About CurlTech

CurlTech, Inc. is an American, non-profit corporation (501C3) - a curling company. It was founded in 1990 by a group of competitive curlers after a club member asked for a manual to help him with his curling. Steve Reid, a fairly new curler at the time, was interested in becoming an Olympian in the sport of curling. He asked our group to send him the exact, step-by-step documentation of how to properly throw and sweep a curling rock. This did not exist at the time. Thank you, Steve for jump starting this collection of curling topics and website. Because of his prompting, our group started an ongoing process of documenting the proper methods, procedures, strategies and concepts used in curling. CurlTech aims to increase overall curling awareness, growth potential and skill proficiency. Our goal is to constantly update, develop, and document curling methods, procedures and strategies for use by all curlers from novice to expert level.

Mission - The What, How, and Why

CurlTech researches and documents curling's best practices and delivers the information via the website, curling clinics, program implementation, and club consultation. Through a small staff and a diverse group of volunteers, the company shares all types of curling information for the betterment of the sport of curling.

Staff

Grayland Cousins

Managing Director

Grayland is a life-long curler with over fifty years of curling experience. After a career as a corporate executive in operations, systems, and training, he left the corporate world to own and operate his own business. He has a business degree from Wittenberg University.

Specialty: Program concepts, training and development, skills analysis, coaching, team systems.
Club membership history: Brae Burn Curling Club (West Newton, MA), Wilmette Curling Club (Wilmette, IL), Indian Hill Curling Club (Winnetka, IL), Ak-Sar-Ben Curling Club (Omaha, NE), Broomstones Curling Club (Wayland, MA), Nashua Curling Club (Nashua, NH).
Home Club: Nashua Curling Club.

Elizabeth Cousins

Program Director

Elizabeth is responsible for the implementation and ongoing development of the CurlTech programs and the web site content.  She is the main support person for the Junior and Olympic Development Programs. Elizabeth started curling at age four at Broomstones Curling Club in Wayland, MA. She has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of New Hampshire. She came through the CurlTech Junior and Olympic Development Programs and is a USA Curling National Team athlete who skips her competitive team. She has eight national appearances and three medals.

Specialty: Program implementation, program support, live instruction, delivery & sweeping analysis.
Club membership history: Broomstones Curling Club (Wayland, MA), Nashua Curling Club (Nashua, NH) Pittsburgh Curling Club (Pittsburgh, PA).
Home Club: Nashua Curling Club (Nashua, NH)

Elizabeth Janiak

CurlTech Associate

As a CurlTech Associate, Liz speaks on behalf of the organization and is an advocate for the CurlTech principles. She is one of the lead instructors at our clinics as she can demonstrate all of the proper delivery and sweeping skills. Liz has been curing since age ten and is a US Junior Women's and US Women's national medalist. She came through the CurlTech Junior and Olympic Development Programs as a participant. Liz has been a USA Curling National Team athlete and plays on Team Cousins.

Specialty: Live instruction, delivery & sweeping demonstrations, delivery and sweeping analysis.
Club membership history: Nashua Curling Club (Nashua, NH), Broomstones Curling Club (Wayland, MA).
Home Club: Nashua Curling Club.

Philosophy

We believe there is a best way to do everything. Our staff members are constantly researching new, and reviewing existing methods to create effective and efficient ways to curl, from the delivery and sweeping to strategy and equipment. We enter our staff into social bonspiels as well as top ranked competitive tournaments to research firsthand what works and what does not.

We do not teach gimmicks or one-off concepts. We document and teach the best practices in the curling world. There are lots of instructors teaching new ideas. Before a new idea or concept makes it into a CurlTech document, it must work. This is measured only by performance whether at the club level or at the Olympic level.

The goal of the organization is to provide the foundation of skills and knowledge to all curlers who want it. By providing the base skills and knowledge, each curler can then decide how far they want to go. This is based on the curler's commitment to their own goals. By providing the base to all curlers, their level of commitment will define their level of success. From the one-night per-week social curler to the aspiring Olympian, a solid base will allow all to have fun and succeed.

Content

CurlTech provides content in two categories:

The website contains the most comprehensive collection of curling related material in the world. Decades of first-hand research along with annual updates makes this continuously improving manual an important tool to your curling knowledge and development.

Each section contains lots of information. At the beginning of each section, we have oversimplified the content into a few key bullet points.

Video Support

Several videos are available throughout the web site to assist with the detailed content. The videos are not step by step instructional videos but are designed to provide the visual support to the detailed material.

The following support videos are available:

Coming Soon:

Integrated Program Structure

The following programs make up the CurlTech Integrated Program system.  All CurlTech programs are the intellectual property of CurlTech, Inc, a US non-profit corporation.  The sale, copy, forwarding and/or redistribution of any program is strictly prohibited without the consent of CurlTech, Inc.

CurlTech programs are designed to be part of an integrated system. The program goal is to educate, train and develop curlers of all ages. The result is a well-trained system of curlers that can show results at all levels of play. From the life-long league players to the next Olympians, the program structure will provide a solid foundation for curling growth, enjoyment AND performance.

The following integrated programs are designed to flow in the following order:

Revisions & Updates

Our content updates can be done in real-time on a daily and weekly basis.  All material is considered up-to-date at all times.