I'm at home today to stay with the little guy, who's running a fever. But he's asleep right now, so maybe I can write a quick post during his nap.
I don't feel like writing about a curling patent right now, but I thought I'd write about my favorite curling book: Russ Howard's Curl to Win. There are seven chapters which can be summed up as: General, Delivery, Sweeping, Game Plan, Strategy, Team Building, and Mental Toughness, but the reason that I like this book so much is the chapter on strategy.
On a side note, I happen to play a little bit of poker (not very well) and my favorite poker books are the Harrington on Hold 'em
series by Dan Harrington. Basically, the books are comprised of a number of poker scenarios and the author walks you through the thought process and goes through the advantages and disadvantages that a player could make in all of these scenarios.
Back to curling, Curl to Win has twenty scenarios covered in the strategy chapter. Howard doesn't go over all of the possible choices (as I have in several of my strategy posts), but he gives a good comparison on how most curlers may play the shot and what is likely to be the better strategy. I have yet to see a better set of strategy discussion in any other curling book, though Colleen Jones' Curling Secrets
has a pretty good strategy discussion as well.
I also think the section on delivery would help curlers of all levels. It's always good to go over fundamentals and there's a good summary of differents practice drills to help on your accuracy. Maybe Vice and I will go through some of the drills when curling starts up again.
Anyway, since most of us have no curling for summer, I'd suggest giving this book a read in preparation for the winter.
(Just finished writing this post and he's still asleep.)
I don't feel like writing about a curling patent right now, but I thought I'd write about my favorite curling book: Russ Howard's Curl to Win. There are seven chapters which can be summed up as: General, Delivery, Sweeping, Game Plan, Strategy, Team Building, and Mental Toughness, but the reason that I like this book so much is the chapter on strategy.
On a side note, I happen to play a little bit of poker (not very well) and my favorite poker books are the Harrington on Hold 'em
series by Dan Harrington. Basically, the books are comprised of a number of poker scenarios and the author walks you through the thought process and goes through the advantages and disadvantages that a player could make in all of these scenarios. Back to curling, Curl to Win has twenty scenarios covered in the strategy chapter. Howard doesn't go over all of the possible choices (as I have in several of my strategy posts), but he gives a good comparison on how most curlers may play the shot and what is likely to be the better strategy. I have yet to see a better set of strategy discussion in any other curling book, though Colleen Jones' Curling Secrets
has a pretty good strategy discussion as well.I also think the section on delivery would help curlers of all levels. It's always good to go over fundamentals and there's a good summary of differents practice drills to help on your accuracy. Maybe Vice and I will go through some of the drills when curling starts up again.
Anyway, since most of us have no curling for summer, I'd suggest giving this book a read in preparation for the winter.
(Just finished writing this post and he's still asleep.)
