SCIENCE FRICTION: All About the Physics of Curling

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  • After watching countless hours of 2014 Olympic Game coverage from Sochi, Trace became curious about the actual physics behind curling. Curiosity got the best of him, and he decided to learn about it first hand by actually learning how to play from the professionals themselves!
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  • @Jen55412
    @Jen55412 9 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Started curling 8 years ago...its now my favorite sport. Incredibly easy to play but very difficult to be good. What I find interesting is that the haters with no experience know for sure the game is lame. After 1 year of curling I understood about 10% of what the game actually entailed. I still need more experience to watch a top tier game and understand why the skip calls for certain shots at certain times.

  • @solidarity2049
    @solidarity2049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    My favourite sport, I know a lot of people hate on it for being “lame” but it’s a fun and easy sport to pick up and play casually but extremlyyyyyy hard to be amazing at it. I’ve been curling 15 years and I still make mistakes that make or break a game cause I messed up a core mechanic. Very tough to master and very unforgiving

    • @GaryLane080157
      @GaryLane080157 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was hoping for some insight on what makes the stones curl????

    • @jameshunt1822
      @jameshunt1822 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@GaryLane080157it's the spin put on it when you leave it

    • @BigJayPee
      @BigJayPee หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@GaryLane080157 1:26 … there is ur answer 😊

  • @realnickmasters
    @realnickmasters 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good video, I play ice hockey and they do curling at my rink but I've never tried playing, but the science behind it has actually interested me in getting out there and giving it a go.

  • @oolong2
    @oolong2 10 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Someone needs to come along with some ideas to make curling interesting.
    Land mines maybe? Polar bears?

    • @MinecraftxFan1995
      @MinecraftxFan1995 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Land mines... LOL. Perfect.

    • @moversti92
      @moversti92 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Curl live 🐢

    • @luvsilly60
      @luvsilly60 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      oolong2 Full contact curling. Shots or beers and curling. Swedish bikini curling team

    • @ricoshaye5745
      @ricoshaye5745 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah some obstacles maybe. Snowman, Yeti, Rudolph, Santa .............. lol

    • @zaxflaya
      @zaxflaya 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Combine it with luge.

  • @Dimsum.T
    @Dimsum.T 10 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    it's weird that this made it as a sport in the olympics but not bowling

    • @laser14344
      @laser14344 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      sweeping is quite the work-out.

    • @Dimsum.T
      @Dimsum.T 10 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      it still seem more like house chores than an actual sport.. maybe dish washing can be an olympic sport too

    • @ShizzakGamer
      @ShizzakGamer 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Someguy_xyz
      water polo shouldn't even be an Olympic sport

    • @Lasersniper15
      @Lasersniper15 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shizzak
      I disagree, it is very demanding and can be pretty violent as well. Considering the general consensus is, if it is underwater it is legal.

    • @Lasersniper15
      @Lasersniper15 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Peik Visuri That may be true, but modern meaning of the word is, "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment." Even though I would love to argue otherwise, esports and chess are technically not sports.

  • @yziquamizzle
    @yziquamizzle 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Most educational curling coverage ever!

  • @007MrYang
    @007MrYang 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I didn't even know this was a sport until I watched it on The Simpsons.

  • @Ral9284
    @Ral9284 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Neat sport, this requires some skill and team work. I am a fan since last winter.
    #curling #olympics2014

  • @ShawnHCorey
    @ShawnHCorey 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The ice is pebbled because the rocks won't curl on flat ice. Brushing flattens the ice so the stone travels further and curls less. Also, the thrower calls the line, that is, will call "HARD" or "HURRY" if the stone is curling too much. The skip, the guy at the other end, will call the weight, that is, how far he thinks the stone will go. If he thinks it's going to be short, he'll call "HURRY" or "HARD". Sometimes the skip will call "CLEAN" which means cleans the ice in front of the stone but don't apply any pressure.

    • @ShadowDrakken
      @ShadowDrakken 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Great info, thanks!

    • @spman2099
      @spman2099 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ***** Aren't you going to tell him about your theory? You know, about how the effectiveness of sweeping is "debatable".

    • @GaryLane080157
      @GaryLane080157 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@spman2099 it's very minimal but has some affect. Of course the longer distance, the more affect

    • @mikemoloney6448
      @mikemoloney6448 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      no the skip calls the line and the weight the thrower only tells the sweepers if they think their weight is lite or heavy

  • @gramps2matt
    @gramps2matt 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This makes me appreciate the efforts of the Wheelchair Curlers in the Paralympics greater. Their aim has to be spot on accurate seeing as how they don't have the advantage of the sweepers also they stay stationary while sending the stone on its trajectory.

