Curling game rules are pretty simple and the game is based on the aspect of accuracy in landing heavy granite stones as close to the target as possible. The game was conceived in Scotland as early as the sixteenth century from which paintings have been recovered depicting the players playing the game. Apart from the paintings that were discovered, there has also been a curling stone which dates back to the annum 1951.
Curling game rules require a team of four members to do the task of getting the granite stones within close proximity of the ‘home’ which is what the target is called. The players may not touch the stones while they are in motion though they hold two sticks or brushes with which they can guide, to a very minor extent, the path and the distance of the stone. The sticks that are used by the players of the team to push off the granite stones are called “delivery sticks” which are more in the shape of a long pole which has a flat, rectangular end, somewhat similar to the shape of a wiper which is used to clean wet floors with.
Curling game rules for the Olympic games differ from the rules which are termed as “acceptable” in club play in the manner that in the Olympic games a delivery stick may not be used, instead the players may only use the handles that are integrated on the top part of the stone to give it its initial momentum. The delivery stick is the wooden or metal pole by which a player may push the granite stones from the starting location.
Curling Game Rules
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