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 […]
Brushing
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
The physics of curling – with Sean Maw, University of Saskatchewan
This past week, my friend and research colleague Sean Maw, who is the Jerry G. Huff Chair in Innovative Teaching