Brush Like a Badass: A curler's guide to great sweeping

by Dean Gemmell

Front end players (Leads and Seconds) in the sport of curling spend 75% of every game brushing stones. Yet 95% of the material in books on curling is about delivering the stone and strategy. In Brush Like a Badass, the focus is squarely on being a first-rate brusher and a great front end player. When you read how to Brush Like a Badass, you'll • The optimal body position • The ideal brush position • How to generate pressure and speed • How to judge the weight of the thrown stone • How to Switch and when to do it • The reason we sometimes brush for curl • Why footwork matters • The importance of cleaning • How to communicate effectively • When to inject opinion — and when to keep your mouth shut It's all in here — the first guide to being the kind of front end player top skips want on their teams. Read this book, put the advice into practice, and you'll find yourself helping your team win more games.

Genres: Nonfiction

62 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 10, 2015

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a short book - but, really, how much can one say about sweeping? I think it has some good information and I'll be making some adjustments in my game.

[Rhonda · Rating 4 out of 5]

good book for curlers. I like how he addresses the long debate on whether sweeping open or closed is better and why

[Mikhayla Tokarski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great info with pictures to help demonstrate the concept. 👍🏻

[Will · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of information in a short book. Great book to start for new curlers learning the techniques of a sweeper, including judging weight. While experienced curlers may have already picked up most of the material through tips and experience, this is a one-stop reference to go back to as a refresher or a reference. Only drawback is there are some personal bias against a few popular practices which were all but ignored, such as the Ferbey weight system.

[Marta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helpful tips with some science to back it up. Always good.

[Kirsten Higashikawa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still so much room for improvement in my sweeping. Short and concise.