Why is sweeping in curling necessary? Isn’t the ice-sheet clean enough?

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Why is sweeping in curling necessary? Isn’t the ice-sheet clean enough?

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Good answers here already, but to make it simple: sweeping makes the rock go faster, not sweeping makes it go slower. Sweeping allows you to control how far it goes, even after it’s been thrown.

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