  • @TheRucksackman
    @TheRucksackman 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    props for the metric conversion! (:

  • @OfficialPirateFraser
    @OfficialPirateFraser 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i knew there was so much science behind this sport!!!

  • @bookreader05
    @bookreader05 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow. I was just arguing with my mom about curling. It;s actually a physically demanding sport that has a lot of science and history. It's actually really fun. I've never tried ice curling, but I've played drive way

  • @Xondil
    @Xondil 10 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Icy what you did there.

    • @Seeker
      @Seeker  10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      you win.

    • @Xondil
      @Xondil 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DNews ;)

  • @GraeHall
    @GraeHall 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Genuinely interesting and informative. :)

  • @TransitioningBeauty
    @TransitioningBeauty 10 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    The only Olympic sport dedicated solely to janitors

    • @DutchessRoyal
      @DutchessRoyal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      👍👍😂😂😂😂😂totally agree

  • @bambyzn1
    @bambyzn1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this sport!

  • @Munchkinross
    @Munchkinross 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Curling has always fascinated me, then again, I come from Africa, and we don't get ice. But the science behind curling has always intrigued me, I never knew they sprinkled water first, you never see that part on the telly.

  • @TheGurumash
    @TheGurumash 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Huh, and here I thought it started in Canada, I learned something today, neat.

    • @charlesbarkema8021
      @charlesbarkema8021 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was invented in Scotland in the 1500's,( 16th century)

    • @FatalShotGG
      @FatalShotGG 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah we just mastered it.

  • @CariagaXIII
    @CariagaXIII 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks *DNews* its not something i usually want to know, but now i know why they brush the ice

  • @VariantAEC
    @VariantAEC 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    These Olympic themed segments are a nice change of pace.

  • @wertherscaramel4321
    @wertherscaramel4321 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Curling is my favourite sport, and I'm so glad you.guys did a segment on it. It's the only olympic sport I watch and care about. Hoping for gold from men and women this year!

  • @roelvaag
    @roelvaag 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Curling became an Olympic sport in 1998 at the Nagano Olympics, not in Salt Lake 2002. Also, the curling part of the 1924 Olympics in Chamonix was retroactively made official in 2006. So technically the first curling Olympics was in 1924, all though there were only three teams participating.

  • @desertblbuesman
    @desertblbuesman 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never thought I would learn so much about curling. There are a bunch of physics vids about curling. Cool. And I just realized I am a geek.

  • @SergioAvila
    @SergioAvila 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It would be nice to know the score and game details (sets, points, strategy, etc.)

  • @lisa6422
    @lisa6422 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This looks fun

  • @scotf7313
    @scotf7313 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They put droplets of water on the ice to reduce the surface friction,
    and then they brush it to melt the ice to reduce friction,
    can`t be both,
    brushing slows the stone down not speed it up.

    • @GaryLane080157
      @GaryLane080157 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like oiling the lanes in bowling. Have to keep up the process periodically.

  • @ThirstiCactus
    @ThirstiCactus 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    definitely more interesting now

  • @arog7493
    @arog7493 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yay Norway!

  • @SenorMatthew
    @SenorMatthew 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    That's pretty cool actually!:D

  • @Naked_Snake
    @Naked_Snake 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man I miss this show

  • @generalhyde007
    @generalhyde007 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Curling is awesome!

  • @tonylaxa9953
    @tonylaxa9953 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Curling is the most exciting, intense sport I’ve ever seen. It rivals the ferocity and danger of Formula 1 racing and the skills of a #1 pound per pound champion boxer

  • @DaudiMajozi
    @DaudiMajozi 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    *Physics of Curling*
    this sport has more hard work and smarts required than I would have imagined. This video explains some of the physics involved in curling.

    • @ConstantXplorer
      @ConstantXplorer 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You know that's become one of my fave sports of the Olympics. I don't know why...it's kind of interesting.

    • @DaudiMajozi
      @DaudiMajozi 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      kind of like shooting pool with huge stones on ice. lots of strategy, precision control, wow, i'm getting sucked into this thing

    • @DaudiMajozi
      @DaudiMajozi 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ndati Agapitus exactly what happened to me yesterday!

  • @lordjim24
    @lordjim24 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The bumps on the ice are meant to reduce friction. So how does heating the ice, and potentially melting those bumps, reduce friction as well?

    • @g3tsiak547
      @g3tsiak547 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'd guess that since the stones are hydrophobic, the little water that melts acts as a lubricant. The sweeping only melts a miniscule amount, not enough to ultimately remove the bumps, just enough to affect the stones.

