Teoriya i praktika fizicheskoy kultury №10 2016, pp. 79-80

UDC 796.092

Associate Professor, PhD Y.V. Shuliko¹
Professor, Dr.Med. I.V. Levshin¹
Associate Professor, PhD D.S. Mel'nikov¹
Professor, Dr.Biol. J.A. Povareshchenkova^1
1Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health, St. Petersburg

e-mail: d.s.mel@mail.ru

At present time, the inclusion of curling mixed doubles in the Winter Olympics programme requires further systematization of the training process for teams of two players, determination of curlers' model performance parameters in this particular discipline and identifying significant differences with "classic" varieties of curling in the implementation of competitive actions aimed at winning game points.
The focus of competitive activity in mixed doubles is made on "slow" throws, most of which being enveloping. In mixed-doubles higher requirements are made to accuracy of entering remote reference point and a proper degree of stone rotation and acceleration during release. When training mixed doubles athletes it is necessary to focus more on training of complex types of both contact throws and draws, especially in case of players throwing the 1st and final stones in the end.

Keywords: curling, mixed double, competitive performance, curling stone throws.

References

1. The site of the World Curling Federation: http://results.worldcurling.org/.
2. The site of Curling Information Technology: http://curlit.com.
3. Schmidt R. The Five elements of curling technique / R. Schmidt – USA Curling, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA, 2012. – 115 p.

Received  29.08.2016 г.