lowwall:
Shuffleboard on ice makes it? You might as well add horseshoes to the summer games. I may have to rethink the whole thing, maybe add a minimum VO2max requirement.
Heh. So you would add "breaking a sweat" to the requirements list? I'm not ready to go there, yet.
As with baseball, curling is a sport that requires more from the participants than simple physical prowess. Both are games that require intellectual capacity, the ability to think strategically and tactically, in addition to highly developed technical skills and finesse.
Neither will leave the participants dripping in sweat but if we're only going to count those sports that require speed or endurance and don't require any smarts, we're going to be left with nothing but football and power lifting.
Besides, curling requires more physical effort and skill than you might realize. Yeah, the ice is slippery but that's part of why it's so difficult: the ice is specially made to be more slippery than usual and most people have a hard time walking on it without falling down, let alone shoving a 42 pound hunk of granite from one end to the other. If you've never tried curling, you have no idea just how hard - or fun - it can be. As someone who lives in Chicago, you've got a great opportunity to try curling for yourself at the
Chicago Curling Club. Stop in and watch - it's civilized, comfortable and coed - and then sign up to give it a try.
In the meantime, the US Women's team bit the dust but the guys have reached the medal round and are playing the
hosers for the second time later today.
