The 3 basic shots in curling are the Draw (a stone that comes to rest in the house), a Guard (a stone that comes to rest short of the house and either protects a stone in the house or is put up first and then curled around later, and the Takeout (a stone with sufficient "weight" to go through the house).
The houses is the scoring area, which is marked by a circle, 12 feet in diameter, that contains three smaller concentric circles. A stone is the round granite playing piece, 11 inches in diameter and 39 to 41 ½ pounds in weight, fitted with a handle.
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Curling
Originating in Scotland in the 1500s, the game involves four-member teams that face each other across a single sheet of ice. Each team takes turns throwing or sliding 42-pound polished granite stones toward its target, or house. "The immediate goal is to have your rock come to rest on the spot that the team captain or `skip' has requested," notes the Petersham club's Web site. "The ultimate goal is for the four-person team to have their rock(s) closest to the center of the target or `house https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-is-curling
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