FALL 2026 | Dates to Remember

AUGUST

01: Membership Opens
25: Early Registration Opens (50+ Volunteer Hours)
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September

01: Register for ONE League
08: Register for EXTRA Leagues
18: Opening Night Party
22: Fall Leagues Begin
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November

06-08: Rose City Doubles
20-22: D.K. Women's Bonspiel
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December

26: Family Tree Bonspiel
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Orientation
&
Fundamentals
Delivery Mechanics
&
Control
Sweeping
&
Team Dynamics
Shot Repertoire
&
Strategy
Competitive Play
&
Game Theory

🧭 Orientation & Fundamentals

Weeks 1–2
Objective: Understand the environment and basic mechanics.You’re not trying to be good yet—you’re trying to not be confused
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     🥌 Learn the anatomy of the ice (house, hog line, button, sheets)
     🥌 Scoring: Understand the goal: closest stone to the center
     🥌 Basic roles: skip, vice, second, lead
     🥌 Equipment basics: shoes (slider vs gripper), broom, stone
     🥌 First deliveries:
          • Balance out of the hack
          • Straight-line slide
          • Basic release (no spin mastery yet)

‍Mental model:
“Can I repeat a simple motion without falling apart?”

🧊 The Anatomy of the Ice

📋 Terms

Sheet

👉🏽 The piece of ice a game is played on (everything 'in' bounds)

🏠 The House

👉🏽 The bullseye target on ether end of the Sheet

The Center Line

👉🏽 The line running lenght-wise down the middle of the sheet (marked)

🫖 The T-Line

👉🏽 The horizontal line running through the middle of the House

🐖 The Hog Lines

👉🏽 The 2 red lines separating the middle of the sheet from the ends

The Hack

👉🏽 The device inserted in the ice from which you push off of when throwing

🎯 The House

📋 Terms

The house is the bullseye mark where stones have to be in to score. It is comprised by three concentric circles and a button:

12 Foot

👉🏽 The outermost circle of the home (blue)

8 Foot

👉🏽 The center circle of the home (white)

4-Foot

👉🏽 The innermost circle of the home (red)

The Button

👉🏽 The white button smack dab in the center of the home

🥌 Beginning of the End

[ Image of stone arrangement before each end ]

📋 What is an "End"

An end is essentially 1 round of play. Players from both teams line up on one end of the sheet and take turns throwing their stones toward the home on the opposite side of the sheet. Once all stones have been played and the score has been agreed up on and tallied, the end is over and players shift to the other side of the sheet (where the stones are) and set up to play the next end - this time throwing their stones toward the opposite home on the sheet.  

✅ Scoring

📋 How to Score  

Only 1 can score points in an end. The points depend on 2 factors:

Factor 1 | Which Team Scores

👉🏽 Whichever team has teh stone closest to center button scores

Factor 2 | How Many Points

👉🏽 From closest to farthest, the number of stones the winning team has in a row before the other team is how many points that team wins in an End

Example

In this example:
👉🏽 Yellow scores because it is closest to center button
👉🏽 Yellow team scores 3 because the order (closest to farthest) of stones is
1️⃣ | Yellow
2️⃣ | Yellow
3️⃣ | Yellow
4️⃣ | Red (at which point, you can stop counting)

✅ Roles / Order

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1st | Goes First

👉🏽 Explain type of person and type of shots (2 Shots)

2nd | Goes Second

👉🏽 Explain type of person and type of shots (2 Shots)

3d / Vice Skip | Goes Third

👉🏽 Explain type of person and type of shots (2 Shots)

Skip | Goes Last

👉🏽 Explain type of person and type of shots (2 Shots)

✅ Shots

📋 How to Score  

Only 1 can score points in an end. The points depend on 2 factors:

Guard | Rests In Front of the House

👉🏽 (Outline Different Guard Calls)

Draw | Inside The House (For Points)

👉🏽 (Outline Different Draw Calls)

Takeout | Get Rid of an Opponent's Stone

👉🏽 (Outline Different Draw Calls -Peel?

✅ Weights

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Hack | Stops At The Hack

👉🏽 (Further Elaborate On Weight & Gestures)

Board | Stops At The Back Board of the TKTK

👉🏽 (Further Elaborate On Weight & Gestures)

Control | Takeout Weight (Past Board)

👉🏽 (Further Elaborate On Weight & Gestures)