Ask Granite & Sweep

Sweep: Granite, what are we actually trying to do?

Granite: Get your stones closer to the center of the house than the other team’s stones. That’s the heart of curling. Everything else is how you get there.

Sweep: Why do they call those circles the house?

Granite: That’s the scoring area at each end of the sheet. Stones have to touch the house to have a chance to score.

Sweep: What’s the tiny circle right in the middle?

Granite: That’s the button. The closer your stone is to it, the better your scoring position.

Sweep: Is the whole ice surface called the rink?

Granite: The building may be the rink or curling club. Each individual lane of curling ice is called a sheet.

Sweep: Granite… you’re heavier than you look.

Granite: Curling stones weigh about 40 pounds. That weight helps them travel steadily over the ice.

Sweep: Are curling stones just regular rocks?

Granite: They’re made from a special kind of granite chosen because it can handle years of sliding, hitting and cold temperatures.

Sweep: Is the handle just so you can pick it up?

Granite: It helps with carrying, but during delivery it also lets the player give the stone its gentle rotation.

Sweep: Why do curlers turn the handle when they let go?

Granite: That rotation helps create the curl, the curved path the stone takes as it travels down the ice.

Sweep: I aimed straight. Why is it wandering?

Granite: Curling stones naturally curve as they slow down. That’s where the name curling comes from.

Sweep: Why not just stand up and push the rock?

Granite: Sliding lets a player deliver the stone smoothly and control its direction and speed.

Sweep: Granite, how do I know who scored?

Granite: After every end, look for the stone closest to the button. That team scores one point for every stone closer than the opponent’s closest stone.

Sweep: Can we each get points?

Granite: No. Only one team can score in an end.

Sweep: Everybody keeps saying “end.” What’s an end?

Granite: An end is one round of play. Both teams throw all their stones, the score is counted, and then everyone plays toward the other end of the sheet.

Sweep: How long does this go on?

Granite: Many club games are eight ends. Championship four-person games are often ten.

Beginner question

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How Long Does a Curling Match Last?

Sweep: Wait. We were just throwing that way.

Granite: Curlers alternate directions after every end. Finish one end, then play the next one back toward the other house.

Sweep: Nobody stole anything, Granite.

Granite: In curling, a steal means scoring when the other team had the last-rock advantage.

Sweep: Nobody scored. Did the end not count?

Granite: It still counts. That’s called a blank end.

Sweep: Why would you not want to score?

Granite: In traditional four-person curling, blanking usually lets you keep the last-rock advantage for the next end. Sometimes keeping that advantage is worth more than scoring one point.

Sweep: Isn’t one point disappointing?

Granite: Sometimes one point is the safest result available. Curling is about the whole game, not just one end.

Sweep: What’s everybody so excited about?

Granite: An eight-ender means one team scored with all eight of its stones in a single end. It’s extremely rare.

Sweep: Where’s the hammer? I don’t see one.

Granite: The hammer means the last stone of the end. Having it gives your team the final chance to change the score.

Sweep: Is throwing last really that big a deal?

Granite: It can be. The last team to throw gets to see everything that happened before making the final decision.

Sweep: Who gets the last rock?

Granite: At the start, it’s decided by the competition format. After that, the team that doesn’t score generally gets the last-rock advantage in the next end.

Sweep: Last rock sounds perfect. Why would anyone give it up?

Granite: You give it up when you score. The trick is making your scoring opportunity worthwhile.

Sweep: How many people do we need?

Granite: Traditional curling has four players on each team.

Sweep: Lead, second, third, fourth… are those jobs?

Granite: They’re the usual throwing positions. Each player normally delivers two stones during an end.

Sweep: What’s the lead’s job?

Granite: The lead throws the first two stones and often helps establish the shape of the end.

Sweep: And the second?

Granite: The second throws the next two stones and often handles a mix of draws and takeouts.

Sweep: What about the third?

Granite: The third throws the fifth and sixth stones and often helps the skip with strategy and scoring decisions.

Sweep: And the fourth?

Granite: The fourth throws the final two stones for the team. Those can be especially important because the end is nearly complete.

Sweep: The skip throws last, right?

Granite: Not necessarily. The skip is the person directing strategy. Some skips throw last, but teams can arrange their lineup differently.

Sweep: Why is that player standing way down by the house?

