Some thoughts on practice for student-athletes
To achieve sufficient skill as a competitive student-athlete, coaches will often recommend or insist that athletes spend a certain amount […]
Pressure distribution in selected curling brush heads
This research is joint work with Dr. John Newhook, Dr. Michel Ladouceur, and Dr. Ryan Frayne of Dalhousie University in
Does brushing with a brush turned to 90 degrees really work?
Recently I’ve received numerous inquiries regarding teams rotating their brush heads 90 degrees when attempting to “carve” a stone (accentuate
Zeroing a PT-2 Smartbroom
Even though the PT-2 has been discontinued by Canadian Curling Tools in favour of their new “Smartbroom” device, a number
Visualization of stone rotations for athlete feedback
This article is joint work with John Newhook of Dalhousie University in Halifax. It is well known that the number
Moving to OnForm from Hudl Technique
I’ve been a long-time (since 2014) user of Hudl Technique (originally a software product called UberSense) for doing video analysis.
Brush head mass – a short survey
During my talk at the online Adapting/Thriving 2021 Conference presented by the Ontario Curling Council, and other provincial sport organizations,
Curling stones: taken for granite
Derek Leung is a Canadian graduate student at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. His research program in Geology is the
How far can one carry a stone via brushing?
After questions regarding directional brushing, perhaps the second-most often asked question I receive is the question of how much distance
Summer training plans for front-end players
As I write this, I am a mere four weeks from returning to the ice at the Curling Canada NextGen