چكيده لاتين :
Curling is a sport played on ice in which two teams each deliver
8 granite stones towards a target, or ‘house’. It is the only sport
in which the trajectory of the projectile can be influenced after it
has been released by the athlete. This is achieved by sweeping
the ice in front of the stone to change the stone-ice friction and
thereby enable to stone to travel further, curl more or stay
straight. Hard sweeping is physically demanding. Different
techniques of sweeping can also have different effects on the
stone. This paper will review the current research behind sweeping
a curling stone, outline the physiological demands of sweeping,
the associated performance effects and suggest potential
strategies of sweeping that can be used by both coaches and
curling teams.
