Development and Application of Curling Brush for Evaluating Sweeping Performance

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Sweeping is the action of moving a brush in front of a sliding stone to clean or polish the ice surface in curling. Curlers are often asked to strongly sweep the ice in order to correct the speed or the trajectory of the stone in the games. Therefore we attempted to develop the curling brush for measuring forces exerted during the sweeping. We found that the forces that the curlers could exert during the sweeping were related to their physiques, competitive experiences and physical fitness levels (especially the arm strength).