Q and A

Q:  Ada, Oklahoma - "Why do the teams "blank" at the end (of an end)? Can't they just curl one onto the button and score a point? I assume we are missing something important....

A:  Teams "blank" an end so that they can keep the hammer in the following end. Generally speaking when you have hammer, you would like to score 2 or more points; if you don't have hammer, forcing your opponent to take one point is not a bad result.