13 slides · PDF · Widescreen
Beginner teaching slides
Present 12 illustrated lesson slides plus a references slide. A ready-to-show PDF for instructors and curling clubs.
HouseCall · For clubs, instructors, coaches, and curlers
Curling Educational Resource Center
Plan a first lesson, practise a skill, or find a handout for your club. Free resources to help more people feel at home in curling.
Free beginner teaching kit · With Granite & Sweep
Before You Step on the Ice
A friendly introduction to four-player curling for a first club visit or learn-to-curl class. Explore the goal, player roles, scoring diagrams, safety, sweeping and curling etiquette with Granite and Sweep.
2 pages · PDF · US Letter
Beginner take-home handout
A printable companion to keep the basics close at hand before and after a first curling session.
Free to download, present, print and share for noncommercial educational use. Keep the HouseCall and author credits intact. Follow your instructor’s guidance and your club’s local safety procedures.
Free slides for clubs, teams and curious curlers
Club presentations
Bring curling into the warm room with trivia, shot discussions, junior teamwork and history. Download widescreen PDF slides to view or project. These are static PDFs; editable decks and presenter notes are not included in these downloads.
20 slides · PDF · Widescreen
Warm-Room Trivia
A relaxed curling trivia session for club nights, with questions, answer reveals and source references.
16 slides · PDF · Widescreen
What Would You Call?
Six illustrated house scenarios with score, end, hammer and stones remaining. Discuss your call, then compare alternatives and risks.
12 slides · PDF · Widescreen
Team Talk with Piper
A junior team session about clear calls, listening, including the fifth player, resetting after mistakes and supporting teammates.
14 slides · PDF · Widescreen
Curling Through the Years
Explore curling’s Scottish roots, changing stones and brooms, ice care, strategy, and Olympic and Paralympic milestones.
12 slides · PDF · Widescreen
Welcome to Our Club
A club-orientation planning reference covering facilities, contacts, leagues, etiquette and next lessons. Bracketed local-detail fields are intentionally left for each club.
Static template preview, not an editable or fillable PDF. Use it to plan your own club presentation; replace local-detail placeholders before presenting.
Short curling lessons
Choose a five- or six-slide lesson for a quick team discussion or club session. Download a ready-to-show PDF; the editable originals and presenter notes remain separate.
5 slides · PDF · Widescreen
Why Did the Skip Call THAT Shot?
Guards, draws and takeouts explained with simple house diagrams and the reason behind each call.
6 slides · PDF · Widescreen
Five Things New Curlers Worry About
Friendly answers about getting started, moving on the ice, learning the rules and meeting people.
5 slides · PDF · Widescreen
What Happens After a Bad Shot?
A short team reset: stay involved, share one useful fact and prepare for the next stone.
5 slides · PDF · Widescreen
Why Curlers Blank an End
Understand hammer, the choice between a blank and one point, and why competition rules matter.
5 slides · PDF · Widescreen
What Does Your Lead Actually Do?
Early stones, sweeping and weight calls, with throwing order distinguished from skipping.
6 slides · PDF · Widescreen
Your First Bonspiel
What to expect, what to bring, finding your next game and joining the warm-room conversation.
5 slides · PDF · Widescreen
Reading Curling Ice
Watch line and weight, compare similar paths and share what your team learns.
5 slides · PDF · Widescreen
What Is a Useful Miss?
Plan an acceptable miss while aiming for the shot, with concrete draw and takeout examples.
Free for noncommercial educational use. Keep the HouseCall and author credits intact. The club welcome PDF is a planning template preview, not a completed orientation for a specific club.
Printable practice tools
Practice drill cards
Bring a card to your next practice. Each includes setup, player numbers, time, HouseCall practice scoring, easier and harder options, and space to record results. Follow your club’s safety procedures and stop all stones before resetting.
6 pages · PDF · US Letter
Complete Practice Drill Card Pack
All six printable drill cards together, with setups, scoring, variations and space to track results.
