Today’s episode features English researcher and curler Jotham Sugden. We talk about his mission with his website www.leancurling.com centring around curling research.

 

We answer a couple questions such as:

• How can an athlete and a coach determine what information is good?
• How to combine experience and research with the human athlete in front you?
• What matters more, experience, education or research?

 

We also touch a bit on sweeping science

 

Key resources mentioned:

• Evidence Based Practice -Standards:

1. Using to best possible research evidence
2. Utilizing curling experience and expertise
3. Taking individual preferences into account

• Contact form on website: [email protected]
• IG: leancurling
• TPI for golf
• Meta-analysis on curling research by Emily Zacharias
• Joe’s challenge: 90 sec max sweeping test → looking for a drop off in power. Measure sweeping frequency and power (with smart broom or force plate -more validated).
  • Power = Force (vertical) x Velocity.
  • From video measure distance of brush stroke, and # of strokes to calculate velocity
  • Contact Joe for assistance/share results
• Reminder: no 2 smart brooms are the same (can be helpful as a tool for individual session adjustments)

 

Some other great episodes to check out:

• Episode 48: Sassy hips and energy leaks
• Episode 65: 5 reasons you aren’t a better brusher
• Episode 55: Should I 'toe out' while curling?  

 Listen & watch below, on your favourite streaming ap or on TheCurlingsNews.com

 

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Take care,

 

Coach Steph