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00:30And skiing in the Alps
00:31Here in the Gulf
00:32People go sandboarding in the dunes
00:34But Qatar wants to flip that script
00:37By stepping on ice
00:39How does a desert nation build a culture
00:41Around winter sports?
00:43I'm Laila Humaira
00:45And this is Qatar In Motion
00:54Did you know that Qatar's ambition
00:56To carve its own path on the ice
00:59Began in 2010
01:00That's when the Winter Sports Committee
01:03Was established
01:04Laying the groundwork for sports
01:06That are not quite synonymous with the Gulf
01:09A decade later
01:11The country debuted
01:12At the Winter Youth Olympics
01:14In Switzerland
01:15Even placing fifth
01:16In three-on-three ice hockey
01:18Since then
01:20Qatar's appearance
01:21On the international winter sports stage
01:23Has become more frequent
01:26Participating in the Winter Youth Olympic Games
01:28In South Korea in 2024
01:30And the Asian Winter Games
01:32In China last year
01:35That momentum is being built
01:38From the ground up
01:39At the grassroots level
01:41Interest is already growing
01:42A few years ago
01:44Qatar hosted the first ever
01:45Curling training camp
01:47In the region
01:47Today
01:48The sport is played in schools
01:50Lighting a spark
01:51In youth that may have grown up
01:53In the heat
01:54But are embracing
01:55The challenge of the cold
02:00These young curlers
02:01Are among the faces
02:02Of Qatar's
02:03Growing winter sports sphere
02:05Three times a week
02:07They escape the summer heat
02:09Pick up their gear
02:10And glide on the ice
02:12Coach Amna Al-Khayat
02:14Who started playing the sport
02:16Out of curiosity
02:17Began coaching the girls team
02:19A few years ago
02:20After assisting the head coach
02:21In a tournament
02:25I really enjoyed it
02:27And that's what's
02:28What's more passion for me
02:29To teach the people
02:30About curling
02:31And to learn them
02:33How to curl
02:34How to balance themselves
02:35How to enter
02:36How to feel confidence
02:37Inside the ice
02:40Known as chess on ice
02:42Curling may look quirky
02:44At first glance
02:45But it's steep
02:46In tradition
02:48The 16th century sport
02:50Has captivated people
02:51All over the world
02:52Since becoming
02:53An official Olympic sport
02:55In 1998
02:57But what's a game
02:58That was first played
02:59In medieval Scotland
03:01Doing in the gulf
03:02In the 21st century
03:06For the last years
03:07The expansion of curling
03:09Is great
03:10And I'm so glad
03:11That so many countries
03:12Right now
03:12Play sports
03:13Like more than 70 countries
03:15All over the world
03:15Play
03:16And it's grown
03:17And it's developed
03:18And we hope
03:20Qatar will be one of them
03:21I hope we'll see
03:22A lot of fans
03:23Who will enjoy
03:23Team Qatar play
03:24And win international events
03:27Most of the girls
03:28On the team
03:29Have between
03:30One and three years
03:31Of experience
03:32Playing the sport
03:33But how
03:34And where
03:35Do newbies begin
03:38So coach
03:39Thank you so much
03:40For having us here today
03:40Having me here today
03:41Can you tell me
03:42How do I learn
03:44To start curling
03:45For a newbie like me
03:46What should I know
03:46The basic rules
03:47First of all
03:48You're very welcome
03:49And curling
03:50Is a really nice
03:51Team basic sport
03:53It's a winter sport
03:54You play it in the ice
03:56And it has some
03:57Basic steps
03:58And some basic rules
03:59So there is
04:00Two teams
04:01We have two colours
04:02As you see
04:03For the stones
04:03So the two teams
04:05Play the stones
04:06And when they finish
04:07For each team
04:07They have eight stones
04:08And each team
04:09Has four players
04:10So we have
04:11The first player
04:12The second player
04:13The third player
04:14The fourth
04:15And we have
04:15A player who is