1 page · PDF · US Letter
Come-Around Challenge
Six draws around a centre guard, with clear, house and buried scoring.
1 page · PDF · US Letter
Takeout Weight Ladder
Compare agreed hit weights, contact accuracy and where the shooter finishes.
1 page · PDF · US Letter
Useful Miss Drill
Name the ideal shot and an acceptable miss before throwing, then assess the result.
1 page · PDF · US Letter
Sweepers Communication
Rotate four roles and score the conversation separately from the shot.
1 page · PDF · US Letter
Race to the Button
Compare realistic calls for different skill profiles in a late-end situation.
1 page · PDF · US Letter
Eight-Rock Rotation
Four skill rounds let every player experience each delivery order.
Original HouseCall practice formats and scoring, not official competition rules. Print on US Letter paper. Keep the HouseCall credits intact.
Record · Understand · Practice
Team shot statistics
Learn what 0–4 grades mean, track your team’s shots and turn the numbers into a practice plan.
Start your team shot logFind a printable
Search the resource library
Find a guide, practice sheet or club handout by title or topic.
Browse the collections below for every resource.
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Free curling resources for your club
See what you can download, print and share, from beginner guides to junior activities.
Fitness & season preparation · Empowered Performance
Back to Curling
Prepare for the season with two resources from Stephanie Thompson at Empowered Performance. Download the original PDFs below, or visit Empowered Performance on Facebook for more.
8 pages · PDF · US Letter
Back to Curling 2024
An eight-page return-to-curling guide covering a pre-game warm-up, hips-first delivery, brushing positions and season preparation.
By Stephanie Thompson, Empowered Performance.
3 pages · PDF · A4
Back to Curling Printables
Quick-reference printable sheets for hips-first delivery and open and closed brushing positions, with QR codes for more resources.
By Stephanie Thompson, Empowered Performance.
Original resources by Empowered Performance, shared unchanged. Educational information only; not a substitute for guidance from your own qualified health-care professional. These contributed PDFs remain subject to their creator’s permissions.
For club leaders and curling operators
The Business of Curling
Memberships, corporate events, ice time, volunteers and returning visitors. Explore practical paths for member-led clubs and commercial curling centres.
Explore the business toolkitFor club ice teams
Ice Makers Corner
Daily observations, between-draw checks, equipment handovers and official training links. Start with your lead ice maker’s local procedures.
Checked October 10, 2026
2026–27 rule-change handouts for clubs
Three separate printable guides. Each explains what changed, the effective dates and which formats or events it applies to. Check your league’s adopted rules before applying championship procedures.
Sweeping: what changed
Permitted techniques, warnings and the current penalty choices.
Download PDFMixed doubles: starting-stone marks
Four guard marks, Power Play offsets and who chooses the setup.
Download PDF2026–27 club rules checklist
Delivery, player positions, short-handed teams and local adoption.
Download PDFMary’s illustrated rule posters
The illustrated explainers, checked against the current rules and ready to print for your club.
Mixed doubles has a new rule
Before-and-after guard marks in a one-page illustrated guide. US Letter, landscape.
Download illustrated PDFWorld Curling sweeping rules
Technique, officiated-play penalties and equipment reminders. Choose a full 11 × 17 inch poster or two Letter pages for a regular printer.
Download 2-page Letter PDFPrint at actual size on the matching paper size. These PDFs preserve the original artwork; a larger printer cannot add detail to the source images.
Free to print and share for noncommercial educational use. Keep Mary Deuhs and HouseCall credits intact.
Test your team’s calls
Compare two choices in Skip’s School, then take a six-page experiment workbook to practice.
Build the team. Learn the sheet.
Teamwork, ice reading and rock matching
Building a Curling Team
Choose people to grow with, agree on a season, and build clear team communication.
Download printable PDFReading Curling Ice
Compare paths, spot changes and record what your team sees.