  • @Numbers_Game
    @Numbers_Game 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    The best thing eva.

  • @looper1940
    @looper1940 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A sport is a competitive physical activity with established rules between relatively equally skilled participants. Curling meets the definition, I think.

  • @tanushkapoor5249
    @tanushkapoor5249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Anyone else having to watch this for science?

    • @Jaylen_E.
      @Jaylen_E. หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me 😢😅

  • @rath60
    @rath60 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    The area of surface contact in no manner effects the friction force. The magnatude of thefriction force is equal to (mu)N where N is the magnatude of the normal force and mu is the friction coefficient. Can someone explain the value of makeing the floor ,py and the stone concave

  • @x9x9x9x9x9
    @x9x9x9x9x9 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I guess I am in the minority here but curling is my favorite Olympic sport, and I am a snowboarder and skier. The problem is with these games the air times for curling is at like 4am so it is hard to watch since I don't have a DVR. I don't know why its my favorite but it is. I guess I just like relaxing and watching it. Maybe it brings me back to a time when I was sick and all messed up on tussinex (cough syrup with hydrocodone) maybe it is just the nostalgia of that but I love watching it. So much in fact during the 2010 winter games after I was sick I skipped school just to stay home and watch it.

  • @MoviMakr
    @MoviMakr 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gained some respect for curlers. Good video!

  • @thelinkofalllinks
    @thelinkofalllinks 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    love curling. im only 21 and a friends asked me to join his team because he was in need of some players and so i did. never looked back plus whenever we loose we get free beer. ahahaha

  • @rahelbakir8520
    @rahelbakir8520 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Destine from smarter everyday said that the sweeping is to create more friction and now im confused

  • @garrettbeisel666
    @garrettbeisel666 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One question I have is why when you spin a curling stone on ice it moves the direction of the spin, but if you spin something on a surface other than ice, it moves opposite the spin direction?

    • @jessieboswachter
      @jessieboswachter 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      friction acts in backward direction of the external force....

  • @GaryLane080157
    @GaryLane080157 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was hoping for some insight on what makes the stones curl????

  • @TaylorMade511
    @TaylorMade511 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't have cable t.v. I'm waiting for Curling to be broadcast on NBC.

  • @indigothecat
    @indigothecat 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Trace looks good out on the ice!

  • @cloroxbleach6673
    @cloroxbleach6673 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    im applying for the hunger games to be an Olympic sport.....

  • @droptable1610
    @droptable1610 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love curling and i go to the ice-hall every tuesday to cur (:

  • @muhammeddogan251
    @muhammeddogan251 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you have not provided the purpose of this game? how is the winner determined?

  • @CrushersCharisma
    @CrushersCharisma 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:18 Trace grunts out "Melting Ice!" hahahaha

  • @naradathiracitta3121
    @naradathiracitta3121 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why dont you practice to throw it accurately without brushing? Is it inconsistent for every throw?

  • @caricariconbetin
    @caricariconbetin 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Y cuando se haran deportes olimpicos los juegos de "la rayita" el trompo, el valero y la" pericocha"?

  • @leoybeny
    @leoybeny 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not too many people realize that Plato invented the sport and presented it at the very first Winter Olympics, right after the Wine Fest!!! Look it up!

  • @ShadowDrakken
    @ShadowDrakken 10 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    He never answered why curling is a sport. From what I saw here, it belongs in the Olympics about as much as pool or billards do. It's basically the same principles anyway.

    • @ShadowDrakken
      @ShadowDrakken 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***** sports are technically games still ;) But I see your point, that's probably a decent reason, although the amount of exercise is questionable, lol. I haven't done curling, but I've played bocce which is similar and there really isn't much physical to it.

    • @Ryu62Alpha
      @Ryu62Alpha 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ***** you're squatting more than half the time so it wrecks your legs, not to mention you actually need to really hone your ability to gauge distance, and speed very accurately. Hope that helps :)

    • @Suriner1
      @Suriner1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well, that depends on how you define "sport".

    • @johannesvahlkvist
      @johannesvahlkvist 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***** well... football, basketball, spear throw, call of duty, and league of legends are all games...

    • @spman2099
      @spman2099 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ***** You don't sweep in Bocce... Which is what half of your team is doing when you are throwing a rock. You exert a lot more energy while sweeping than you do playing any position in Baseball. Do you question Baseball's legitimacy as a sport?

  • @andrebrown319
    @andrebrown319 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    You all should do a video a boy the science of Olympic wrestling even though it won't be back till 2020

  • @deepseablu91
    @deepseablu91 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:23 when I see someone I hate in the hallway

  • @saure22
    @saure22 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Come on the uk ;p

  • @rudratiwari7082
    @rudratiwari7082 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    what is the game ?first time i have been seen this type of game I could not understand. .....some one could help me to understand that game. .....

  • @ZarliWin
    @ZarliWin 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Curling was invented in Scotland? That explains everything.. .p

  • @KafshakTashtak
    @KafshakTashtak 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I still don't accept it as a "Sport", but at least I know what is curling.

    • @Vidar_Odinson
      @Vidar_Odinson 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's almost as if there are a lot of subjective activities being sports!

    • @DejcoDoesStuff
      @DejcoDoesStuff 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      it's more sport than chess

    • @Psychobob
      @Psychobob 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Sport - An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

    • @DEAFMoNeKyzZ
      @DEAFMoNeKyzZ 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      YAY FOR PAINTBALL!
      #MakePaintballAnOlympicSport

    • @KafshakTashtak
      @KafshakTashtak 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      robpsychobob
      So sex is also sport? Who wants some training?

  • @RRbattlefield
    @RRbattlefield 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'd say it is far more interesting than golf and baseball!!!

  • @rowdy35967
    @rowdy35967 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    To everyone who thinks it's boring, watch a little bit of it and think "what's the smart move here?" Remember that you're setting up stones to score while also trying to block your opponent - it's like chess on ice.
    Whether you're sweeping for your life or trying to get the stone aimed just right, it's rather physically involved.

    • @bjam89
      @bjam89 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      well i am guessing those that find it boring are the ones that think grown men ramming each other is fun to watch...aka american handegg

    • @charlesbarkema8021
      @charlesbarkema8021 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's like Bar shuffleboard, only on a larger scale.

    • @GaviRG1
      @GaviRG1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      bjam89 because watching grown men into ramming into eachither is fun to watch

  • @Jupiter1423
    @Jupiter1423 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When shuffle board and being a janitor come together you are called an ath-o-leet

  • @abdullahfathi869
    @abdullahfathi869 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What's the name of this sport?

  • @godprogamer2214
    @godprogamer2214 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow

  • @erinspeaches
    @erinspeaches 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "MELT-ING ICE!" :P

  • @stanr5787
    @stanr5787 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    It might seem boring but is not when you are playing in teams

  • @ajzebadua
    @ajzebadua 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Curling is a great winter sport, and Canada rocks at it, eh ;)

    • @cualquiercosache
      @cualquiercosache 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL That is the kind of sport you are good xD

    • @ajzebadua
      @ajzebadua 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sergio Martinez If that's the only kind of sport we are good at, then how did we finish atop the medal rankings four years ago at home in Vancouver with the most amount of gold medals?

    • @purplerabbit638
      @purplerabbit638 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sergio Martinez
      We could prob beat your ass down back to whatever spanish-speaking country you're from.

    • @ajzebadua
      @ajzebadua 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      purplerabbit Why are we insulting others based on their nationality when the Olympic Games are about bringing different nationalities together.
      Celebrate differences, don't discriminate based on differences.

    • @Btraffers
      @Btraffers 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      because this is the youtube comment section.....

  • @hristosv1
    @hristosv1 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    The only curls I do are on the squat rack ! :D

  • @telephilia
    @telephilia 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ah,"The Roaring Game"!

  • @davidbonet578
    @davidbonet578 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are wrong about the origin of the name for Curling and you are wrong about the source of the rocks. There is a place in Canada which is also a source of thr granite but not used anymore. The Trefor quarry in Wales is a supplier for all of Canada

  • @bigchefkoch1
    @bigchefkoch1 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:41 That's not true. Friction doesn't depend on the area that touches the ground. You can fully describe the friction force of a sliding object as the product of its weight and a specific friction coefficient. The area doesn't matter.

  • @pogiewogie
    @pogiewogie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pity I can't play that where I live. No ice rink for at least 400 miles. And over a sea

  • @jewlouds
    @jewlouds 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    what do you mean who knew how much science? every sport is science!

  • @ILuvProhetMuhammad
    @ILuvProhetMuhammad 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nyc.... I also have

  • @melovetorun
    @melovetorun 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    1998

  • @iamthamon1
    @iamthamon1 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    believing that there was a kid version on a certain game show that I can't say

  • @PrestonTullos
    @PrestonTullos 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The Olympic committee considers this a sport but not (American) Football??

