Heather Strong
Heather Strong
Heather Strongis a Canadian curler. She currently skips her own team out of the St. John's Curling Club in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador...
final gone good played
We weren't a part of that. We were gone even before he played the final game. But it would be good thing for curling if we managed to do well.
avoiding staying talks team tells
She tells us about staying in the moment, avoiding distractions, staying confident. She talks about team dynamics.
best difficult move places provincial traded
I wouldn't have traded places with the provincial reps who didn't make it. It was a difficult situation, but you make the best of it and move on.
against capable close game good happy keeping played split today worst
We just played a good game and when we play a good game, we're capable of keeping it close against anybody. We wanted a split today at worst and we were happy to get it.
cathy nine reminded situation
Cathy (Cunningham) has been in every situation in the 10 times she's been here and she just reminded us that it was the first end and there were nine more to go.
drill happen house might odd time
The odd time in house play, things happen that drill at you a bit, but not at this level. It might be a high-pitched shriek or something like that.
bringing cathy decided help last sports strategy worked
It was the last curling we did and I thought about it all summer. But we worked with a sports psychologist and decided to make some changes. We got some help with strategy by bringing Cathy on and it's been good.
build early games momentum time win
It's a long week, and any time you can get a win, it's exciting. You've got to build some momentum and the way to go about that is to win some games early in the week.