the zen of curling

I realized that for those who may actually be following our progress, I forgot to blog about our law school curling team's game this past Sunday. That's probably because the game itself was rather forgettable.

In earlier posts, here and here, I had mentioned how when it came to curling, for our team it was better to be lucky than to be good. This past Sunday, our luck ran out. I think the final score may have been 9-4 but we kind of lost track at the end of the game. At that point we were just trying dramatic shots for fun, than through any concerted effort to catch up.

It appears that two weeks off wiped out what if any technique we had learned. It was not a great day for Lord Denning's namesake team.

The interesting thing that we did find though is that none of us think about school while we are playing. We become focused on the game, the games around us, little conversations during the break, but we never talk about school. It's great. We've coined this phenomena "the zen of curling". I'm sure any activity would produce similar results, but it's nice having a break from the constant thoughts of school.

For two hours on Sunday, the books are forgotten and our thoughts turn to the ice, rock and broom. Maybe we aren't winning because we're too relaxed, but it's probably just because we're not good.