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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I'm not out to defend it too much, but I think one thing you could look at to determine how sport-like curling is is to compare male vs female. Mens curling involves much harder shots, bigger takeouts and plays, where womens curling features more skilled shots because they don't have the power of the men. So by that attribute you could logically argue it is more than just skill, requiring strength. It's similar to golf in that way, but maybe golf isn't a sport either.
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Are men truly using all their strength to hurl a rock down the ice in curling?
Having been somewhat of a long-time curler i cannot fathom using more strength than a solid push off the hack for takeout weight