I'm asking because it was on TV tonight. Below is a clip of the sport if you're unfamiliar with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB4WrtQbI9Q&feature=related
This is a tough one for me to decide.
One the one hand, the stone that they slide looks very heavy, and of course men have a slight advantage when it comes to upper body strength.
But I think the edge goes to women in this sport. While men have the strength, women are better "manipulators." What I mean by that is women are better at more delicate movements and can better put the stone on a good path.
Furthermore, women likely have a lot more practice sweeping than men, which therefore makes them ideal for the sport of curling. I'm not saying that women are ideally suited for sweeping, rather that men are exceptionally bad at it.
So could curling be the one sport where women are actually better than men?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB4WrtQbI9Q&feature=related
This is a tough one for me to decide.
One the one hand, the stone that they slide looks very heavy, and of course men have a slight advantage when it comes to upper body strength.
But I think the edge goes to women in this sport. While men have the strength, women are better "manipulators." What I mean by that is women are better at more delicate movements and can better put the stone on a good path.
Furthermore, women likely have a lot more practice sweeping than men, which therefore makes them ideal for the sport of curling. I'm not saying that women are ideally suited for sweeping, rather that men are exceptionally bad at it.
So could curling be the one sport where women are actually better than men?