04:16The skip
04:16And the team
04:17Who throws the stone
04:19And two persons
04:20To sweep
04:21The point for the playing
04:22Is to score
04:23You see the circle
04:25We call it the home
04:26So you have to score
04:28More near to the middle
04:30So the more
04:31It's close to the middle
04:32The more you take
04:33The point
04:34And when they finish
04:35These eight yellow stones
04:36These eight red stones
04:38They see the score
04:39Can you teach me
04:40The movements
04:41Of curling
04:42The most important thing
04:44To do in the eyes
04:45Is you have to
04:46Control your balance
04:48Because you wear
04:49And your foot
04:50So if you're right
04:52With your right hand
04:53Or you use your right hand
04:54You put the slider thing
04:55In your left foot
04:56The one stone
04:57It's around 20 kg
04:58Yeah
04:59You see
05:00Yeah so we don't lift it
05:01We just push it
05:02In the ground
05:02Yeah so it slides
05:04The steps
05:05I will let
05:06My
05:08My player hand
05:09To teach you
05:10How to do the six steps
05:12First step
05:12You put your foot
05:13In the hack
05:14We have a hack foot
05:15We have a sliding foot
05:16Okay
05:16So the hack foot
05:17Is the one
05:18Without the slider
05:19Without the slider
05:20Sorry
05:20So
05:21You put your hack foot
05:22Second step
05:23You go one step forward
05:25Just a little bit
05:26With the sliding foot
05:27Then you crouch down
05:28Okay
05:29This is the third step
05:30And the fourth step
05:32You have to elevate
05:32Your back
05:33From the back
05:34And the fifth step
05:35You have to go
05:36Foot back
05:37With the stone
05:38And your body
05:38With the stone
05:39Okay
05:39And then you can go
05:41Okay
05:43Wow
05:46But don't let
05:48Those seemingly
05:48Easy movements
05:50Fool you
05:50Having tried it myself
05:52It's a lot harder
05:53Than the athletes
05:54Make it look
05:57This is fourth
05:58About the physicality
05:59It maybe doesn't
06:00Look like that
06:01But it is
06:02Really really tough sport
06:03This is all about
06:04The strategy
06:05About the tactics
06:06Thinking
06:06Thinking about
06:07Your team
06:08Or other team
06:09What they do
06:09What you do
06:10And it's
06:11It's exciting
06:12And every game
06:13Is a different game
06:15Other than strategy
06:16And the technicalities
06:17Of the sport
06:18Curling also teaches
06:19Values that can be
06:21Practiced
06:21Off the ice
06:24The most important
06:25Thing in sport
06:26And life
06:27And your everyday
06:28Daily life
06:29Is respect
06:30You have to work
06:31With respect
06:32Talk with people
06:32With respect
06:33Enjoy your life
06:35With respect
06:35The second thing
06:36Is the teamwork
06:38I really enjoy it
06:39You can actually see
06:40Even in the practice
06:41We enjoy the teamwork
06:42And we see ourselves
06:44Like as a family
06:45From the teamwork
06:48For the athletes
06:49Being part of
06:50A historic chapter
06:51In their country's
06:52Sporting legacy
06:53Makes the experience
06:55Even more special
06:57I am so happy
06:58That I am one
07:00Of the first
07:00Generations
07:01In curling
07:02There is now
07:03Many young people
07:04Are coming
07:05Juniors
07:05Now we have
07:06Our own arena
07:07And I am so happy
07:09That people
07:10Will come and try
07:11That people
07:12Around the world
07:13Need to know
07:14That we have
07:14Curling in Qatar
07:15And we have
07:16A huge team
07:17This ice skating rink
07:18Used to be
07:19A multi-purpose hall
07:20For all kinds
07:21Of sports
07:21Well now
07:22Instead of
07:23Volleyball
07:24Handball
07:24Or other
07:25Typically summer sport
07:26It's been transformed
07:27Into a training ground
07:29For Qatar's
07:29Winter sports athletes
07:31So whether it's
07:32Curling
07:33Speed skating
07:33Or ice hockey
07:35Many are practicing
07:36Their skills
07:37And competing here
07:49And while you can
