My name is Jotham Sugden, and I am a competitive curler from England, working as an ice technician and curling coach. I am interested in the underlying mechanisms behind sports performance, and I am always trying to better understand how curlers can improve using evidence-based practice.

I graduated from Lancaster University with a First-Class Sports and Exercise Science BSc in 2023. For my dissertation research project, I investigated sweeping performance analysis, using a SmartBroom 2.0, and became familiar with the available scientific research within curling. This led to me to develop several tests to analyse key sweeping performance metrics. I am constantly looking to improve my understanding of curling performance and discuss the topic with others.