Pickle ball and Curling Flashcards
Backboard
Bourd or bumper at the end of each sheet of ice
Back ring
Portion of the 8-foot and 12-foot rings behind the tee-line
Biter
A rock partially inside the outer edge of the 12 foot ring
Blank End
An end that is scoreless, with no rocks in the house at the completion of the end
Blanking an End
A deliberated attempt by a skip with last rock advantage to create a blank end to retain last rock advantage in the next end
Bonspiel:
A curling competition comprised of a number of individual events.
Bumper:
Is the backstop (foam or rubber composition), which rests against the backboards to protect them from impact of rocks.
Burned Rock:
A delivered rock touched by a team member or his equipment while the rock is in motion.
Bury a Stone:
A rock placed behind a guard or guards so that it cannot be hit directly.
Button:
The area within the central ring.
Chip:
A shot that hits another rock on the side.
Chip and Roll:
To hit an opposing rock and roll to a new position in the house:
Coming Home:
The final end of regulation play of a match.
Counter:
Any rock which touches any portion of the house.
Double:
Removal of two rocks from the playing area with one shot.
Draw Weight:
Sufficient momentum to enable a rock delivered to reach the house.
End:
That portion of a game when sixteen rocks have been played. A game consists of a specified number (10) of ends.
Fall:
A portion of the ice surface, which is not level and thus, causes a moving rock to deviate from its path.
Front Ring:
The portion of eight-foot and twelve-foot rings in front of the tee line.
Freeze:
A rock with sufficient momentum to come to the face of another rock in the house, without moving it.
Giving Ice:
The placing of the broom for a target to aim at, in regard to the amount of draw expected.
Guard:
Any rock that blocks the path of another rock.
Hack Weight:
Sufficient momentum to move a rock from hack to hack.
Heavy:
A rock delivered with more than the desired weight.
Heavy Ice:
Dull ice, thus requires more effort to deliver a rock.
House:
The area within the twelve foot circle.
Ice:
The distance between the skip’s broom and the rock or target area, determined by the amount of “draw” anticipated.
In-turn:
A clockwise rotation imparted to the rock as it is released in the delivery (right-handed curler).
Keen-ice:
Fast ice.
Keen-ice:
Fast ice.
Last Rock:
The last rock to be delivered in an end.
Lead:
The first player on the team. They deliver the first two rocks of each end.
Light:
A rock that is delivered with less than the desired weight.
Narrow:
A rock delivered inside the imaginary line to the skip’s broom.
Off the Broom:
A rock delivered of the imaginary line to the skip’s broom.
On the Broom:
A rock delivered on the imaginary line to the skip’s broom.
Out-turn:
A counterclockwise rotation imparted to the rock as it is released in the delivery (right-handed curler).
Out-turn:
A counterclockwise rotation imparted to the rock as it is released in the delivery (right-handed curler).
Pebble:
The rough playing surface caused by sprinkling water on the ice.
Playdown:
Series of competitions to declare champions.
Port:
An opening between two rocks wide enough to allow another rock to pass through.
Raise:
When one rock is bumped ahead with another.
Roll:
The movement of the hitting rock after hitting a stationary rock in play.
Second:
The second player on the team. They deliver the second pair of rocks.
Skip:
The last member of the curling team, who generally delivers the last pair of rocks and also directs the strategy of the match.
Skip:
The last member of the curling team, who generally delivers the last pair of rocks and also directs the strategy of the match.
Take-out:
A removal of a rock from the playing area by hitting it with another rock delivered with sufficient momentum to do so.
Tee Line:
Line passing through the center of the circles at right angles to the centerline.
Third:
The vice-skip. The player who delivers the third pair of rocks.
Wide:
A rock delivered outside the imaginary line to the skip’s broom.
