Curling
Curling is a sport many people play. The most popular age for a guy or girl is the ages between 35-49. 25-34 and 50-64 are also very popular for there ages. Only 2% are under 20 years old that play this sport. Curling is done on ice or in the olden days they used the frozen over ponds to play curling.
To play curling you need four people. The first person is called a lead they are the first person to throw the first and second stone and then they sweep for 6 sweeps. Second person throws the third and fourth stone. Third person throws the fifth and sixth. The fourth person is like the captain they are called a skip. They think of the tactics and plans for the game, also they tell you what to do. The game can go for 15 minutes. The skip person throws the first stone and when the stone stops the next person is to throw the stone.
You need equipment to play curling, you need gloves but they are optional. You use a carbon fibre curling stick with a horse head. Curling shoes and a stone which is 19.1kg heavy the stone needs to be poilshed. You need a rink that is 42.07m long and 4.28m wide.
Curling was invented and found in medieval in scotland in the year 1541 . In 1998 curling was put into the winter Olympics. You can play outside or inside.
