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Angles for Hits
Determining what happens to a pair of curling rocks after one hits another is a relatively simple physics/geometry problem: they’re basically circles moving on a flat plane, they have basically the same mass, and one of them starts stationary. For some of you (those who liked geometry or play pool), you’ve got this well in…
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Behind the Scenes: Scope and Editorial Decisions
I was convinced to write a book on curling after writing most of one by accident.There is a lot that you can cover on the topic of curling. Once deciding to make it a book, a big, recurring question became what to include and what to exclude — what was the scope of the book,…
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The Story Behind the Book
It’s a little hard to believe, but this book was written accidentally. How do you accidentally write a book, you ask? Well, in 2023 the Unionville Curling Club agreed to launch a new league – Open Tag – meant to be a “development” league and a place where people of all experience levels could play.…
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Coming Soon
Curling for Beginners and Improvers is nearing the final stages to get it to publication! I just need to get the final cover design back, and make one (hopefully just one!) edit to the text, and then I can send it off to the printer, so it has time to get printed and get to…