Always be Open to New Ideas

Jason

Did you know that the sport of curling helps with a lot of your strength. Curling is a fun sport that is played by all ages, you can also start at any age. My class went on a field trip as part of our gym class to the Ardsley curling club. I saw that it was a lot harder than I thought it would. I noticed how much trust you need in your teammates. I also learned that I do not need to be perfect at every thing to have fun. I did not score but I still had fun. Now I know that anything can be fun if you give it a try. I also learned that sometimes bad things can be funny. Like when my friend dropped a stone on the ice. It broke but it was pretty funny how it happened.

There are easy things about curling and hard things that are in my opinion. Sweeping is easy and fun for me. For example, it was fun and easy because I did not find it tiring or hard. I liked how I could put the broom on the floor and push it back and forth. In my opinion sweeping was the most fun part. I might think that way but you would not like sweeping. I also thought that delivering the stone was hard. For example, You needed to push on the ice around 40-50 pounds 150 feet. In my view it was not that long. I thought it was hard to get it in the target because you can only control the start of the push and you can’t control it. Only the sweepers can do that, but only a little. I thought it was a little hard to push off of this thing that helps us push off. I also found it hard to stay balanced while delivering. I found it a lot harder than it looked. I thought it was going to be super easy. I learned that I was not that good at delivering, but I also learned that you don’t need to be good at something to have fun in that position. Even though I did not score I still thought it was fun to deliver. I also found it fun to shout random words to act like I knew what I was doing, even though I had no clue what I was saying or doing.

You want and need a team to play curling. One example is when, without  a team you would be alone. So when you have an amazing shot and you celebrate, you will do it alone. Another example of this is when I would have no company and it would not feel right or be as fun. An example of it is, you would have more fun with people than without. For example, I went to Disney world. It was so much fun, the roller coasters were amazing and it was nice. But imagine going on those fun rides with a friend. Screaming, laughing, and having fun together. Another reason why you need a team is for help. In curling you need a team to win. For example, You need sweepers to help the puck go farther and straighter. Well not if one of your sweepers falls. “I’m talking to you Noah”. Anyway, One example is that if you sweep who is going to deliver. Also if you have a team you can shout random words too. I found out that people who curl say words that I don’t understand so I say it anyway to act like I know what I am doing. I also think that having a team is needed because you can talk and have more fun.

In conclusion, the trip was a lot of fun. All of it was fun. I was one of the people who did not score. So you might think that it was not as fun as the other people who scored. But you would be wrong. I did not score but it was still really fun. When I was on the bus I thought I was going to score all the points but I was wrong. But I still had fun. Now that I have gone to the Ardsley Curling Club I hope to go again, but this time with my family. So I hope you go and have a blast.