10 MOST COMMONLY BROKEN RULES

10 MOST COMMONLY BROKEN RULES

1. Only the skip and vice-skip should be behind the house when the opposing team is playing
2. Players, other than skip/vice-skip, should remain between the hog lines when the opposition is playing, especially at the delivery end
3. Other than the person in charge of the house for each team, players should not stand in the house whilst the score is being decided or any measure is taking place. Players should stand behind the back line or beyond the hog line
4. Damage to the ice; keep hands or knees off the ice
5. Sweeping motion must be across the running path of the stone: in other words, no “snowploughing”
6. Sweeping behind the tee line: only the skip or vice skip of the non-playing team may sweep when the opposing team is playing
7. Time wasting.  Be ready to play when it is your turn.
8. Measuring: don’t use a brush to measure as risk of moving stone and automatically losing the shot
9. Don’t cross from one side of the sheet to the other in front of the playing team when they are about to deliver or if their stone is in motion