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Curling TipsAlignment During DeliveryNotice your sliding foot does not start along the line of delivery in the hack position. Some curlers try to force the foot over quickly when coming out of the hack. What they do not realize is that they actually cause a drift problem by trying to correct a situation that will naturally correct itself if allowed to. The best way for the sliding foot and body to end up along the line of delivery is simply to forget about placing the foot on the line and just slide at the broom. By the time the body is extended into its slide position, the sliding foot will be along the line of delivery. Unlike your sliding foot, the rock is always on the line of delivery. It is important to remember that the line of delivery runs from the skip's broom to the middle of the rock, not to the center of the curler's body. It is up to the curler to get the body in behind the rock during the slide. Some curlers' bodies and sliding feet are directly behind the rock; others are running along a line parallel to the stone's line of delivery. Excerpt from Curling Technique by the phys. ed. department of Gonzaga High School in St. John's, Newfoundland. |