An Olympic appearance, however, is the one thing notably absent from his resume. Despite failing to qualify as a player on three occasions, he tells Xinhua going to the Games as a coach will be the next best thing.
As someone who has curled against China men's skip Liu Rui, as well as trained with Wang's women's rink, Rocque said he was looking forward to arriving in China this weekend and getting to work to see how he can "get these guys to the next level."
"They (the men's team) are very consistent. They've had a sixth-place finish at the worlds, so all we need to do is get them to try and make one or two changes and get them to get into that top four and then who knows?"
Rocque, who will not be involved in player selection, said he planned to thoroughly assess the national team training program. He also wanted to make sure that the teams were not overtraining and to improve their shooting accuracy.
"I really don't believe it's technical. I think they are as strong technically as any other nation, including Canada. There might be some mental aspects that could be adjusted ... based on what I do know, they're technically very sound, so then it becomes a situation where mentally I think a big portion of the game is played mentally, so we just need to make sure they're focused."
China's weekly story (2013 6.22-6.28)
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