Generally speaking, the worse the ice conditions the more aggressive your strategy becomes. Use the ice as your ally, as your opponent struggles to overcome it. Here are some strategies to deal with various types of ice:

• On heavy ice, draw rocks inot the house. Let our opponent try the bomber-weight take outs.
• On fast ice, establish your team's draw weight as soon as possible and keep take-outs on the quiet side. Get ready for a lot of sweeping.
• On swingy ice, take-outs are more difficult because weight and line of delivery are critical. An aggressive style of play is called for. Get your rocks in play and let your opponent shoot at them.
• On straight ice, a take-out game is encouraged. Offense must be generated with freezes and raises.

Taken from the USA Curling Association Brochure “Strategy Mind Play”.