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Originally Posted by ratbastid
That aside--This is a sport? I think I'd categorize it as a "game" rather than a "sport". It's more like darts than like skiing.
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It's harder than it looks.
I played my first and only match over the Christmas holidays. As a sweeper, you're constantly shuffling down from end to end, and quite often sweeping furiously. You have to remember to breathe. I've been increasing my fitness since last March, and I like to think I'm in relatively good shape both with cardiovascular and muscular toning. I wasn't regulating my breathing at first, and I was fucking winded by the time I got down to my first end.
We ended up playing four matches that day. I think we were there for maybe a couple of hours. It was fun. And although I'm sure skiing is more intense, and I know hockey sure is, but damn it my shoulders were sore the next day from all that sweeping!
And as far as throwing is concerned, it's one of those activities requiring balance and grace. It's quite easy to throw too hard or not hard enough. It's also easy to misturn your stone and have it miss its mark.