My name is Niklas Edin, I'm a curling player from Sweden.
You need to be calm out there and really calculate
what you should do and when to do it.
(OLYMPIC GAMES SOCHI 2014 BRONZE MEDALLIST)
I'm Lisa Unruh, I'm from Berlin,
and my sport is archery.
The most important thing is to have the mental strength.
(OLYMPIC GAMES RIO 2016 SILVER MEDALLIST)
Hi, I'm Niklas, nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too.
(ARCHERY/CURLING)
(CURLING/ARCHERY)
What do you know about archery?
Ah, not much, I've seen a lot on TV, I guess.
I like Western movies.
I expect it to be really hard.
It looks easy on TV when you guys do it
because you're good at it.
Very similar to curling in terms of hitting a target.
The hand-eye coordination is really important
in both of them.
This is my normal environment, where I practice and compete.
- Have you tried it before? - No, never, never.
Perfect.
I only know that the stone has to go
in the middle of the other target.
(TARGET = HOUSE)
(3 CONCENTRIC CIRCLES WHERE POINTS ARE SCORED)
It's pretty different to archery, it's a bit colder.
(THE KIT)
The bow has two parts - this is a riser
and these are the limbs.
The name of recurve comes from this curve.
This is the sight which you use to aim to the target.
- That's going to be helpful. - Yeah, of course!
I've got some special curling shoes
and these are really old shoes.
These are eight years old.
(TIME FOR A NEW PAIR?!)
You're going to need a slider that you can slide on.
It's really slippery.
This is a bow string and these are the stabilisers
to balance your bow.
(BOW WEIGHT = 3KG)
And then, we need a brush.
That's the handle you use
to stabilise your slide first to keep the balance easier
and then you brush with this part.
The rock itself is usually made of solid granite
and you have another sliding surface
and that's why all the rocks are different.
(ROCK WEIGHT = 19.96KG)
This is a carbon arrow.
It's really light, then, I guess?
Yes, and the gold point.
(NOT REAL GOLD!)
(ARROW TIP MADE FROM THE METAL "WOLFRAM")
(THE BASICS)
Today we are in the indoor hall
and we are shooting 18 metres.
(INDOOR TARGET = 18M)
(OLYMPIC OUTDOOR TARGET = 70M)
And the target is a bit smaller.
(INDOOR BULL'S-EYE = 10CM)
OK.
I can't even get it to stay there.
Maybe we try and reload the arrow.
- Yeah. - You can use three points -
the nose, the chin and the jaw.
This is going to be slippery.
Oh, my God, OK.
I'm a bit frustrated now.
Try and keep your left foot, like, underneath your body
and then slightly bent towards the outside.
Yep.
The balance, I don't know what to do.
Good.
It might feel wrong at the beginning
but once you throw the rock with the right hand
it'll be easier.
Good, really good!
I think archery is easier!
(THE INITIATION)
The first thing is the stand.
You're really straight, hold your arm really straight
and your elbow is not like this, it's here.
Nice one!
You shoot three arrows per end.
(END - A ROUND OF ARROWS SHOT DURING AND ARCHERY EVENT)
Ah, shoot!
That's even worse.
Aiming was the hardest part,
you have it at arm's length and you're trying to aim
just through one single thing that's quite
a far distance from your eye,
so it's way harder than it looks.
He's really quick to learn archery.
You say something and he does it.
There are three main positions or tasks that you need to do.
The first one is to throw the rock down the ice
and then you've got two guys at the same time
sweeping and that's to try and adjust
and correct the shot.
Then you've got a fourth one and that's my role in the team
and that's a skip, kind of like a team captain.
He's on the other side, usually planning the moves.
So the first part we're going to try today
is the delivery of the rock.
It's a bit like bowling.
OK.
(ONE ROCK TO HIT THE MIDDLE)
So now we're going to do one try
and you try and get as close to the middle as you can.
Good.
That's excellent!
My first choice was not so successful.
You had way more speed there.
It's really difficult to keep your balance,
especially when you want to push out of the hack fast
and you've never tried it before.
There are so many things that can go wrong.
(THE DIET)
I love vegetables, mostly broccoli.
I do it in a wok with rice or potatoes.
I don't eat sugar, for your concentration,
I think that's most important.
It's very important for us as well
to really keep that focus and maintain it.
We're travelling and competing a lot of hours
and long days and we eat in restaurants a lot,
so then I just try and pick the best option.
(THE TRAINING)
OK.
Yeah! Whoo.
That was difficult.
So many things to think about, too, when you're aiming.
It's a bit right, we have to change the sights.
Every person is different.
Yeah, I think it's a six!
It's the same as when I tried curling first,
you don't really know how to play the game
but once you get a hold of it, it's more fun.
Push it!
Good, really good.
Ah, that's good! That's in play.
Yeah, because of him. Just because of him!
So you've done really well on all the throwing parts
making me sweep a lot, so now it's payback time.
Go on! Hard!
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go! Push it!
Nice one!
(THE CHALLENGE)
(3 TARGETS)
(SHOOT 3 ARROWS. 1 IN EACH TARGET)
Three arrows in a row, show me what you've been learning.
That's an eight.
Nice.
This is awesome! I'm really excited.
- Yeah! - High five.
Yeah. Whoo!
I'm proud of you.
The middle one was an eight
and here you were also an eight
but you lost one here so that's a pity but really good.
Thank you.
Hitting the target that you actually aimed for,
it was a special feeling,
a similar feeling that I get in curling
when you make a really difficult shot when you aim for
and you actually make it, like the plan goes well.
Yeah, it's a good feeling and I can definitely understand
the thrill of being out there at a real competition
and aiming for that ten and you see it go in.
So, super fun!
(1 ROCK)
(HIT THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE)
So are you feeling excited?
Yes, yes, of course.
- Good luck. - Thank you.
Ah, that's good, really good!
Sit down.
- Awesome. Good job! - Whoo!
It's really close to the middle but I didn't hit it.
(1 ROCK)
(TAKE AN OPPONENT'S ROCK OUT OF THE HOUSE)
Now I'm going to show you the next challenge.
This is going to be all about line.
Try and take a rock out of the house.
Whoo.
Yeah!
Nice one!
That's how you do it.
Wow, that's awesome. Great job!
Yeah, that was excellent.
Just in a couple of tries,
she's got the hang of it already
with good speed out of the hack,
perfect line and making that shot.
Impressive!
I'm a bit proud now.
(THE SHOWBOAT)
Now I'll show you some shoot up training.
Nice, bull's-eye!
Nice.
You did it, good job!
I'm super impressed.
So I'm going to try a 360 turn around or a spin around,
as we call it in curling, so let's see how that goes.
- It looks really good. - Thank you.
So much pressure, then whoo.
- It's fun! - Yes, of course.
It's fun to use in situations
when the game is basically over
and you try and have some fun with it.