Granite: The skip is directing the game. They help choose the shot, show the target and make strategic decisions.

Sweep: What’s a vice?

Granite: The vice-skip helps with strategy and takes over responsibilities when the skip is throwing.

Sweep: Granite, what does the fifth player actually do? Do they just sit there waiting?

Granite: Not at all, Sweep. The fifth player, or alternate, is part of the team every step of the way.

They practice with the team, travel with them, and stay ready to step into a game if they’re needed.

At higher levels, they can have even more responsibilities. They may help match rocks during practice, watch how the ice is changing, scout other teams, take notes, check equipment, and work with the coaches.

And through all of that, they have to stay ready to play at a moment’s notice.

Being fifth doesn’t mean you’re less important. It means the team is counting on you in a different way.

Sweep: Why is the skip pointing a broom at the ice?

Granite: That broom shows the thrower where to aim.

Sweep: Granite, if I want the rock on the button, why are you pointing the broom somewhere else?

Granite: The broom is your aiming target, not always the stone’s final destination. You deliver toward it, then the stone curls toward the planned spot. Speed, ice, turn and shot type all affect how much it curls.

Sweep: Granite, the skip just gave me ice. Where do I put it?

Granite: They placed the broom away from the final destination to allow for the curl. A shot expected to curl more usually needs more space; one expected to curl less usually needs less.

Sweep: Does a faster rock outrun the curl?

Granite: In a way. A slower draw spends more time traveling and often shows more curl. A faster takeout usually has less time to bend. Ice conditions, rotation and sweeping can change the result, so it is a useful pattern—not an absolute rule.

Sweep: Are we timing the rock’s personal best?

Granite: Curlers time the stone between reference points to estimate its speed, or weight. Sweepers compare that time with earlier shots, but they also use feel, observation and team communication.

Sweeping and timing

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Why Do Curlers Carry Stopwatches?

Sweep: Split time sounds like we broke the clock.

Granite: It is simply the time a stone takes to travel between two chosen points on the sheet. Teams compare split times to estimate draw weight and ice speed. The exact points and methods vary by team.

Sweep: Finally. My department. What does sweeping actually do?

Granite: Sweeping changes the ice just enough to help the stone travel farther and usually stay straighter.

Sweep: Are we pushing it?

Granite: You’re not touching the stone. You’re reducing friction in front of it, which helps it lose speed more slowly.

Sweep: Can I straighten it out?

Granite: Sweeping can help the stone stay straighter and travel farther than it would without sweeping.

Sweep: Why is everyone shouting at me?

Granite: “Hard” usually means sweep strongly.

Sweep: And “hurry”?

Granite: It means the sweepers need to get to work quickly.

Sweep: And when they yell “off”?

Granite: Stop sweeping and let the stone travel naturally.

Sweep: What if they say “clean”?

Granite: That’s usually a request for light brushing to keep debris away from the stone’s path.

Sweep: Aren’t we going to trip over it?

Granite: Sweepers stay close so they can respond quickly, but they have to be careful not to touch the moving stone.

Sweep: What if my broom accidentally hits it?

Granite: That’s called burning a stone. Call it immediately and let the players handle it according to the rules.

Sweep: Can we still sweep after the stone passes the middle of the house?

Granite: Yes, but special sweeping rules apply behind the tee line. That’s one of those spots where it’s worth checking the full rule.

Sweep: Wait—sweeping can shape the path too?

Granite: Modern sweeping can influence a stone’s path as well as how far it travels. Sweepers may adjust technique and side selection to help manage curl, especially at higher competitive levels. It is influence, not remote control.

Sweeping technique

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Directional Sweeping: How Sweepers Help Shape the Shot

Sweep: Granite, did the other sweeper take the shot off?

Granite: One sweeper may be enough for the effect the team wants. They may be managing line more than distance, using directional technique, or following a call made for that particular shot.

Sweep: Why are we changing lanes while the rock is moving?

Granite: Side selection can help manage line and curl. Sweepers also position themselves for visibility, communication and safe, effective technique. Advanced teams may choose the side strategically.

Sweep: Granite, why is the opponent helping our rock?

Granite: They are not helping. Once your moving stone reaches the tee line, the other team may sweep it behind that line to affect how far it travels. Only their skip or vice-skip may do it, and only one player from each team may sweep there.

Sweep: Granite, the ice feels bumpy.