07:50Barely feel
07:51The desert heat
07:52In here
07:53It's always
07:54A warm
07:54And welcoming
07:55Place
07:55For another
07:56Group of people
07:59The expats
08:00Who have come
08:01To help develop
08:02The team
08:02Who embrace
08:03Their national sport
08:32In their second home
08:34Everything done
08:35And we can go
08:36To a world championship
08:37When we win
08:38Division
08:39World championship
08:40Division 4
08:41I say
08:41We will do
08:41A good job
08:42But now
08:43We have to work more
08:47Goalies
08:48Or goaltenders
08:49Are one of the most
08:50Important players
08:51On the ice
08:52And his protege
08:53Is hoping
08:54To become
08:54A solid backbone
08:56Of Qatar's
08:57Ice hockey team
09:02To be a goalie
09:04You need to be
09:04A little bit crazy
09:05It's hard for
09:06Anyone to imagine
09:07That there's
09:08Someone can put
09:08Himself in front
09:09Of a puck
09:10Weights
09:10170 grams
09:1280 kilometer
09:12Per hour speed
09:14So it needs
09:14Reaction time
09:16You need
09:17Speed
09:17You need
09:18Mobility
09:19You need
09:19To be
09:20Flexible
09:21Because
09:22Some
09:23Changed direction
09:24In less than
09:26A second
09:26In the puck
09:27Changed the direction
09:28From right
09:29To left
09:29So you need
09:30To have
09:30A lot of
09:31Energy
09:32And power
09:32And stamina
09:33In your body
09:33So you need
09:34To work on it
09:35To maintain
09:36Your stamina
09:37Hockey
09:38Goalie
09:38Is more than
09:39The half
09:40Of the team
09:41Because
09:42Playing as a goal
09:44Your mistake
09:45Is a goal
09:45Goalie
09:46Has one job
09:47Also
09:48Extra
09:48On him
09:49Which is
09:49To direct
09:50His defenders
09:51As forwards
09:52To maintain
09:53The shape
09:53To save
09:55The box
09:55From players
09:57I also
09:58Redirect
09:59The players
10:00As the situation
10:01Is happening
10:02In front of me
10:02So that's why
10:03We also need
10:03To read the game
10:04It gives you
10:05Feeling like
10:06You have to be
10:07Responsible
10:08On the ice
10:08You are
10:09The responsible
10:10One for the
10:11Entire
10:1115 players
10:1320 players
10:14On the ice
10:14Since we start
10:15Practicing
10:16And having
10:17Coaches
10:18That leads us
10:19And try to
10:20Develop our skills
10:21Skating and shooting
10:22We reached that level
10:24As everybody knows
10:25It's a European sport
10:26So the one challenge
10:28That we had here
10:28As a team
10:29Is to make
10:30This sport
10:31Famous
10:32In the desert
10:33At the very beginning
10:34We were like
10:3520 players
10:3725 players
10:38But after a few years
10:41Of competing
10:42Trying hard
10:43We end up to have
10:44Around 70 to 80 kids
10:47We have a women's team
10:49We have a men's team
10:50And we have a kids team
10:51So this makes us
10:52Feel very good
10:53Feel proud
10:54Especially to add
10:55In the golf
10:56A women's team
10:57It's not that easy
10:58But with working together
11:00Team and
11:02Olympic committee
11:03We get it
11:03I hope our team
11:05Compete in a
11:06Very high level
11:07And especially
11:08Olympic games
11:09We want to
11:11Participate in
11:12World Cup
11:12We want to
11:13Participate in
11:14A lot of
11:15Championships
11:17Tournaments
11:17Especially for
11:19The IIHF
11:20Federation
11:20So this is
11:22Our hope
11:23To be the
11:24Full member
11:24Of the
11:26IIHF Federation
11:29From the
11:30Sweeping strategies
11:31Of curling
11:32To shooting a puck
11:33In ice hockey
11:34It's been fun
11:35Showing you
11:35How Qatar
11:36Is embracing
11:37And investing
11:38In a sport
11:39That may not
11:39Be in its nature
11:40But one the country
11:42Is certainly
11:42Nurturing
11:43For the next
11:44Generation
11:44That's all the time
11:46We have for now
11:46Thanks for
11:47Watching Qatar
11:47In Motion
11:48And see you
11:49Next time
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