Q and A: Youth Curling

Q:  Memphis, TN - "How did most of the Olympic curlers get involved in curling? Did they start young? Is there competitive youth curling in parts of the U.S.?"

A:  Almost all the Olympic curlers started curling at a young age as all lived in towns with local curling clubs.  Many of them come from big curling families.  There is youth development curling in parts of the United States as well as competitive Junior Curling. In fact, current US Olympian Chris Plys is a former World Junior Champion where Coach Phil Drobnik also served as his coach.