Technical Articles
Selected technical articles
Return To Coaching Fall 2021-22
While the possibility of a curling season is looking more and more likely for 2021/22 there remain many questions. The OCC has assembled a Return to Coaching guide to help coaches navigate the ...
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Blocked, Distributed and Random Practice as it Relates to Skill Acquisition in Curling
An age-old question in sport is what practice structure yields the best results in relation to effective skill acquisition. This article will define three different practice structures that are referred to as Blocked, Distributed and ...
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Dalhousie students develop new smartbroom prototype
This past week, on September 15 2016, Dalhousie University engineering students Devon Hartlen and Katherine Adye presented their team’s design for a sophisticated curling “smart broom” to the 2016 Engineers Nova Scotia Annual General Meeting ...
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Upcoming OCC Webinars for Coaches and Curlers!
The Ontario Curling Council (OCC) and its members, the Ontario Curling Association and the Northern Ontario Curling Association have collaborated and will jointly host the OCC webinar series for coach and athlete development. Certified Coaches and ...
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Bio-mechanics, strength and conditioning in Wheelchair Curling: Part 1
Wheelchair curling made its Paralympic debut at the 2006 Winter Paralympic Games. As of February 2015, there were athletes in 21 countries around the world actively competing in wheelchair curling. Because of the sport’s infancy ...
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Brushing footwork in the open stance
This article is joint work, and part of a continuing research project, with Dr. John Newhook, Professor of Engineering at Dalhousie University. We are grateful to Alison Poluck and Monica Graham for their demonstrations of ...
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