Granite: That’s intentional. Tiny frozen water droplets called pebble are sprayed onto the ice.

Sweep: Pebble is a person and something on the ice?

Granite: Around HouseCall, yes. On the ice, pebble means tiny frozen droplets that give curling stones the surface they need to curl properly.

Sweep: Why add bumps after making the ice smooth?

Granite: Without pebble, curling stones wouldn’t travel or curl the way players need them to.

Sweep: Didn’t this sheet feel different an hour ago?

Granite: It probably did. Sweeping, temperature, humidity and play gradually change the pebble.

Sweep: Everybody is fussing over their shoes.

Granite: Tiny bits of dirt can damage the ice or change a stone’s path. Clean shoes help protect the sheet.

Sweep: They’re wiping Granite’s belly.

Granite: Even a tiny piece of debris underneath a stone can make it suddenly change direction. Curlers call that a pick.

Sweep: Why did that stone suddenly jump sideways?

Granite: It may have picked up a tiny piece of debris. Even something very small can change a shot.

Sweep: The players get all the attention. What about Pebble?

Granite: Every shot depends on the ice. Good icemaking gives both teams a fair, consistent surface to play on.

Sweep: Do teams inspect the rocks like produce?

Granite: Competitions usually assign each team a set. At higher levels, teams may study the numbered stones in practice, then decide who throws which ones or pair stones that behave similarly. Procedures vary by event.

Sweep: Matching handles, matching outfits, matching rocks?

Granite: It means identifying stones that curl and run in similar, predictable ways. Coaches or the fifth player may help track them during practice.

Sweep: They look alike. Why don’t they act alike?

Granite: Granite is natural, and each running surface has tiny differences. Wear, maintenance and interaction with the ice can also make one stone curl or travel a little differently from another.

Sweep: Are we wrapping Granite like a present?

Granite: No. Papering is controlled treatment of a stone’s running surface with abrasive paper to restore or adjust its behavior. It is done only by authorized people under the applicable rules—club curlers should never alter stones themselves.

Sweep: Practice before the game? We just got here.

Granite: Those shots help teams learn the ice speed and curl, notice how individual stones behave, and settle into their delivery and communication before the score counts.

Sweep: What’s a draw?

Granite: A draw is a shot meant to stop somewhere in the house or another specific scoring position.

Sweep: Why stop a stone in front of the house?

Granite: That’s a guard. It can protect stones behind it and make the opponent’s next shot harder.

Sweep: That one hit another stone really hard.

Granite: That’s a takeout. Its main purpose is to remove another stone from play or move it out of a useful position.

Sweep: What’s a peel?

Granite: A peel is a takeout designed to clear a guard, often with the thrown stone leaving play too. It’s a way to open up the sheet.

Sweep: Why put one stone right against another?

Granite: That’s a freeze. A stone tucked closely against another can be very difficult to remove.

Sweep: Why did they hit one stone and then try to move sideways?

Granite: That’s a hit and roll. You remove or move one stone, then try to have your shooter roll into a better position.

Sweep: They knocked out TWO stones?

Granite: That’s a double. One shot removes two stones.

Sweep: Why hit your own stone forward?

Granite: That’s a raise. Sometimes moving a stone you already have is the best way to improve the house.

Sweep: That barely hit anything.

Granite: Sometimes that’s exactly the idea. A tap gently moves another stone a short distance. A tap back nudges it farther toward the back of the house.

Sweep: Why curve around the guard instead of hitting it?

Granite: A come-around is a draw that curls behind a guard, using that guard for protection.

Sweep: Did that rock mean to just catch the edge?

Granite: That’s a wick. The moving stone clips the edge of another stone and redirects toward a new path.

Sweep: Are they really trying to squeeze through that gap?

Granite: Yes. A port is a narrow opening between two stones that another stone can travel through.

Sweep: Why aim at one rock when they want to reach another?

Granite: An in-off uses the first stone to redirect the shooter into another target. It can reach a stone that is difficult to hit directly.

Sweep: They hit one rock into another rock?

Granite: Exactly. A runback hits a stone already in play and sends that stone into another one farther down the sheet.

Sweep: Aren’t takeouts just fast?

Granite: They can use different speeds. “Soft” means a gentler hit. Hack weight would reach the far hack if it missed everything, while control weight is a firmer takeout that sweepers can still influence. The exact labels can vary a little from team to team.