Download printable PDFRock Matching and Your Rock Book
Compare stones carefully, explore fictional sample records and keep your own notes.
Download printable PDFFor skips and teams
Skip’s School
Short strategy lessons, a printable sideline card and last-rock decision worksheets. Try the teaching calculator to see how your estimates change the call.
Visit Skip’s School Download the club workbook · PDFWork together on the ice
Timing, Communication & Sweeping
Three separate printable guides for club practice, with current source notes.
Read the guides and download the PDFsClub Resource Library
Illustrated rules, etiquette, and take-home guides. Download, print, and share.
The rules guides use the September 2026 World Curling rules as their stated baseline. Check your event or club’s rules for local variations. Sources are included in the PDFs. World Curling rules
Download the four individual guides (ZIP)
10 pages · PDF · 196 KB
A Basic Guide to Skipping a Curling Team
Simple tactics with and without hammer, the five-rock rule, clear communication and three “What would you call?” examples.
- Illustrated house diagrams
- Beginner-friendly shot choices
- A rink-side checklist
10 pages · PDF · 226 KB
New Curler Starter Packet
A ready-to-share introduction for new curlers, combining the easy-rules and etiquette guides with a first-session checklist.
- First-session checklist
- Easy rules and etiquette
- Linked contents and optional next steps
4 pages · PDF · 79 KB
Easy Curling Rules
Start with four-person play, team roles, scoring, hammer and the lines that matter.
- Beginners
- Four-person play
- Scoring
4 pages · PDF · 77 KB
Curling Etiquette
Clean ice, safe positioning, ready play and welcoming habits for everyone at the club.
- Club culture
- Safety
- Sportsmanship
7 pages · PDF · 90 KB
Complex Rules Explained
Illustrated decisions for protected guards, touched stones, displacement, sweeping and close measures.
- FGZ and no-tick
- Touched stones
- Sweeping
- Measurements
6 pages · PDF · 86 KB
Mixed Doubles Explained
Learn the current setup, delivery roles, first-three protection, placement choice and power plays.
- Two-person play
- 2026 setup
- Power plays
- Scoring
For instructors and volunteers
Learn-to-Curl Toolkit
Ready-to-print plans to adapt to your participants, equipment, ice time, and club safety procedures.
12 pages · PDF · US Letter
Club Teaching Pack
All three teaching resources in one bookmarked PDF: lesson plans, practice stations, and junior activities.
4 pages · PDF · US Letter
Club Lesson Plans
Two adaptable introductory sessions, with instructor setup, station flow, and coaching prompts.
First-day basics
What to wear, what clubs provide, and what to expect.
Start Here
A guided introduction to the game, one topic at a time.
Try the Directional Sweeping Lab.
Eight interactive challenges: read the turn, move the brush, choose a goal and compare practice records.
Play the sweeping gameInteractive Curling Academy
Move stones, follow the scoreboard, and talk through the next call. These are learning illustrations and authored scenarios, not predictions of a real shot.
Shot Simulator
Watch draws, guards, hits and raises unfold. Replay each example to understand its purpose.
Piper’s Junior Curling Academy
Five friendly lessons, mini-games and a printable completion certificate for young curlers.
Who’s Counting?
Move stones and explore which ones score, including biters, ties, and blank ends.
Read the Scoreboard
Step through a practice game using club and TV scoreboards, with hammer explained along the way.
Is It Still In?
Compare the hog-line, back-line, and sideline tests.
What Does a Guard Protect?
Move a guard and compare a straight approach with an illustrated curl route.
What Would You Call?
Choose a shot and compare risks with Granite and Piper. Includes practice, Piper’s Challenge, and a simulated Championship game.
Sweeping explained
A reading and video lesson on what sweeping changes.
Coach’s Corner
Practice sheets, team conversations, and activities for growing curlers.
16 pages · PDF · US Letter
Instructor Study Companion
Review scoring, safe lesson planning, inclusive teaching and useful feedback. Practise with eight teaching scenarios and reasoned answers.
