Coach Doherty
Runaway Rock
- Challenges Mental Toughness
- Forces thrower to focus
- Learn/Practice to block out distraction
- Imagine you throw all your shots on a single sheet, with only your team around.
- Get rock ready when other team is in progress
- Anticipate strategic decisions
- Stop chatter mid-game, pay attention
- Defensive play is faster (hits, peels, etc.)
- Curling Shoes
- Pants
- Under layers (spandex, under armour, t-shirt)
- Jacket
- Gloves/Mitts
- Stop Watch (battery?)
- Scrubby Brush
- Broom heads
- Bobby Pins
- Stress ball
- LINE OF DELIVERY – Once you line yourself up in the hack, everything should be straight back and straight forward. If you do not line yourself up in the hack, it doesn’t matter what you’re looking at because you’ll probably end up on the the wrong sheet (Scott).
- VISUALIZATION – Because we couldn’t see, we were forced to visualize in our minds. We could see the line and the outcome of the shot without using our actual eyes… in our miiiinds.
Things to remember…
- Head over broom head
- Flat back (parallel to ground)
- Feet outside your hips (LEAN ON IT!!)
- Cover the running surface… just a few inches
- Communicate LOUDLY/Effectively (hand signals? zones?)
*IF YOU’RE READING THIS, MAKE SURE YOU’RE HAVING YOUR SEASON PLANNING MEETINGS SOON!!*
1. Goals
2. Schedule
3. Finances
4. Priorities (work, school, etc.)
5. Pre game routine (specific… where? When? What kind of music?)
6. Warm ups
7. How to use your pre-game practice
8. Who gets unmatched rocks? Pigs?
9. What you like to hear/see/do when you make a shot
10. What you like to hear/see/do when you miss a shot
11. Game plans/overall strategy