Hi coach, have you had any experience working with high level curlers?
Any advice on training these athletes would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
From watching the curlers at the Winter Olympics, are you sure this is at all necessary?
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At first I thought that you are asking about strict curl competitions…
While we’re at it, do you have a good program for bowlers?
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Hey dick, go troll elsewhere. 0/10
real question: what muscles need to be well developed in a curler to perform well? Is it different for the broom guy vs the guy who pushes the rock? Yes, I know I’m probably getting the terms wrong, but the sport seems pretty awesome, and I’m genuinely curious how much physical exertion/strength is required.
Everybody throws the rock and everybody but the skip are “broom guys”
I have not BUT I did play a little bit when I was in college.
Abdominal strength/core rigidity is the most important.
Abs roll-out, planks, side planks, anti-rotation exercises are all good exercises. I would also recommend farmer’s walk.
Split squat, walking lunges, prowler pushing would also be nice additions.
Forearm/grip resistance is also key. So any forearms/grip work with sets lasting 45-60 seconds would be useful.
Upper body should also be trained in the 45-60 sec zone.
Thanks coach.
Was interesting looking into the sport. Seems one of the hardest aspects is 20-40sec max effort anaerobic(sweeping) then only having a couple of minutes to recover before you have to throw.
What are your thoughts on energy system work? Would you want to mimic the sport situation eg 40sec battle ropes/1-2 min active recovery?
Plus games take about 2hours, so it seems a strong aerobic base is a must.
This honestly isn’t a remotely ridiculous thread given someone just asked CT how to throw a dodgeball faster today.
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In the specific preparation phase, yes. But not during the whole program.
There is very little aerobic component to the sport. The only real use of the aerobic system is to recover between ends.
exactly thanks ct
I just kind of stumbled into this thread and I never had any respect for the sport until now… Huh… well I’ll be a monkey’s uncle, these really are real athletes.
Thx masfonos for making the thread and thx CT for breaking down the athletic requirements and methodologies for improving them.
Well, yes they are real athletes. But let’s be clear: the physical requirements are nowhere near sports like football, hockey, basketball, track and field and the likes. You can “not train at all” and still be a high level curler.
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