From New Curler To Creator of "Curling Class" With Matt Bean

Send a textMatt Bean only started curling about five years ago, but in that short time, he (a) won a silver medal in Quebec's "Colts" competition, (b) earned his competition coach certification and (c) created the "Curling Class" Web site. In this episode, we have a wide-ranging discussion about his discovery and love of the sport, what he learned from being coached and playing competitively, and his goals as a curling coach and online content creator.Some of the topics we discuss include:* How Matt discovered the sport of curling and his first time getting a rock in the house! (5:10)* His experience being coached by Coach Martin Cavanagh at the Royal Montreal CC (8:00)* Why he strongly believes that new curlers should play in "Colts" tournaments (5 years experience and less) and the benefits of those competitions (16:19)* His goal of growing more competitive curlers and teams in the province of Quebec (22:40)* Why he created the "Curling Class" Web site (25:00) and wanting to expand the junior section of the site (27:28) to document their development process over the long term* An instructional sweeping video he made with his Cool Curling table (30:38)* "Daily Curling Puzzle" Facebook Group (34:02)* Feedback about "Curling Class" from other countries (35:22)* "Imposter syndrome" for online content creators (35:38)* How to qualify as a Canadian citizen (36:54)Links to the resources mentioned in this episode:Royal Montreal CC Web sitehttp://royalmontrealcurling.ca/Town of Mount-Royal (TMR) Curling Club Web sitehttps://tmrcurlingclub.com/"What's On My Coaching Bookshelf" (Nov 15/20 episode of CKC)https://www.buzzsprout.com/1048435/6377680-what-s-on-my-coaching-bookshelfCurling Class Web sitehttps://curlingclass.com/Cool Curling Table Web sitehttps://coolcurling.com/Curling Class "Sweeping Zones" Video (Jan 18/21) featuring Cool Curling tablehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Clgvw2pcsCurling Stream Live Web sitehttps://curlingstreamlive.com/"Daily Curling Puzzle" Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/223478279030877/"Curl Up With Jamie" YouTube video channelhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9Prr147gJlHI1q89f7DAMtAG_SDllaAWMatt's e-mail address: [email protected] handle: @CurlingClassCurling Class Facebook Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/curlingclassFollow our podcast on Twitter: @kidscurlingGlenn Gabriel is an NCCP-certified curling coach who lives in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. He has been the coordinator of the Little Rocks (U12) program at East York Curling Club in Toronto since 2011. If you have a question or feedback on the podcast, send us an e-mail at [email protected] intro and outro music is "Golden Sunrise (Instrumental Version)"https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/The_Wake_1790/JoshWoodward-TheWake-NoVox-10-GoldenSunriseBy Josh Woodwardhttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_WoodwardLicensed under CC BY 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Support the show