Curling teams

Introduction

Every curling team has the same basic structure. Once you start curling, you will need to know about each position on a curling team.

Curling Player Positions

Every curling team has the following four player positions. They are the:

1. Lead
2. Second
3. Vice/Vice-Skip/Third
4. Skip

Each position on a curling team has specific duties to keep the game moving at an efficient, action-packed pace. We will learn about those very soon. There are other people involved in a curling team as well called the Fifth and the coach.

Curling Teams List

There are lots of professional curling teams you will see on televised curling programs such as:

• USA Curling Team skipped by John Schuster (mens) and Nina Roth (womens)
• Canadian Curling Team skipped by Brad Gushue (mens) and Rachel Homan (womens)
• Swedish Curling Team skipped by Niklas Edin (mens) and Anna Hasselborg (womens)
• Swiss Curling Team skipped by Peter de Cruz (mens)
• Russian Curling Team skipped by Anna Sidorova (womens)
• Norwegian Curling Team skipped by Thomas Ulsrud (mens)
• Scottish Curling Team skipped by Eve Muirhead (womens)