Junior Curling Program

Detroit Curling Club is committed to teaching and encouraging the spirit of curling through growing our junior program. We desire to help our juniors to be good curlers, teammates, friends, and people. We have USCA SafeSport certified instructors and all the necessary resources for your junior to learn fundamental curling skills for a lifetime of competition and fun.

The Detroit Curling Club Junior U19 Program focuses on the key curling components: sweeping, delivery, line of site, hack setup, weight (distance), team building, and basic to advanced strategy.

Skills Learning Details:

Junior Beginners (JB) Middle/High School Skills (Grades 6-12):
If you have never curled before, start with this class. If you are coming back after a break or have been part of another curling club, you may want to move into ATP (see below). Either way, we will help get you ready for play!

Advanced Training Program (ATP):
If you have completed one of our junior beginner sessions and desire to play at a higher club level, ATP is the next step in our training programs. This program is designed for juniors who have the desire to further their training from introductory sessions. This program is for recreational curlers who want to increase their skills or just have more time on the ice. ATP is also for juniors who aspire to play in bonspiels and leagues at Detroit Curling Club.

Requirements:  Completion of at least one session of our junior beginner program or previously played junior curling at another curling club.

Junior Competitive Program (JCP):
This program is exclusively for juniors interested in becoming national-level competitive curlers. This is not designed for juniors who want to focus on playing recreationally and going to the occasional bonspiel (those curlers should join the ATP program). We will prepare them for the U18 National Championships and eventually Junior Nationals (U21). Boys and girls teams may train together or with dedicated coaches (if applicable).

Prerequisites for the Junior Competitive Program (JCP):

1. ATP Junior coaches’ approval and JCP coaches’ approval.
2. Commitment from the junior to attend the sessions and utilize available DCC practice ice between sessions to work on skills.
3. Starting Nov. of the current year, the junior must have been playing in at least one regular DCC league outside of the junior program.

Junior Coaching Staff

Coaches: