Coaching by the Numbers with Connor Njegovan.
Calling all junior coaches! The Curler Outreach Program is excited to welcome pro-curler and international coach Connor Njegovan. In this premium session Connor will discuss how coaches can use statistics to their team's advantage. He will cover topics such as:
Using analytics to help guide your team's performance
How to use the numbers to make your practice sessions and game play better
How to use CurlCoach to gather team stats and info
Practical advice on how to keep your team improving
And more.....
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Recorded on 7/11/21
Fitness Focus Sweeping + Breathing- Techniques for Effective Performance
Super star and all-around great guy Colin Hodgson returns to the Curler Outreach Program webinar series along with Team Chile and Yogi Alejandro Lazo. In this premium Sunday session, Colin and Alexandro will discuss various sweeping and breathing techniques that will help elevate your curling performance.
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Recorded on 7/18/21
The "Gauntlet Drill"+ Coaching the Athlete In Front of You with Coach Glenn Paulley
We are proud to present Coach Glenn Paulley to the Curler Outreach Educational Series.
Coach Paulley is a certified Competition Development coach for the sport of Curling. He is also the development coach for Wilfrid Laurier University, and for Curling Canada and the Ontario Curling Council
In this talk Coach Paulley will describe the Gauntlet Drill and its use in identifying and correcting delivery faults using the no-lift delivery.
The talk will be targeted towards competitive U18/U21 athletes and their coaches. As the Gauntlet Drill uses a laser to provide line of delivery (LOD) feedback to both the coach and the athlete, he will spend a few minutes to discuss different types of lasers, their use in a curling context, and coach and athlete safety.
Finally, there will be a discussion on the use of the Gauntlet Drill in coaching a team, and the importance of customizing the drill’s layout for different athletes as required, since not all athletes throw a curling stone in precisely the same way.
This session is ideal for any junior coach or coaches training the technical aspects of delivery.
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Recorded on 5/16/21
SOCIAL MEDIA- MARKETING LEARN TO CURLS DURING THE OLYMPICS with Kristen Conrad
A common difficulty for many clubs is effectively using social media. Kristen Conrad, social media manager for Charlotte CC, breaks down the inside marketing tactics of platforms most relevant to clubs.
During this session, Kristen will share some advice and best practices for getting potential curlers' attention, driving them through your doors for a Learn To Curl. As the Olympics are coming soon, she'll also give some tips on how to attract and foster the interest of the masses who will be drawn to curling during that period. This is one talk that should not be missed!
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Recorded on 5/2/21
Redefining the Delivery with Olympian + Coach John Benton
John Benton, USA Olympian and owner of Cold Granite Curling joins us to talk about “the delivery”. Whether it be yourself, your teammates, your athletes, or even a brand new curler, Coach Benton believes there is a more simple and effective way to teach and learn the curling delivery.
In this talk he will travel through these discussion points:
What is "The Goal" of the curling delivery?
How do you achieve and maintain consistency in your delivery?
Are you as good in your last bonspiel game as in the first?
How can you eliminate unneeded motion, wasted energy, and variability to produce an effective and repeatable delivery.
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Recorded on 3/28/21
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Analytics Deep Dive - Episode 2 “The Chart”
with Gerry Geurts of Curling Zone
Looking deeper at the end-by-end "poker" percentage win-rate chart and using some other numbers to try and understand your own strengths and weaknesses while helping identify trends in opponent play.
This is one talk you should not miss. Recommended for beginners in analytics.
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Recorded on 3/17/21
Resilience in the Face of Uncertainty and its Challenges with Dr. Wesch
In this webinar, Natascha will focus on the topics of Growth & Resilience – sport is life ‘sped up’ and we must develop coping strategies that work for us and our situation, and to do this we often must take a new/different perspective on things in order to growth and develop resilience. The global pandemic has been challenging, to say the least, and especially difficult for athletes who have had every aspect of their passion stripped away from them. This webinar will give you an opportunity to reflect on the growth that's happened out of necessity.
Natascha Wesch, PhD (cert) OAMHP, CCC, MPC. Dr. Wesch is a certified Counselor, and specializes in Mental Performance Training. She works with athletes from all ages, backgrounds, and sports..
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Recorded on 2/28/21
MIXED DOUBLES STRATEGY AND BASICS WITH CHELSEA CAREY AND COLIN HODGSON
Chelsea Carey and Colin Hodgson's seminar on the strategies, tactics and basics of mixed doubles curling.
