conditions. There's so much more you need to focus on before considering how many rotations to put on a stone for particular shots, ice, etc.. If you throw a consistent 3 - 4 rotations regardless of ice conditions, you'll start being more consistent with your shot making overall. Then, it comes to getting the rest of your team to be on the same page! If one of your teammates throws 1 rotation but you throw 4 rotations, the curl will be different. You should try to agree with your team how many rotations you are going to aim for so that the skip has a better idea of how much ice to give. And then that leads to Release! How is each team member releasing the stone? For a skip to be very effective he/she needs to know if all of the team's releases are similar or not. That's getting pretty precise at that point, so my ultimate advice is to just shoot for 3 - 4 rotations. You should never have to worry about "losing handle" and the amount of curl your stone takes will be more consistent. Having said all of that... anything higher than 4 rotations starts to help make the stone run straighter and further and anything lest than 2 rotations will start to make the stone curl more and not travel as far, in general. I'm currently building an entire "Delivery" course to be available on my website when it goes live. I am going into extreme detail on every aspect of the curling delivery and will be covering the release in the course. If you sign up for the email list at curlingclass.com I will be sending out an email when the site is live. Good curling!
I'm curious when does stone rotation come into play when throwing? What's the best way to get extra rotation on a stone? What are the advantages of having more rotation like 5 to 6 going down the ice. When should you use extra rotation on keen ice or should it be used used on league ice. Robert
Hi Robert. You should aim to get 3-4 rotations on every shot. Consistency is key. After you build up your consistency with rotations you can then have a better "feel" of the amount ice you'll need for the given ice conditions. There's so much more you need to focus on before considering how many rotations to put on a stone for particular shots, ice, etc.. If you throw a consistent 3 - 4 rotations regardless of ice conditions, you'll start being more consistent with your shot making overall. Then, it comes to getting the rest of your team to be on the same page! If one of your teammates throws 1 rotation but you throw 4 rotations, the curl will be different. You should try to agree with your team how many rotations you are going to aim for so that the skip has a better idea of how much ice to give. And then that leads to Release! How is each team member releasing the stone? For a skip to be very effective he/she needs to know if all of the team's releases are similar or not. That's getting pretty precise at that point, so my ultimate advice is to just shoot for 3 - 4 rotations. You should never have to worry about "losing handle" and the amount of curl your stone takes will be more consistent. Having said all of that... anything higher than 4 rotations starts to help make the stone run straighter and further and anything lest than 2 rotations will start to make the stone curl more and not travel as far, in general. I'm currently building an entire "Delivery" course to be available on my website when it goes live. I am going into extreme detail on every aspect of the curling delivery and will be covering the release in the course. If you sign up for the email list at curlingclass.com I will be sending out an email when the site is live. Good curling!