Left foot in left hack....Left arm outside of left leg.

Good balance. Right leg on the right side and left arm on the left side

She's right handed but slides on her right foot. Her left arm gives support on the left side.

The Utica Slide Delivery

The standard curling delivery involves two means of support on one side of the body and nothing on the other. This is the reason that it is difficult and awkward for all but the nimble to master. Big people in particular have trouble contorting their leg under them. The right hander has his left leg and left arm for support on the left side and nothing on the right side. The left hander is similarily handicapped

The reason for this is that until recently the ice was slow and the shooter had to swing the rock up and backwards to get enough force. If they tried to slide on the right foot they would had to have put their left leg in the left hack. But then the swinging rock would have hit their right leg.

That's history. We now have fast ice. The over weight arthritic fifty year old has struggled long enough. We now have a modern delivery that allows one means of support on each side of the body. That delivery is called The Utica Foot Slide which evolved naturally from The Utica Knee Slide .

This delivery capitalizes on this fast ice in that the rock no longer has to be swung. The following is a brief summary and assumes that the reader is familiar with the game.

The right hander puts the slider on the right foot and places the left foot in the left hack for the case of dual hacks or in the single hack if there is only one hack.
The left arm is outside the left leg, and, as before, on the broom or stablizer.The right foot is almost directly behind the hack foot. The body weight is centered over the hack foot and the rock is directly in front of the left foot. As in the standard delivery the hips are raised prior to push-off for power. As the rock is pushed off the left leg straighens, the right foot comes forward, and the left arm adds support. The curler slides out with weight on the right foot, left arm, and trailing toes.

The slide will not veer off to the right as long as the body stays centered over the hack foot at push-off.

Experienced curlers will find it a quite awkward and even dangerous because they have the slider on the other foot. New prospects will take to it more easily than the standard delivery. Big bodied curlers will find it especially easy. See www.whycurl.blogspot.com to see how it helps big curlers.

This slide meets the letter and intent of the delivery rule.

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