The local curling club had an open "try out curling" day today, so I went.
It's WAY harder than it looks!
I guess that's another Olympic team I won't be on!
It has the disadvantage of being on ice, so it hurts when you fall (often snow doesn't hurt to much, at least at the speeds I go cross country at), and being indoors so you aren't getting sunshine. (At least this club is indoors. I guess you can curl outdoors, too.) And yes, I fell. A lot.
I fell face forward (more than once) when I was trying to throw the stone (which is pretty heavy, by the way). And I fell on my bum when I was doing the brushing bit.
The teachers had groups of beginners, and then had us do a game of sorts. The highlight of my four throws was that three of my stones went into the area that's "in play" at least.
Remind me that spring will come eventually, please.
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