    • @GreatestGamer9000
      @GreatestGamer9000 10 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Because American Football sucks

    • @oliverthorne9566
      @oliverthorne9566 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      There's a reason it's called American football. There aren't very many countries that have national teams in American football other than the U.S. It's the same with cricket and rugby, not many countries have official national teams. Also, it's not a very fitting sport for the Olympics since it requires commercials or some other distraction every 30 seconds.

    • @PrestonTullos
      @PrestonTullos 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oliver Thorné Good point about most counties not having national football teams.

    • @max-andrewmcmillan4235
      @max-andrewmcmillan4235 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      American football is only a prostitute for the TV

    • @kevtheman7226
      @kevtheman7226 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think because not enough countries play American football

  • @outlier227
    @outlier227 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Friction does not depend on surface area... what is the REAL reason that the stones aren't flat on the bottom?

  • @harrymartin9033
    @harrymartin9033 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Didnt realise explain the Science behind why brushing the ice allows the curling stone to travel further - Must be friction related?

  • @xXnoxshameXx
    @xXnoxshameXx 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    The video said WHY CURLING IS A SPORT
    now im on it and it says ALL ABOUT THE PHYSICS OF CURLING
    Why? i wanted to know why anyway, not about the physics, but why do this??
    False advertisement

  • @BrandyManuel
    @BrandyManuel 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    So Curling is like pool... but with brooms. I get it!

  • @toysmostwanted
    @toysmostwanted 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Went here after the effective communication Short

  • @Tripp393
    @Tripp393 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What happens when they come up with an electric broom

  • @samyish
    @samyish 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice try Dnews, but I'm not convinced.

  • @TheeRomeoO
    @TheeRomeoO 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    So pebbling reduces friction but brushing it away doesn't increase it? WTF

  • @summerlove2020able
    @summerlove2020able 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such*

  • @0mnom
    @0mnom 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So it’s billiards with massive slabs of granite

  • @Adriansofresh
    @Adriansofresh ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel like the sweeping part should be illegal.

  • @Divirse
    @Divirse 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't understand! How is this fun?

  • @quadrogong1111
    @quadrogong1111 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Curling is awesome? Who knew?

  • @olufsen98
    @olufsen98 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    With how much attention the Norwegian curling guys (or rather their pants) are getting, you'd think they would at least be professional curlers, but nope. Last time I heard, they still have regular jobs back in Norway.

  • @LynneSkysong
    @LynneSkysong 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Because he knows he's got to curl!
    C'mon baby put the rock in the house

  • @MazdaBass971
    @MazdaBass971 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    ok....

  • @TheShadowninja99
    @TheShadowninja99 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    funest and easiest sport i have every and still play

  • @epiphonedk
    @epiphonedk 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think curling is the most exciting sport in the Olympics. So much suspense!! Go Denmark!! :-)

  • @ThdeGreatestOne
    @ThdeGreatestOne 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It may not be a physically taxing sport, but nevertheless, is sure is hard to master.

  • @Awesomekid2283
    @Awesomekid2283 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    You never actually commented about the physics of curling at all. You just threw around terms and didn't explain how they relate aside from the guy saying that curling rocks are designed to transfer most of their momentum. The most interesting part of curling is why rocks actually travel in the direction of their spin when spinning disks on flat surfaces usually spin opposite their spin! We still don't know why this happens!

  • @Sniiigel
    @Sniiigel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Less contact between surfaces doesn't (in theory) mean less friction.

    • @sirdudal0t
      @sirdudal0t 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Surely you're trolling Mr. Fyhr

    • @Sniiigel
      @Sniiigel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HellGod67 Friction: Ff ≤ µFn
      Ff is the force of friction exerted by each surface on the other. It is parallel to the surface, in a direction opposite to the net applied force.
      µ is the coefficient of friction, which is an empirical property of the contacting materials.
      Fn is the normal force exerted by each surface on the other, directed perpendicular (normal) to the surface.
      Area in contact is nowhere to be found.
      -
      Also see Amontons' Second Law of friction.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friction#Laws_of_dry_friction

    • @Sniiigel
      @Sniiigel 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      DNews You should adress this in a common misconceptions video.

    • @sirdudal0t
      @sirdudal0t 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dennis Fyhr Yup, you're right, and it really makes sense after I think about it. Kinda like the whole "two objects of different mass fall at the same rate" thing. I do object to just using "Ff ≤ µFn" to prove your point though. That formula shows what the friction force could possibly be given the friction coefficient and normal. People that don't know any physics also need to know that that friction coefficient is derived without a given area. But again, you're totally right. I love it when people are totally right and someone tries to say they're not and then the first person drops a science bomb on their ass.