The mixed doubles curling Olympic trials are on their way to Stride Place this January. Jeff Stoughton is the program manager for mixed doubles and says this is a newly introduced way of playing, and it's a lot more fast-paced than standard curling.

Jeff Stoughton (photo by Rae Hathaway)"It's like any change," says Stoughton. "Sort of like going from rugby and their normal 11 person team to a quick 7 person team. It's very similar to that where this is a lot faster and there's only 2 players, one male and one female."

This is the first time mixed doubles will be included in the Olympics. Stoughton encourages you to head out to the trials and experiences a new form of curling while seeing some household curling names giving it their all to be able to represent our country in the Olympics.