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What changes the result

The rules behind the moments commentators get excited about. They build on the beginner rules.

I · Intermediate · 5 rules · Step 2 of 4

The game

  1. Who gets the last stone in curling?Having the last stone of the end, the hammer, is an advantage.
  2. What do the skip, lead, second and third do in curling?Players deliver in a declared order, lead first and skip usually last, and keep it all game.

Stones in play

  1. What is the five-rock rule in curling?Until the sixth stone of an end, no team may move an opponent's stone from the free guard zone (between hog line and tee line, outside the house) out of play.

Competition

  1. How much time does a curling team get?Each team has its own thinking time: 38 minutes in a 10-end game, 30 in an 8-end game and 22 in mixed doubles.
  2. How does mixed doubles curling work?A mixed doubles team is one man and one woman with no alternate.
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