Major Target Sports

Main Target Sports

Curling                                  Tchouk Ball                          Golf

Tactical Goals:

1.   Aim and Accuracy  - To deliver an object towards a target with the right amount of force to successfully reach the intended target

2.   Protect the Target – To place obstacles in the way to make it difficult for the opposition to hit the target

Curling

-       A game originating from Scotland

-       4 players throw 2 rocks each alternating against their opponent

-       Games are 10 ends

-        4 rings make up the house – button, 4 foot, 8 foot and 12 foot rings

-       1^st thrower – lead

-       2^nd thrower – 2^nd

-       3^rd thrower – mate

-       4^th thrower – skip

-       If you score a point you throw first in the next end

-       Throwing last is called having the hammer

-       A rock closest to the middle and touching the rings scores a point

-       A draw – trying to get the rock to stop on a specific spot

-       A raise – hitting another stone to get it to move to a spot

-       A take out – hitting a rock with the purpose to remove it

-       A freeze – trying to get a rock to stop at the edge of another rock

-       A guard – a rock thrown to attempt blocking the rings or a rock from their opponent

-       Canada national championships – The Brier (men)  Scotties (women)

Golf

-       A target sport where the purpose is to take the fewest strokes possible to hit a ball into a hole

-       Par – the number of shots that are expected

-       Birdi – 1 shot better than par

-       Eagle – 2 shots better than par

-       Bogey – 1 shot worse than par

-       Double Bogey – 2 shots worse than par

-       4 major tournaments a year – British Open, PGA championship, US Championship, & The Masters

-       Hazards – woods, bunkers, rough, water

-       Tee box (starting point) fairways (landing areas) green (target)

-       14 clubs maximum carried per player

Tchoukball

-       3 steps, 3 seconds, 3passes before you must throw at the target

-       Ball must come outside the arch surrounding the target

-       Can not  block throws at the target or passes

-       Teams can attack either end of the court

-       Players can throw from inside the restricted zone but can take off from outside it.

-       Teams score points if the throw they make at the target rebounds and lands on the floor inside the boundary lines.

-       The defensive team must attempt to save the ball from hitting the floor

-       Passes that drop or throws that miss the target are a change of pocession

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT2BrFCdAIs - tchoukball highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaJ1m-75m84  - more tchoukball

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYcYaUBaEeI  - roar of the rings top 10