10th end at the BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship 2023 - Sweden's Niklas Edin plays a super spinner to tie the game and force an extra end against Norway.
Announcer before the shot: This will be the best shot in history if he makes this. Curling world after the shot: This was the best shot in the history of curling.
Curling; The sport so complex that it's most impossible shot can't be understood by non-curlers, and is mistakenly laughed at by an audience who travelled around the world to spectate.
@@PHALANGE1931 Sure, I can explain it briefly, but for a more complete explanation, search for a youtube video called "Chess on Ice - Niklas Edin Super Spinner: Breaking Down the Best Curling Shot Ever Made"
Fun fact, Niklas Edin plays quite a lot of pool, and he's not bad at all. Just outside the Swedish Elite-rankings. In pool, you sometimes use a lot of side-spin on the cue-ball to throw the object-ball. My guess is that all the pool-practice paid off right there. Amazing shot!
Thanks for the heads up...I know about putting English in Pool. I guess Edin knows/understands the physics behind this shot on theory (and now reality).
Honestly, as a pool player, it weirded me out that this was considered the best shot in the history of curling. Obviously, I'm not a curler and I know the physics differs tremendously, but if the video title wasn't what it was and the people hadn't said it was the best shot in the history of curling, then my response would have been merely, "Wow, that was impressive." It seems crazy to me they say they've never even seen it done in practice. But obviously, I trust the people who know curling when they say it is the best shot ever. I would really like to understand more about why it was more than just merely impressive and was in fact the greatest shot in the history of the sport.
I think @@snoski that it is impressive because it has to travel down the ice, and the condition of the ice changes during a match, perhaps a bit more than the cloth on a pool/billiard table, and why we dont see that many trying a shot like this
Firstly it had to work, it did work, secondly it had to score, it did score. We watched & we were amazed at the imagination & skill we witnessed. I have watched it many time & still I am amazed. Thank you Niklas Edin
Jeff Stoughton from Manitoba made one of these shots in the late 90’s. It was either at a Brier or in the provincial playdowns. It hit opponents shot rock away and stuck to score 3. This man can throw anything and make it work.
@@Kvarnheden That can be said for pretty much anything, so your comment is just simply pointless. There are several ways to look at what is "risky", not only in terms of score standing...
This should forever remove any question of who is the GOAT of curling. Six-time world champion, Olympic gold, silver & bronze medals, literally hundreds of "best curling shots" . . . and now this spinner!!!!
The amount of handle he put on it --- he had to twist backwards to get the speed up! I've only ever seen somebody put that much spin on a rock in below average club curling (ahem, nobody I know...) Not just one of the best draws of all-time, maybe one of the best shots of all time.
Curlerns normally rotate the stone they release fairly lightly so it makes about 3-6 rotations in all. That way the curl of the stone steers its trajectory so the stone ends up where they want it. Edin released a stone spun so heavily it made about 50(!) rotations. That way the rotation didn't just steer his stone's trajectory - it ALSO meant the strong rotatoon caused the stone he hit to spin too! That was groundbreaking, elite curlers haven't played like that before. It also takes a lot of practice to be able to make that shot because the extra spin completely changes the trajectory and how far the stone goes. So it's a lot of extra work for a kind of shot you'd only do once in many games.
It is basically the same written language (as are Danish), but pronounced a bit different. Swedish and Norwegian are quite easy to understand each other, but Danish are pronounced very different (Danes understands Swedes/Norwegians, but maybe not the other way around)
Because the stone had to travel 140 feet, be thrown with precise weight to allow the spin to activate at the precise distance from the object stone, armed with a spin that defies accurate calculation, miss the guard stone out front and curve a ridiculous trajectory to contact the object stone at the precise point to knock it back, not disturb the yellow stones' position and stay in the rings for second shot. Achieving success defies probability - perhaps one in a million to get it right and Edin did!
No one answered your question. So a little late, all I can say is that making a stone traveling 140 feet on ice, moving in an exact curve to do EXACTLY what you need it to do, was almost a miracle in this situation. The stones higher up was "guards" that made it "humanly impossible" to get to Norways red stone, it was so well protected. So making 1 point was all that seemed possible for team Sweden with that last stone of the round. That would not have been enough (it was the last 10'th round and Norway was in the lead with two points). And to get down to only touch the red stone enough to move it outwards, and NOT move your own yellow stone so close behind, looked to everyone like there was absolutly no way to do it. AND to have the stone in motion come to a stop better that your opponents best, to make those two points to get to play an 11'th round, and give yourself a chance to win the game, made it even more unlikely. So the position of the stones on the ice, the pressure of "do or die", the mere physics of heavy stones gliding on ice. It needed a perfect pace to move in so perfectly, and get a perfect result. And to create such a spinn to get it to move up towards the red stone at the exact right point.... It blew peoples minds! The fact that it all looks so easy says it all really. 😊
0:38: Before the shot: "People don't realize this is an attempt". After the shot: Huge cheer from the crowd. There you have it Mr announcer: people were fully aware of the shot.
I've always thought it's nonsense to think such shots have only a one in a hundred chance of success. They said the same thing about the forward pass in football back in 1913 when Knute Rockne started practicing it. There was no rule against the forward pass, yet players only tried it for laughs when there was no hope of winning. Hopefully Niklas Edin will do for curling what Rockne did for football. As my grandfather who played for Knute Rockne at Notre Dame taught me, it's just a matter of practice.
This will surely cause a steroids scandal in curling ... soon all pro curling players will be tested for steroid use ... no more getting by on steroids for the pro's ... no sir
NOT the so called greatest shot in history. There is no finess by throwing this spinner. Just hope as he remarked. Finess, strategic shots out way a spinner shot hoping he can make it. A spinner will keep the rock straiter. No finess in that.
Only reason this happened was because of where it is being played. Canada does have some of the best ice in the world. Now saying that is it the best shot ever no. the best called and made shot yes. And trust me i have seen some things happen from flukes at club that would blow your mind.example call draw was inside broom and heavy ticked off 4 rocks to land on button to steal a win. It has been practiced by bye high level teams but non would do it on high level play. Still hats off to and incredible shot. Well done and cheers everybody.
Jarod, I understand what you are saying, but a fluke miss thrown shot is just that, a fluke. It is not a great shot if the attempt was not a called intentional shot IMO. This shot was a called intentional attempt that was made with virtually no room for error and it was made with just a few .001 of a inch to spare!
Says who? I've seen better, albeit not always intentional, at the club I live near. People love eye-catching (clickbait) titles but you're not fooling me. Hillarious that these young announcers think that their memories are all that's important here 😆 🤣 😂
I used to curl , what's remarkable about that shot ? , It was spinning a lot but calling the shot remarkable is like calling Biden a legitimate president
Totally agree. Admittedly I have never ever curled but tbh how hard can it be? Just slide a stone along some ice and sooner or later you'll get an Olympic Gold! Kinda like when Hendrix plays guitar, he just sort of moves his hands along the neck of a guitar in a random order and people say it's extrordinary, what's so hard moving your hands up and down on a wooden stick?! My 3 year old kid can do it and he doesn't get any recognition (especially from me).
