Coaching Kids Curling
The goal of this podcast is to help those who are involved with youth curling programs, including coaches, volunteers, program organizers and parents.
Our primary focus will be on "U12" or "Little Rocks" curling, but this podcast will occasionally touch on topics of interest to U15/U18/U21 coaches and organizers. Coach Glenn Gabriel will offer advice, share resources and give you the occasional pick-me-up when you need it.
To contact Coach Glenn, e-mail: coachingkidscurling@gmail.com
Our Web site is: coachingkidscurling.com
Coaching Kids Curling
Delivery: Release Point Method With John Benton (Part 2 of 2)
This is a two-part series!
John Benton is a longtime American competitive curler, administrator and coach. He also owns a company called "Cold Granite Curling" that provides training for individuals and teams. His approach to the delivery is called the "Release Point Method" (RPM). In Part 2, we continue our discussion of the three "planes," the value of keeping things simple, and talk about the state of Junior Curling at his club in Minnesota.
NOTE: It's helpful if you can download the RPM Handbook PDF in advance to follow the conversation.
Release Point Method (RPM) Handbook link
https://bit.ly/3c6lwim
Some of the topics we discuss include:
* Where do US curling coaches find out how to teach the delivery? (1:00)
* Working on the Glide Plane by doing long slides (3:03)
* Don't be super critical of a kid's setup when working on Line Plane (5:40)
* A drill from Coach Lino Di Iorio (Balance Plus) that highlights the difference in setup between inturns and outturns (7:14)
* The difficulty of looking for lateral movement when an athlete wears all black (11:17)
* RPM is a "minimalist" method and one not tied to specific techniques (12:57)
* What is Cold Granite Curling? (16:55)
* A summary of the Junior programs at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, Minnesota (19:50)
Links to the resources mentioned in this episode:
Cold Granite Curling Web site
https://www.coldgranite.com/
Release Point Method (RPM) Handbook link
https://bit.ly/3c6lwim
"Curling - The Slide Demo.mpg" YouTube video from Continental Cup 2012
https://youtu.be/y8OQkNk8WpY
Pro-Slide Delivery Aid by Reid Carruthers - Hardline Web site
https://hardlinecurling.com/en/pro-slide-by-reid-carruthers
Four Seasons Curling Club (Blaine, MN, USA) Web site
https://www.fourseasonscurlingclub.com/
Curler Outreach Program Web site
https://curleroutreach.org/
John's e-mail address: jbcurler@gmail.com
Follow our podcast on Twitter: @kidscurling
Glenn Gabriel is an NCCP-certified curling coach who lives in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. He has been the coordinator of the Little Rocks (U12) program at East York Curling Club in Toronto since 2011. If you have a question or feedback on the podcast, send us an e-mail at coachingkidscurling@gmail.com
The intro and outro music is "Golden Sunrise (Instrumental Version)"
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/The_Wake_1790/JoshWoodward-TheWake-NoVox-10-GoldenSunrise
By Josh Woodward
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward
Licensed under CC BY 3.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
