tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2391028863667740203.post7481259675872504542..comments2024-03-29T06:17:35.358-04:00Comments on In the House: Broomageddon - Return to hair!Mike Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00667806592155378995noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2391028863667740203.post-20937100956152620392016-02-21T16:17:31.734-05:002016-02-21T16:17:31.734-05:00Not terribly practical.
A well-maintained hair bro...Not terribly practical.<br />A well-maintained hair broom does not shed. Debris can come from any number of sources: old grippers, linty sweaters, bad carpets. Seems arbitrary to assume that all picks are hair.Mike Fournierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667806592155378995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2391028863667740203.post-84381398118973489052016-02-14T22:31:19.207-05:002016-02-14T22:31:19.207-05:00One of the reasons hair brooms went out of fashion...One of the reasons hair brooms went out of fashion was that they continually leave hair debris (bits of hairs, full-size hairs, stuff picked up by the hairs) throughout a game. Regardless of technique and how effective they may or may not be in directing the curl of a stone, hair brooms turn what can be a highly tuned game of skill and strategy into a game of chance, depending largely on which team's rocks suffer the least number of picks! With the so-called "directional" (which never were) and other fabric pads, sweepers can more easily remove from their broom heads any debris picked up between throws and the pads themselves do not deteriorate and leave debris of their own. My rule would be: a team may choose to use hair brooms, but they would be penalized with the loss of a stone for any opponent's rock that happens to pick, if it results in a missed shot.Michaelhttp://nanaimocurlingclub.ca/noreply@blogger.com