More details to come... but look forward to topics such as
They will cover topics such as
How the predetermined stones forces the play to the middle.
The different ways to open a power play
Identifying a bail out point in time
Who skips the game?
To hit or to draw? Mixed doubles is unforgiving about missed shots.
When to sweep or not to sweep your own stones, pros and cons.
Carey + Hodgson - World class mixed doubles vying to represent Canada at the Winter Olympic Games.
Chelsea is the 2019 + 2016 Canadian women's champion skip, 2016 Alberta provincial women's champion skip, and 2014 Manitoba provincial women's champion skip.
Colin is a three-time Manitoba provincial champion (2015, 2018 & 2019) and he plays lead for Team Mike McEwen. He is also the co-owner of Dynasty Apparel.
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Recorded on 1/31/21
Becoming a Better Brusher with no Ice with Stephanie Thompson
Curlers at all levels struggle with being able to apply more force to the brush head while sweeping and it comes down to 2 things: Poor positioning, and lack of strength and confidence in those positions. Join us with Stephanie Thompson, registered Kinesiologist and Certified Personal Trainer, as she discusses sweepin g techniques.
For most curlers, sweeping is almost 75% of what they are responsible for during a game. Being able to improve your effectiveness on the brush gives your teammates a greater shot tolerance, and becoming more efficient maintains your energy and focus during a game, while also decreasing your risk of soreness and injury.
Learn how to choose the sweeping position that is appropriate for your body, and what muscles to train to help make you be more effective. We’ll go over the major differences between sweeping in an open vs closed stance, the basic footwork, common brushing mistakes, and some pieces you need to include in your training to make sweeping more comfortable and more powerful.
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Recorded on 1/17/20
Matching the Demands of Sport to the Athlete's Body with Stephanie Thompson
Join us with Stephanie Thompson, registered Kinesiologist and Certified Personal Trainer, as she discusses two key ideas: There is no one way to throw a rock or sweep a stone. There is an efficient way for every athlete to throw and sweep, and it is based on what the athlete can physically do.
She will be answering key questions such as:
What are the key characteristics of delivery that an athlete must show to be efficient?
What parts of the body need to be mobile, and what parts of the body need to be strong and stable in the delivery? (This is different than fitness; strength, power, flexibility, cardiovascular health).
What are some key movements athletes must be able to “own” off-ice in order to maximize the efficiency of their ice delivery.
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Recorded on 10/18/20
Critical Equipment for Ice Making with Shawn Olesen and Quentin Way
It's easy to get lost in the weeds with ice equipment. Head USCA Ice Techs, Shawn Olesen and Quentin Way, break down the wants and needs associated with equipment while keeping price in mind.
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Recorded on 10/11/20
Sweeping & Team Communication with Team Dunnam
SWEEEEEP!!! Sweeping communication is one of the most important parts of curling. It impacts every member of the team, and is an instrumental tool in taking a team's game to the next level. Team Dunnam introduces this important tool and discusses team sweeping systems that can be applied to all levels
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Recorded on 10/4/20
Intro To Sports Psychology
Join us for an introduction to sport psychology on August 30th with the incredible Dr. Natascha Wesch! She will be speaking about the basics of sport psychology, how it can be utilized by curlers at any level, and where you can start if you've never had exposure to sport psych before. Dr. Wesch is a certified Counselor, and specializes in Mental Performance Training. She works with athletes from all ages, backgrounds, and sports.
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Recorded on 8/30/20
ask the ice techs
USCA Head Ice Maker, Shawn Olesen and USCA Ice Maker Jeff Schliesman share their expertise on ice making and ice conditions. They will be covering the following topics:
Club/icemaker reputation
Warm room/ice shed cleanliness
Stones: club, brought in/scratched
How many draws between scrapes
Outside weather
Airflow and temperature
Ice surface temperature
Humidity/dew point
Scraping patterns/snow on blade
Pebbling technique
Nip pattern/ snow on blade
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Recorded on 8/23/20
Five Rock Rule
Mike Graves, from the Midland Curling Club in Midland, Michigan is an experienced Junior Coach and middle school teach, will be discussing the five rock rule. This rule has been in effect for sometime now, however, teams are still searching for ways to optimize it. In this session of the series hear Mike Graves explain how you can use the five rock rule to your advantage.
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Recorded on 8/9/20