Sweep: Stones have noses now?

Granite: Only in curling language. A nose hit strikes another stone straight on, so the shooter has little or no sideways roll after contact.

Sweep: Inside which side? I see two.

Granite: After contact, the shooter moves to one side. “Inside” usually means rolling toward the intended house position or center side; “outside” means rolling away from it. The team’s called line gives the words their meaning.

Sweep: That takeout hit its target. Why is the rock still here?

Granite: It jammed. The struck stone ran into another stone instead of leaving play, so the opponent may keep a useful rock.

Sweep: I can still see the rock, Granite.

Granite: Buried means it is hidden behind a guard from the shooter’s view. A fully buried stone has no clear direct hit available.

Sweep: The club door?

Granite: An open stone has a clear path to it. An open hit means no guard blocks the takeout.

Sweep: Why is the stone behind the target useful?

Granite: That stone is backing. It can stop or support a draw or freeze, helping the new stone stay in a strong position.

Sweep: Is a tick the smallest possible takeout?

Granite: It is a light shot that moves a guard sideways while keeping it in play. Rules matter: under current World Curling rules, an opponent’s center-line guard cannot be ticked off that line before the sixth stone in most four-player events. Other formats or competitions may differ.

Sweep: We’re hitting a rock that isn’t even lined up with the target?

Granite: That is the angle. The shooter hits one stone off-center so it moves into another useful position—perhaps to score or remove a different stone.

Sweep: Wouldn’t that solve everything?

Granite: If only the other team agreed. Curling is about building positions, protecting stones and anticipating what happens next.

Sweep: That one can’t even score.

Granite: Not yet. A guard can become very important later in the end.

Sweep: Why aren’t they attacking?

Granite: Score, hammer, end number and game situation all matter. Sometimes protecting a lead is more important than creating a lot of scoring chances.

Sweep: Why not remove everything?

Granite: Because moving one stone can open something even more dangerous. Curling strategy is often about deciding what not to touch.

Sweep: What’s “shot rock”?

Granite: That’s the stone currently closest to the button.

Sweep: Someone said we’re sitting two. Then someone else said we lie two. Which is it?

Granite: Both mean your team currently has the two stones closest to the button. If the end stopped there, both would score.

Sweep: Granite, they’ve been looking at those rocks forever.

Granite: They’re working through angles, risks and possible results. A lot can change with one shot.

Sweep: Can’t they just throw it?

Granite: The team usually agrees on the goal, weight and line before the delivery.

Sweep: Nobody is putting the stone on a scale.

Granite: In curling, weight means how much speed is given to the stone.

Sweep: What’s the line?

Granite: The line is the path the team wants the stone to begin on.

Sweep: What’s draw weight?

Granite: It’s the speed needed for a stone to stop in or near the house instead of hitting something hard.

Sweep: Why park a rock in the middle of traffic?

Granite: A center guard blocks the middle and can protect stones played behind it. Teams without hammer often use one to create a chance to steal, though the best choice always depends on the end.

Sweep: Why put the guard off to the side?

Granite: A corner guard creates protected space away from the center. Teams with hammer often use one while trying to build a chance to score more than one.

Sweep: They scored. Why does our team look satisfied?

Granite: The defending team limited the team with hammer to one point. Giving up one can be a strategic success when the alternative was two or more.

Sweep: Did someone just call two points a deuce?

Granite: Exactly. A deuce is curling shorthand for scoring two points in an end.

Sweep: That rock is barely touching the house. Does it still count?

Granite: It does. A biter is a stone that just touches the outer edge of the house. Even the tiniest touch puts it in the scoring area.

Sweep: Granite, did they really ask the rocks to kiss?

Granite: It is informal curling language for very light contact—just gently touching or nudging another stone instead of hitting it hard.

Sweep: I heard someone say, “Hit the crotch.” Where exactly is that?

Granite: It is informal curling slang for the small V-shaped pocket between two stones that are touching or nearly touching. A well-placed hit into that pocket can move or remove both stones, though the angle and weight still have to be right.

Sweep: I see a button. Where is the pin?

Granite: The pin is the exact center point of the house—the center of the button.

Sweep: Which line makes the T?

Granite: The tee line runs across the sheet through the center of the house.

Sweep: And the long line through everything?

