Lovers of curling are passionate about the game. More than 1 million Canadians curl at 1,000 clubs nationwide, and television ratings for curling events are often higher than for Hockey Night in Canada. Russ Howard, one of the biggest names in elite curling, shows you how to put everything you can into your game. Howard has won the Brier championship a record-breaking 107 times; he?s a multiple World Championship winner and was named ?Curler of the Century? by Sweep magazine. He is also a 2006 Olympic gold-medal winner as a member of Canada?s famous ?Team Gushue.? With three decades of experience, Russ has a unique ability to blend the mental and physical sides of curling, and a huge talent for strategy and acing near-impossible shots. Curl to Win is his best advice for improving both your skill level and your understanding of the game. He gives you tips on creating a game plan, choosing the best shot, and the arts of sweeping and delivery. Special attention is given to nutrition and exercise, areas too often neglected by casual curlers. Fully illustrated with step-by-step photographs and diagrams, Curl to Win is the essential guide for all curlers?from novice to elite.

Curl to Win

Sports & Outdoors

Howard, Russ

Winter Sports

Collins

“Invaluable to anyone looking to improve on playing and understanding the game.” —Sweep magazine
“You will become a better curler—a winning curler—after having read Curl to Win.” — Brad Gushue, 2006 Olympic Gold Medalist, men’s curling
From Olympic gold-medalist and Canada’s “curler of the century,” Russ Howard, comes Curl to Win, the essential guide for curlers at all levels—from novice to elite, and everything in between. With a record of 107 Brier wins, Howard has won multiple World Championships, and helped invent the Free Guard Zone that has been adopted by curling organizations worldwide. In Curl to Win, he shares insights that will help established and aspiring curlers alike to better understand the game while improving their skills and strategy.

Hockey

Harper

“And again, I had to pinch myself. Could this all really be happening? Was it possible that I was now a gold medal winner at fifty?
“I had won many championships, world and Canadian championships, Ontario and New Brunswick championships. I had won hundreds of bonspiels and cashed scores of first-place cheques. I have a basement full of trophies and medals, but nothing could compare to the moment I was experiencing now; nothing could ever match the newest reward that was hanging from my neck.”
 From Hurry Hard, Chapter 1
It was a long journey for Russ Howard from his childhood in small-town Ontario to the pinnacle of the Olympic podium in Turin at the 2006 Winter Games. Worlds apart, separated by thousands of kilometers and over four decades, but joined by one remarkable curling career.
A career that started on a quiet, lonely rink in Midland, Ontario. Howard, coached by his father, developed a solid, consistent delivery at an early age. He loved practicing, where other youngsters loathed it, and for hour after lonely hour he honed his skills by throwing rock after rock on the rink at the Midland Curling Club. A natural skip from a young age, Howard was always drawn in by the strategy of the game. He relished the responsibility of throwing the last rock. For him, it was always exciting and thrilling to control the final shot of the game, where others were fearful or nervous. And for over three decades, it has been exciting and thrilling to watch him.
With award-winning journalist Bob Weeks, Russ Howard takes us on his personal journey through forty years of playing the game he loves: championships won and lost, the characters in the game, ever-changing teams and teammates, personal triumph and heartbreak, and an inside view of the curling world from one of the greatest in the sport.

Hurry Hard: The Russ Howard Story

Weeks, Bob

Biographies & Memoirs

wiley

The ultimate guide to improving your game-from Canada's most celebrated curler Whether you're stepping into the hack for the first time, looking to improve your delivery or trying to better understand strategy, Curl to Win will help you take your game to the next level. Renowned for his ability to blend the mental and physical aspects of curling as well as his innovative and effective strategies, Russ Howard has written a practical handbook that no curler should be without. Russ draws on his more than three decades of experience as a winning player and coach to explain:
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<li>Basics-start off on the right foot by picking the right equipment and really understanding how to play the game</li> <li>Delivery-improve your accuracy and consistency with gold-medal techniques and tips</li> <li>Sweeping-sweep effectively by avoiding common mistakes</li> <li>Strategy-form a winning game plan through strategies like making the most of the free guard zone</li> <li>Drills-practise like a pro with Russ's own drills for sweeping, delivery and ice reading</li> <li>Tips and tricks-learn how to match rocks, have a winning mindset, yell "Hurry hard!" and much more</li>
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Fully illustrated with step-by-step photographs and diagrams, Curl to Win will help you get more out of your game.

Curl To Win

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