WCF wheelchair
curling rules as revised June 2008 (pdf)
(text)
WCF wheelchair
curling eligibility {Rule 2(g)}
Paralympics wheelchair curling rules are governed by rules of the
WCF
Watch archived games from the 2006 Torino
Paralympics
Wheelchair Watch
Column - SWEEP! Magazine
Who should be
eligible to curl from a wheelchair?
Eric Eales August 3, 2008
Where is the optimal eligibility setting
on the continuum between "anyone sitting in a wheelchair" and "person
requiring a wheelchair for daily mobility"? [read
more]
"Keep it simple,"
says Coach Ernie Comerford
July 1,, 2008
I believe that many Coaches and Players
(even High Performance ones) make wheelchair curling FAR too
complicated. Heavens, when you really think about it, we are still only
trying to do THREE simple things in wheelchair curling (and able-bodied
curling for that matter). [read
more]
Some thoughts
on how to win - Eric Eales
March 20, 2007
If you take a game that relies on
sweeping for precise performance, and then remove the sweeping, you
remove much of the precision ..... This understanding should influence
how we play, how we coach and ultimately how we allocate resources to
develop the game. [read more]
Some
thoughts on coaching competitive teams in Canada -
Eric Eales December 3rd, 2006
A pendulum delivery,
while appearing to allow a smooth motion that maximises delivery weight,
has the huge disadvantage of making the curler triangulate between their
head, the rock, and the target. [read
more]
Wheelchair curling - how to play and how
to get involved - Eric Eales
Wheelchair curlers play with the same rocks and on the same ice as
regular curlers, though the rocks are thrown from a stationary
wheelchair, and there is no sweeping .... The great thing about
wheelchair curling is that just about anyone with access to a wheelchair
can play. [read more]
Le
curling en fauteuil roulant :
règles de base et trucs pour dénicher un club et jouer ! -
Eric Eales
Les
joueurs de curling en fauteuil roulant jouent avec les mêmes pierres et
sur la même surface de jeu que les joueurs réguliers. La seule
différence, c’est qu’ils lancent d’un fauteuil fixe et qu’il n’y a pas
de balayage ...
Le grand avantage avec le curling en fauteuil roulant, c’est que tous
ceux qui ont accès à un fauteuil peuvent jouer.
[lisez plus]
About this site
- Eric Eales updated September 25th, 2007
Wheelchair
curling in Canada - Eric Eales
(originally written for the CCA website) updated October 24, 2006
Torino Gold Medal Game - Shot by Shot
-
Canada vs Great Britain - Eric
Eales March 2006
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