Granite: That is the center line. It runs lengthwise down the middle of the sheet and through both houses.

Sweep: What happens if a rock keeps going behind the house?

Granite: The back line marks the rear of the house. A stone completely beyond its outside edge is out of play.

Sweep: What’s that thick line across the sheet?

Granite: That’s the hog line. The thrower must release the stone before the near hog line, and a delivered stone normally has to completely cross the far hog line to remain in play.

Sweep: It looked fine to me.

Granite: Stones can be removed for several reasons, such as not reaching the far hog line or going completely out of play.

Sweep: Why couldn’t they knock that guard out?

Granite: During the first five delivered stones of an end, certain guards in the free guard zone cannot be removed from play by the opposing team.

Sweep: Where is the free guard zone?

Granite: It’s the area between the far hog line and the tee line, outside the house.

Sweep: Why protect guards?

Granite: It creates more offense and keeps teams from clearing every guard immediately. That usually means more interesting ends.

Sweep: Where did that one go?

Granite: Once a stone completely leaves the playing area, it’s removed from play.

Sweep: They look exactly the same distance to me.

Granite: That’s when curlers use a measuring device instead of guessing.

Sweep: What if someone is missing?

Granite: Club and competition rules can differ. Many recreational leagues have ways to handle short teams, while championship competition has stricter roster rules.

Sweep: We haven’t even played yet.

Granite: The handshake is a reminder that you’re opponents for the game, not enemies.

Sweep: Even after a tough loss?

Granite: Especially then. Respect for the opponent is part of curling.

Sweep: Their miss helped us.

Granite: It did, but curling tradition says you celebrate your own good shots rather than someone else’s mistake.

Sweep: Granite, everybody keeps talking about the Spirit of Curling.

Granite: It means playing honestly, respecting your opponents and protecting the integrity of the game. A true curler would rather lose fairly than win unfairly.

Sweep: Even if nobody else noticed?

Granite: Yes. Curling has a strong tradition of players being honest about their own actions.

Sweep: Should I stop talking now?

Granite: Give the thrower room to concentrate. It’s a small courtesy that matters.

Sweep: I’m not touching anything.

Granite: Movement in a player’s line of sight can be distracting. Curlers try to stay still and out of the way during delivery.

Sweep: Pebble keeps looking at my shoes.

Granite: Because everyone shares the same playing surface. Taking care of it is part of taking care of the game.

Sweep: We’re trying to beat them.

Granite: You can compete hard and still recognize a beautiful shot. Curling makes room for both.

Sweep: Why did everybody stop curling and sit together?

Granite: Broomstacking is the tradition of socializing with the other team after the game, usually over a drink or something to eat.

Sweep: Winning is getting expensive.

Granite: It’s an old curling tradition in many clubs. The exact custom varies, but the idea is simple: competition ends and fellowship begins.

Sweep: Is that just a tournament?

Granite: Pretty much, but curling bonspiels often come with a strong social side too. You play several games, meet other curlers and spend a lot of time around the club.

Sweep: What if I’ve never played before?

Granite: That’s exactly what learn-to-curl programs are for. Curling clubs are used to welcoming beginners.

Sweep: Do I need to buy all this first?

Granite: Usually not. Many clubs provide beginner equipment for learn-to-curl sessions.

Sweep: These look different from regular sneakers.

Granite: Curling shoes have a sliding surface on one foot and a grippy surface on the other. Beginners can often use a temporary slider over a clean shoe.

Sweep: What’s that rubber thing on the shoe?

Granite: A gripper covers the sliding foot when you’re walking so you have traction and protect the slider.

Sweep: Is there an age limit for beginners?

Granite: Curling is played by children, adults and seniors. Clubs often have ways to adapt the game for different ages and abilities.

Sweep: Does that mean I can’t curl?

Granite: Not at all. Stick curling and other adaptations allow many people to play without a traditional slide.

Sweep: This looks complicated.

Granite: The basics make sense quickly. The wonderful part is that there’s always something more to learn.

Sweep: Playdowns sound less exciting than playoffs.

Granite: They are qualifying competitions. Teams play for places in a larger championship, often representing a region, province, territory or state. The structure varies by event.

Sweep: Win Tuesday league, book the national-championship hotel?

Granite: Not quite. The route depends on the championship and may use regional playdowns, designated qualifiers, rankings or direct berths. HouseCall’s competition-level guide shows the bigger picture; always check that event’s current rules.

