Tuesday, April 25, 2006
An open house was held on Sunday to gauge interest for forming a curling club in Austin. Currently, people living here are forced to travel to Dallas or Houston in order to participate in curling. I enjoyed watching curling during the Winter Olympics, so I thought I would give it a try. I expected to fall a lot as this was my first experience on an ice rink. I was not disappointed! In fact, my first attempt to throw a stone resulted in the stabilizer breaking.
At first we just threw the stone a short distance. This allowed us to get a feel for the techniques required.
After everyone had a chance to practice a couple times, we consolidated to one end of the ice rink. Then we tried to get the stone into the house on the far side. I ended up falling on both of my attempts. They also explained how guide the stone by sweeping. Most of the younger kids were very excited to try sweeping, so I did not force my way into trying myself. Hopefully the Austin curling club will get off the ground. I would really like to get some more experience. Even though I fell quite often, it was a lot of fun.
At first we just threw the stone a short distance. This allowed us to get a feel for the techniques required.
After everyone had a chance to practice a couple times, we consolidated to one end of the ice rink. Then we tried to get the stone into the house on the far side. I ended up falling on both of my attempts. They also explained how guide the stone by sweeping. Most of the younger kids were very excited to try sweeping, so I did not force my way into trying myself. Hopefully the Austin curling club will get off the ground. I would really like to get some more experience. Even though I fell quite often, it was a lot of fun.
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