Special Olympics Program
I am coach Ed. Many of you have also known my predecessors coach Kathy and coach Maurice. And many Friday night curlers have curled with athletes Jonathan and Art. They are joined by Claire, Janice and Patrick on Thursday nights, 7pm, when our Special Olympians take to sheets 1 and/or 2.
As coaches, we are volunteers. Why? We love to curl. We are challenged by our athletes to empower them to curl. Special Olympians are athletes with cognitive exceptionalities which present or manifest in multiple ways and under multiple circumstances. Coaching these athletes is fascinating. For example, some of us were taught that when delivering a stone, we turn our rock’s handle from 2 o’clock to ten o’clock and vice-versa. What if you were only taught to read a digital clock? What if you are non-verbal and need to holler “hurry hard”? Curling rules are the same, as athletes may deliver with a traditional slide or may use a delivery stick.
People of all abilities can learn to curl! We need new curlers and new Special Olympians.
Thanks for your continued support.
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