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Team
A curling team consists of four players, each of whom throws two stones per end for a total of eight stones per team. The players on a team are generally described by either their throwing order on the team or their leadership role. The captain of the team is called the skip, they stand in the far house in order to call the shots and direct the sweepers while a stone is being thrown. The skip usually throws fourth, meaning they deliver the team's final two stones of the end, but this is not necessary and a skip throwing elsewhere in the order is seen occasionally [ADD EXAMPLE HERE]. When it is the skip's turn to throw his or her stones then the vice-skip confers with the skip about strategy and takes on the skip's duties in the house. The vice-skip, sometimes shortened to simply vice, usually throws third though, like skip, this is not necessary. The vice-skip has additional duties of agreeing to a score at the end of each end with the opposing vice-skip and, in many clubs, determining which team throws first by coin toss or other form of chance. If the vice-skip and skip throw in their typical positions of third and fourth then the other two players on the team are the lead and second, throwing the first pair and second pair of stones, respectively. From the three players that are not skip, the two that are not delivering the stone are the sweepers and line up on either side of the path that the thrower is going to slide out on.

competitive teams are often named after the skip, ie team martin, rec teams often have fun and silly names

Roles
Team of four, described by throwing order. There are two aspects to a player's position on a curling team, the throwing order and whether they have a leadership role. There are two leadership roles on the team, the skip and vice-skip. The skip is the captain of the team and their role includes deciding all strategy and calling the shots for the other team members. The vice-skip aides the skip when needed as well as holding the broom for the skip's stones. Throwing order goes lead, second, third, fourth. Each member throws two stones, alternating with the other team. While one member is throwing the skip is on the far end and the other two are the sweepers. The players throwing third is generally vice-skip and the player throwing fourth is generally the skip but this is a norm not a rule. Any of the four players can be vice-skip or skip.


 * Lead - throws the first two stones, sweeps for teammates
 * Second - throws the third and fourth stones, sweeps for teammates
 * Vice-skip (Third) - throws the fifth and sixth stones, sweeps for lead and second, and acts as skip when the skip throws their stones. The vice-skip can throw at any position but is most typically the third.
 * Skip (Fourth) - throws the seventh and eighth stones and calls strategy and sweeping for the team. The skip can throw at any position but is most typically the fourth.

Types
Leagues and bonspiels often classify teams based on the players' gender and/or age. For gender the common types of teams are "open", where any combination of genders is allowed, men's and/or women's, where single-gender teams are required and generally do not play teams of the other gender, or "mixed", where the team is composed of exactly two men and two women, with the throwing order alternating gender. Teams are also sometimes classified based on the athletes' ages, such as Junior's (under 21) or Senior's (over 65).

New section about competitions?
should there be a section about competitions in general or about major competitions (olympics/worlds)?

Curling stone
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