ALIGNMENT: Keep your palm off the handle and your wrist high. Turn the rock in toward your body for in-turns, and out away from body for out-turns. The position should be at 10:00 or 2:00 o’clock depending on the turn.

TIMING: There are three major movements during the delivery: Press, Drawback, and Slide.

• Press: Move the rock ahead a few inches down the line of delivery, basically to initiate motion and get the rock "unstuck" fro the ice.
• Drawback: Your body weight is anchored and about evenly distributed on both feet. The toe of your sliding foot is now about as far back as the heel of your foot in the hack.
• Slide: The transition from the drawback to the forward slide involves a significant weight transfer. Keep the timing and movement controlled in one fluid motion.

BALANCE: Your sliding foot must be flat to the ice and centered under the chest to achieve a balanced slide. A balanced delivery means you won't be leaning on the rock, broom or trailing leg, but on your sliding foot.

RELEASE: Your throwing arm remains slightly bent and the position of the rock handle is still turned at 10:00 or 2:00 o'clock. Turn the handle to 12:00 o'clock as you simultaneously extend your arm. Release the rock cleanly and follow through so that your hand finishes in the "handshake" position. The rock should rotate about two-and-a-half times during the draw shot. A draw shot released at the top of the House will travel a different path and will have more time to curl than a rock released near the hog line. A more rapidly rotating rock will travel a straighter path than a slow turning rock. Consistent rotation and point of release makes it easier for the skip to read the ice.

Taken from the USA Curling Association Brochure "Delivery Rock Play."