Sweeping Workshop
John Newhook is a trained Competition Development Coach and has various teams since 2011 at the Canada Games, Junior, University and adult levels. Together with his colleagues, Glenn Paulley and Michel LaDouceur, John has been an active proponent of advancing the sport through technology and research with specific emphasis on sweeping. John has developed an instrumented broom which both he and Glenn have used for 10 years to study sweeping in athletes at all levels and to develop strategies for improving individual and team performance with respect to sweeping.
John will review the mechanics of brushing and what we have learned about body position, broom pressure/speed, stopwatch use, slider vs gripper, open vs closed stance and other aspect of technique. He will also address what we know and do not know about directional sweeping. Finally, John will touch on developing a brushing strategy for a team. This will be a 2 hour course dedicated to sweeping education with plenty of opportunity for discussion.