In brushing, isolate the chassis
One of the critical biomechanical skills to develop in brushing is to ensure that neither the shoulders, nor the hips,
Brushing
The research behind instrumented curling brooms
Author’s note: This is joint work with John Newhook, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University. This article is
Dryland Training for Open Brushing Footwork
This article is joint work with John Newhook of Dalhousie University. A previous version of this article was published on
Training tips for dryland closed brushing practice with a footwork trainer
This article is joint work with John Newhook of Dalhousie University. In use, through trial-and-error over the years we have
Building a dryland closed footwork trainer
Since publishing the first article about the footwork trainer in June 2016, a number of people have asked for more
Dryland training for brushing footwork
This article is a revision to an article that originally was published on the Ontario Curling Council website on 11
Mapping delivery split times to hog-to-hog times
In a previous article, John Newhook and I described ten reasons why the use of split times can be problematic
High-performance brushing in the open stance
This is an updated version of an article that originally appeared on the Ontario Curling Council website on 4 October
A preliminary investigation into knifing
On the afternoon of February 19, 2026 I met with Sean Maw and his research team from the University of
Calibrating the CurlSmart instrumented brush
Frequently, the athletes that I work with on brushing – over 550 since the 2014-2015 season – complain about the