Call the Shot

Just returned back from the Roaming Ladies Bonspiel at the Royal City Curling Club.  Three teams from the Gibsons Curling Club participated in this funspiel.  Guaranteed 4 games, my team… the PINKERIFFICs… won 3 games and lost one.  Not bad for a veteran curler just returning to the sport after a 3 year hiatus and curling part-time on Tuesday nights.  Last time I skipped a game was in 2011 at the Hope Ladies Spiel.  Same team… and we won 1st in the C-event.  Yup.  Love curling.  It’s not the bonspieling, team dynamics, or awesome prizes that I adore so much.  It’s the life lessons I learn from curling.  This weekend I learned to LET GO… be ALIGNED… and have CLARITY.  The last end of the 4th game and we were up by two points with the hammer.  The house is a mess and it’s my turn to throw.  My third says, they need 3 to win.  The opponent was already sitting two to tie.  I responded, we need 1 to win.  So, I called the shot.  Within 30 seconds… “the weight’s up”… “line’s good”… “corner the rock”… “SWEEP!!!”  The shot turned out exactly as planned and our shooter taps our rock in for shot on the button.  Perfectly placed.  And, we won the game.  Best feeling ever… not the win per se, but making the shot… with complete confidence… a quiet determination… a belief that you can do it… and a vision satisfied.  TRUST… in yourself, your sweepers, your vice-skip, and the ice.  Feels good to call the shot and know you’re going to make it. #rockon