Longtime Curling Canada coach Paul Webster to coach Team Bottcher for full quad
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A curling director at Calgary's Glencoe club is giving up his position as Curling Canada's national development coach to serve as full-time coach for Team Brendan Bottcher.
In his long career as a curling coach, Paul Webster has always been excited to share the things he knows about the sport.
The pandemic break gave him a chance to improve his listening ability too. He decided to take mediation courses, giving him another skill in an ever-expanding coaching toolbox.
“I’m a better parent, a better husband and definitely a better coach,” he said.
Webster, a 47-year-old curling director at Calgary’s Glencoe club, is giving up his position as Curling Canada’s national development coach to serve as a full-time coach for the new-look Team Brendan Bottcher.
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Bottcher, third Marc Kennedy, second Brett Gallant and lead Ben Hebert, who announced their lineup earlier this off-season, recently confirmed Webster’s addition via social media.
With each player boasting a strong curling resume, the Alberta-based rink will be a favourite to succeed next season. The addition of Webster — and his high-performance expertise — should improve its chances.
“They’re just trying to make that jump and beat all those European teams that are beating us on a consistent basis right now,” Webster said. “So one thing they wanted to do was find a coach that could possibly provide them with everything they felt they needed. They didn’t want to wait for that so they came early and knocked on my door.
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