Learn To Curl - Tip #23 - How To Call Line

Thanks Jamie...this was awesome. I'll be sharing your videos with our local club curling page. Love that you take the time to teach us this wonderful sport.

Nicely done. The fundamental details can never be over-emphasized.

Great video. Only one add. If you can't use the tee line because a rock blocks the throwers' view, move your broom forward towards the thrower's hack (i.e. on the angle, not straight out). Have to keep reminding the juniors of this.

thank you. would be nice to watch you curling again, but hopefully that time comes soon -- when it's safe. great to be seeing videos again. peace.

Wow you turned this out quick! Thank you!

Love to see you at Tampa bay Curling club when we start up again.....

For folks curling in the Northeast US: a exception to the rule, for some reason A LOT of skips from Albany point the opposite direction with their arms. (Yes that's right, many if not most folks from that club point in the direction they expect it to curl not in rather than the direction the handle should start). Throws one off completely the first time you play them.... or even just the first end each time, lol.
Otherwise great advice a usual of course. :-) Communication is so key.

Have you done reading the rock for a skip, yet?

I would really love some Team Sinclair gear! Where can I buy it?

Great to see you back with your videos. Love them. An idea I have for a new video....the one thing, of many, that I struggle with is what direction to hit a stone with, in-turn vs. Out-turn, when wanting to throw a double take out for instance. I know that the angle of each turn can have different effect on the rock that is thrown. But i am not grasping the physics of it. . i hope I am explaining this ok. Thank you Jamie.

Good teaching for newer curlers keep it up thanks

Thank you for your videos. Complete noob at 37 and these have been very helpful. Good luck on your journey.

Hey Jamie,
I was playing skip in one of my "bye" games this last week and our normal team's skip told me after the game that when calling a tolerance shot it should be higher or lower (vertical) in the playing area and not farther to one side or the other side (horizontal) (i.e. calling the tolerance based on how much I think the stone will curl). I made one call that was within the 4 foot area and my tolerance shot was in the 12-foot, 8-foot area but outside the middle 4 foot area, so it was more of a diagonal tolerance. Thoughts? I wanted your input on this.

Another straight forward, informative video Jamie. As a new skip I'm surprised to see how many skips don't use the tee line. I also hover the broom a couple of inches above the ice if there are rocks blocking the throwers view. Not something I see other skips doing but it seems to work.

Great explanation and really learning a lot. Thanks

As a new player at the Albany (NY) Curling Club I can confirm what AJHipCurler said two years ago about the direction a skip points to communicate their intention with regard to the curl. So I immediately was saying 'wait, that's wrong!' when I was watching the "How to Call a Shot" video. It's interesting that something as basic as that would be done differently in different regions. But there you have it. Another bit of complexity to learn.

In this video your arm for the the turn of the shot does not match the turn you show on the rock.