Curling For Dummies (eBook)

Bob Weeks (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2010 | 2. Auflage
384 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-67692-9 (ISBN)

Infos

With the Winter 2006 Olympics bringing Canada our first gold medalin curling, the sport's popularity is at an all-time high in thiscountry, and its international presence is growing. In the fiveyears since the publication of the first edition of Curling ForDummies, Canadian attendance at curling tournaments andviewership of televised curling has skyrocketed. Twenty new nationshave joined the World Curling Federation.

Curling's profile isn't the only thing that's changedsince the first edition was published -- so too have thegame's rules, equipment, and technique. Profiles of players,listings of television coverage and events, and memorable curlingshots also need to be updated for the second edition. As the mostcomprehensive and up-to-date book available, Curling ForDummies will remain the ultimate curling book, for fans,players, and coaches.

Autor

Bob Weeks is the editor and co-publisher of the OntarioCurling Report, which is now in its thirty-first year ofpublishing. And for 16 years, he has written a weekly column oncurling in The Globe and Mail, while providing coverage ofcurling's major events for Canada's national newspaper. He haswritten on curling for publications across Canada and is a regularcommentator on both radio and television. He is a two-time winner of the Scotty Harper Award for the topcurling story in Canada, and in 1995 he wrote The Brier: TheHistory of Canada's Most Celebrated Curling Championship, thefirst comprehensive history of that great event. When not writing about curling, Bob is the editor of SCORE GolfMagazine, Canada's leading golf publication. He is also heardtalking about golf on a nationally syndicated radio program andappears frequently on TSN.

Inhalt

Introduction.

PART I: GETTING STARTED.

Chapter 1. What Is Curling?

Chapter 2. Kilts and Cannonballs: Where Curling Comes From.

PART II: CURLING FUNDAMENTALS.

Chapter 3. The Equipment.

Chapter 4. The Ice.

Chapter 5. Rock and Roll.

Chapter 6. The Rink.

Chapter 7. Hogs and Hacks: Understanding the Playing Field.

Chapter 8. The Rules.

PART III: HURRY HARD! PLAYING THE GAME.

Chapter 9. The Delivery.

Chapter 10. The Shots.

Chapter 11. Sweeping.

Chapter 12. Stepping onto the Ice.

Chapter 13. Getting a Game.

PART IV: GETTING BETTER.

Chapter 14. Strategy.

Chapter 15. Practicing.

PART V: BEHIND THE GLASS.

Chapter 16. Kids and Curling.

Chapter 17. Coaching.

Chapter 18. Fun and Furor: Being a Fan.

Chapter 19. A World of Championships.

PART VI: THE PART OF TENS.

Chapter 20. Ten Top-Notch Curling Skips.

Chapter 21. Ten Memorable Curling Shots.

Chapter 22. Ten Tremendous Curling Games.

Chapter 23. Ten Terrific Curling Information Sources.

Glossary.

Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.6.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ski- / Wintersport
• Schlagworte: Curling • lifestyle • lifestyles • Sport • Sports
• ISBN-10: 0-470-67692-2 / 0470676922
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-67692-9 / 9780470676929