Sweep: “Granite, has curling always been in the Winter Olympics?”

Granite: “Not continuously. Men’s curling appeared at the first Olympic Winter Games in 1924.”

Curling later appeared as a demonstration sport. Women’s and men’s curling returned as medal events at Nagano in 1998. The 1924 competition was officially recognized as curling’s Olympic debut in 2006.

Sweep: “That was a seventy-four-year comeback!”

Granite: “Curling rewards patience.”

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Sweep: Is it one tournament traveling in a bus?

Granite: It is the season-long circuit of competitive events played in many places. Teams enter events of different sizes and strength, and eligible results can earn world-ranking points.

Sweep: How grand are we talking?

Granite: The Grand Slam of Curling is an elite event series featuring many of the top teams. Under the current system, fields can include teams selected through World Curling Tour points, Satellite Events and GSOC invitations; the mix depends on the Slam.

Sweep: Curling has satellites now?

Granite: These are selected tour events that can award a path into a Grand Slam. For the 2026–27 season, Dale’s St. Paul Cashspiel is listed as a Satellite Event feeding the GSOC National. The event list and advancement rules can change each season.

Sweep: Do teams trade the points for snacks?

Granite: Mostly opportunities. Teams earn points from eligible event results, and rankings can affect qualification, invitations, seeding or access to other competitions. The exact use depends on the event.

Sweep: I thought this was supposed to be polite.

Granite: Most of the yelling is communication. Players are telling sweepers what the stone needs.

Sweep: There’s so much happening. Where do I look?

Granite: Start with the stone being thrown. Watch where the skip wants it to go, then watch how the sweepers react.

Sweep: The scoreboard is confusing me.

Granite: Look at each team’s total score first. Then check which end they’re playing and, if you can, who has the hammer.

Sweep: Wait. It’s over already?

Granite: A team can concede when they believe there’s no realistic way to come back. Shaking hands ends the game.

Sweep: Are we supposed to hear all this?

Granite: At many televised events, microphones let viewers hear the strategy and communication happening on the ice.

Sweep: Are there pawns somewhere?

Granite: It’s because both games reward planning ahead. Every curling shot changes the choices available later.

Sweep: Why are there only two players?

Granite: Mixed doubles is a faster version of curling played by one woman and one man on each team.

Sweep: Nobody threw those!

Granite: Mixed doubles begins every end with two stones already positioned, one for each team.

Sweep: Do two players still throw eight?

Granite: No. Each team delivers five stones during the end, in addition to its pre-positioned stone.

Sweep: Is the game shorter?

Granite: Yes. Mixed doubles games are normally eight ends.

Sweep: That sounds dramatic.

Granite: It’s a mixed doubles option that moves the pre-positioned stones toward the side of the sheet. A team can use it once during the game when it has the right to choose stone placement, but not in an extra end.

Sweep: Granite, the rock can’t hear them.

Granite: They’re talking to the sweepers. “Hurry” means the stone needs help right away.

Sweep: That seems backward.

Granite: Sometimes they don’t want it to stop quite yet. Sweeping can give the stone just enough extra travel to reach the right place.

Sweep: That didn’t look impressive.

Granite: Sometimes moving a stone an inch is exactly what the shot required. Curling rewards precision more than spectacle.

Sweep: Are they blaming Pebble?

Granite: Usually they’re trying to understand what happened. Was the speed wrong? The line? Did the ice react differently? Every shot teaches you something.

Sweep: This is getting crowded.

Granite: That’s often intentional. Guards create protection, angles and opportunities for later shots.

Sweep: Harder fixes things, right?

Granite: Sometimes. But curling is mostly about using the right amount of weight, not the most.

Sweep: It looked perfect.

Granite: A great shot isn’t always about scoring a lot. Sometimes it’s the shot that saves an end, forces an opponent or keeps the game under control.

Sweep: Everybody suddenly got very quiet.

Granite: Because one stone can change the entire end.

Sweep: They make sliding look effortless.

Granite: Good curlers make balance, precision and sweeping look simple because they’ve practiced them for years.

Sweep: If I remember only one thing, what should it be?

Granite: Get your stones closer to the button than the other team’s stones.

Sweep: That’s it?

Granite: That’s where everything begins. ❤️