Study on game information analysis for support to tactics and strategies in curling

Abstract

Curling is a winter sport often referred to as “chess on ice”. There are three factors influencing game performance in this game: physical factor, human factor, and strategic/tactical factor. The strategic/tactical factor is considered as the most important at the top level. In this paper, we report on new knowledge we obtained regarding the relationship between shot accuracy and difference in game score, and difference in correlation for each level in 378 games, covering around 60,000 shots as a research subject of Curling Informatics project.