Curling: Steps to Success (STS (Steps to Success Activity)

Build a rock-solid set of foundational skills and knowledge and improve performance with Curling: Steps to Success.

Internationally renowned coach Sean Turriff brings his extensive experience and expertise to Curling: Steps to Success, providing players and coaches with a practical, step-by-step format that develops and improves curlers’ fundamental skill level and decision making. Supplemented by more than 90 photos and illustrations, the book covers essential curling skills such as throws, brushing, delivery, basic shots, and ice reading. Included are detailed explanations of the roles and responsibilities of each team member as well as practical check points for gauging players’ mastery of skills and determining when to progress to more complex tactics and game strategies.

Whether you are just beginning or have experience on the sheet, the book’s detailed photo sequences, expert instruction, and developmental drills will have you targeting the rock accurately and consistently in no time. Part of the popular Steps to Success series, which has sold more than two million copies worldwide, Curling: Steps to Success is your guide to on-the-sheet success.

Sean Turriff is a National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Competition Development certified coach as well as a coach evaluator and learning facilitator through the Ontario Curling Association and Canadian Curling Association. He is also the men’s varsity curling coach at Humber College, Toronto, winners of the 2016 CCAA National Men's Curling Championship.

In 2015, Turriff had the distinction of being camp director for the Chinese National Junior Curling Camp in Shanghai on behalf of the World Curling Federation. Since 2011, Turriff has coached at the Trillium Junior Curling Camp in Ontario, working with the highest level of curling coaches in Canada. In addition, he coached the Brandon University (Brandon, Manitoba) women’s team in the Canadian University Championships in 2007-08, and he was coach of the 2016 Nunavut junior men’s team when they won their first game ever at a national competition at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships.

Off the sheet, Turriff has served as an on-air commentator for curling competitions broadcast on Rogers TV. Turriff’s unique background in coaching at all levels of competition, coach training and evaluation, international coaching, and television commentary make him a highly respected expert and ambassador of the sport.