My daughter joined curling when she was 7 and since then has flourished and so has my love for the game.
I initially started as a mom who sat in the window each practice and socialized with other parents but as the next season came volunteers were needed to keep the Little Rocks Program going, so I upgraded to a parent “coach” who went out on the ice to help with the kids and since that day I’ve been out there for the past 6 years! What a great 6 years it’s been to see the love and progression of these kids is something else, each year it’s so nice to see returning kids and the love for the game keeps growing.
Curling is one of those games you can’t match, you know you have those parents who are new to the game and are ready to bang on the glass during bonspiel’s if an opponent misses a shot in excitement and then you have to remind them polity and say “oh no, we don’t do that in curling, we cheer for both teams and applauded good shots and cute moments when a child who is struggling finally gets one in the house (or over the hog line)”. It’s such a respectable sport and one I am so glad to be a part of.
Now that my daughter is moving on to bantam age, I am excited to see where her love of curling will take her…. and me!
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