The Development of a Curling Simulation for Performance Improvement based on a Physics Engine

Heo, Myeong-Hyeon; Kim, Dongho

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2013.07.048

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“…Generally, the skip also plays the last two stones of each end (game situation after 16 played stones). The team who has scored the most points after 10 ends is victorious (Bradley, 2009; Willoughby and Kostuk, 2004; Kostuk and Willoughby, 2006; Heo and Kim, 2013).…”

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Applying design of experiments to optimize the performance level of a curling sport team

Antony

Lauterbach

Viles

et al. 2023

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PurposeThis article presents a novel case study that analyzes the applicability of DoE in the curling sport in order to improve their own performance and the performance of its athletes. Specifically, this study analyzes the most important factors to increase accuracy and precision in the draw game with curlers' opinions. It was decided to use the “Last Stone Draw (LSD)’ as an appropriate play situation.Design/methodology/approachSpecifically, this study analyzes most important factors to increase accuracy and precision in the draw game with curlers opinions from the German Curling association. Three research techniques were used in this study: case study, interviews and a well-designed experiment. The analysis through the use of DoE includes a measurement system analysis, an initial variance test between two players, a screening and a characterization experiment.FindingsThe results obtained from DoE suggest that the factors routine, stress, release, balance, and the previous play situation have a substantial impact on the score of the player's draw game. However, no factor has a statistically significant impact on the average distance to the center of the target. Moreover, the DoE analysis also concludes that the accuracy and precision of the player's performance is not affected equally by all analyzed factors, but they turn into highly significant when examining their relationship to the other factors.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study can be beneficial to other sports events in improving the performance. Moreover, DoE has proved to be an invaluable tool for many people in the German Curling Association in understanding the factors which influence the curlers performance and also factors which do not affect the curlers performance.Originality/valueThis research attempts to contribute to the existing sports management literature by identifying a way in which DoE can be an effective tool in non-manufacturing settings for identification of most important factors which influence the curling performance.

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Applying design of experiments to optimize the performance level of a curling sport team

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Viles

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“…When the literature is reviewed, it is seen that research on curling are related to sports psychology (Westlund Stewart and Hall, 2017;Tamminen and Crocker, 2013;Collins and Durand-Bush, 2010, 2014Paquette and Sullivan, 2012;Shank and Yves, 2013;Stewart and Hall, 2016), engineering (Buckingham et al, 2006;Lee et al, 2019;Gwon et al, 2020;Heo and Kim, 2013;Ito and Kitasei, 2015;Kawamura et al, 2015;Masui et al, 2016), sweeping (Bradley, 2009;Kim et al, 2021;Yanagi et al, 2008;, hammer (Kostuk and Willoughby, 2006;Ahmad et al, 2016;David, 2012) and strategy (Willoughby and Kostuk, 2005;Otani et al, 2016;Willoughby and Kostuk, 2004). However, no study has been found on the revised FGZ rule in order to increase the excitement in curling and attract more people's attention.…”

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The Impact of Free Guard Zone Rule Modification on the Game of Curling

AĞDUMAN,

BEDİR

2023

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The Free Guard Zone (FGZ) rule, one of the most important elements that has been applied in the sport of curling for the last 30 years, was modified by the World Curling Federation in 2018 to add more excitement to the game. With the modification of the FGZ rule it is expected that the games will be played more competitively. The aim of this research is to examine the changes in various parameters such as the points generated per game, number of blank ends, total ends played, big ends and the extra end situation after the revised FGZ rule. Within the scope of the study elite level international competitions (Olympic Games, World and European Curling Championships) played for 3 years before (844 games) and after (908 games) the FGZ rule in the womens and mens category were evaluated. The data was taken from the Historical Results section of the World Curling Federation web page. Independent Sample t test was run in JASP 0.15.0.0 statistical analysis program. The level of significance was taken as p

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