Independent study material. Not an official certification course or exam; no certification credit or governing-body endorsement.
3 pages · PDF · US Letter
Beginner Practice Stations
Four exercises for line, weight, communication, and shot choice, plus a learner progress sheet.
5 pages · PDF · US Letter
Junior Teamwork Activities
Team-talk, scoring, and strategy worksheets for ages 8–12, with a reusable board and facilitator answers.
Draw to a Zone
Choose a front-half or back-half target and practise controlling distance.
Give Both Turns a Turn
Alternate rotations with the same target and notice what changes.
Take Home One Lesson
Finish with what worked, what surprised us, and what comes next.
Piper’s free reading library
Read together or take home a free book. All 33 books have browser readers and individual PDFs.
Club Media Center
HouseCall teaching graphics to share for noncommercial educational use. Keep the HouseCall credit with the artwork. For videos, share the original viewing link.
1 pages · PDF · US Letter
First Day Welcome Poster
A welcoming printable for your club, with space to add the club name, session date, and contact.
The Number on the Stone
Download graphic
Who Throws Next?
Download graphic
Two Lines, Two Tests
Download graphic
A Clear Sheet Helps Everyone
Download graphicShort explainers and stories
Find HouseCall video links and matching written lessons.
Beginner tips
Share a beginner-friendly lesson with your new curlers.
Junior stories
Explore Piper’s curling stories and junior learning.
Make your ice time count
Build Your Own Practice
Choose a skill, two, four or eight players, and 30, 60 or 90 minutes. Get a printable plan with drills, rotating roles and room for notes.
Build a practice planWelcome visitors. Learn together.
Club Welcome Kit
A three-page first-visit checklist and equipment guide. Clubs can type their contact, session and booking details into the blank PDF fields, or fill them in by hand.
Download welcome kit · PDF
Team Debrief
One printable page to capture what went well, clear up a misunderstood call and agree what to practise. Includes a blank curling house and space for your next practice plan.
Download team debrief · PDFTurn your next goal into a practice plan →Bring HouseCall to your club
Download three free QR signs for the warm room, beginner equipment area and viewing screen. You can also tell us what resources would help your club.
Get the club QR signsExplore beyond HouseCall
Helpful Curling Links
Find equipment, build your skills, or enjoy a little curling between trips to the club.
Equipment
- Broomfitters
Curling shoes, brooms, apparel and accessories, with a retail store in Burnsville, Minnesota.
- Steve’s Curling Supplies
A family-owned U.S. curling equipment retailer in Madison, Wisconsin.
- Brooms Up Curling Supplies
Curling equipment from several major brands.
Learning & Practice
- Curl Up with Jamie
Curling instruction and tips from Jamie Sinclair.
- Curling Class
Matt Bean’s drills covering balance, weight control, delivery and strategy.
- Lean Curling
Articles exploring sweeping science and evidence-based curling performance.
Play Online
- Curling.gg
Browser-based curling scenarios, with computer and friend-play options. Some membership features are paid.
Independent external resources; availability and any fees are set by each provider.
More ways to develop your game
Curling with a delivery stick
Understand the equipment, develop a repeatable delivery and take a practice sheet to the club.
Download printable PDFWheelchair curling strategy
Four-player decisions, no-sweeping tradeoffs, four fictional positions and a team worksheet.
Download printable PDFCurling delivery routine
Picture the shot, choose one cue and practise a routine you can use under pressure. Includes a six-stone log and personal worksheet.
Get the editable DOCXSuggest a correction · Opens your email app; nothing is sent automatically.
One problem. One useful next step.
Granite’s Curling Troubleshooter
Heavy draws? Missed line? Mixed-up sweeping calls? Pick a problem for possible causes, one small drill and a lesson to explore.
Find help with a curling problem →Free club planning tool
Build your own bonspiel
Turn teams, sheets and available draw times into a draft round-robin schedule and printable score sheets.
Build a round robin →