In "aufgeben" you strike a stock so that it moves closer to the Daube. When it pays, how exactly you must hit and which rules determine the final position.
"Aufgeben" means: with one stock you hit a stock in the target area, usually your own, and push it closer to the Daube. The honest answer to "Isn't that risky?": yes, it is a stock attempt with a small target. The reward is a better best position without having to reach the Daube directly.
First an honesty about the term: "Aufgeben" in this spelling is not in the BÖE textbook, not in the International Ice Stock Rules (IER) and not on the German Ice Stock Association technique page, which I read. The association names the tasks in team play as setting, anstellen, bringing and shooting [3]. The textbook describes bringing in the target competition as hitting a stock so that it comes to rest as near as possible to the centre cross [1]. In this guide "aufgeben" therefore means: hit a stock so that it moves closer to the Daube.
The textbook classes the stock attempt as its own attempt variant: you aim at a stock in the target area. It is gladly played when, for example, you have the second-best position to the Daube, because then your own stock does not have to remain in the target area after hitting the target stock [1].
Aufgeben is a stock attempt with feel: hit, but not too much.
Entry criteria (practice standard):
In a stock attempt the target is exactly the cross-section of a stock. A mere touch does not always suffice for a positive attempt: depending on the speed of impact and the running sole on the target stock, the hit must be central [1]. Even with a lateral target stock you stay central on the delivery spot, only the body turns somewhat towards the target [1].
Milestone: You hit a single target stock centrally in 3 of 5 attempts.
If a right-hander misses left and a left-hander misses right, the force is too great [1]. In aufgeben the stock should run on only a little after the hit. Choose a sole and a force with which the struck stock moves slowly.
Milestone: You move a target stock by less than a hand's breadth in 3 of 5 attempts.
The textbook advises beginners to put several target stocks side by side in the target area and to shrink the target until the Daube is the target; each hit scores one point [1]. Hitting should be fun.
Milestone: With 2 target stocks in the field you hit one of them in 4 of 5 attempts.
The resting end position after a valid attempt is scored. A stock counts as valid if it lies in the target area or touches the boundary lines [2]. A stock pushed out of the target area is gone. If a stock lies on the Daube or on other stocks, it is set so that it stands with the whole running sole, with the distance preserved [2].
Milestone: You explain which stocks are valid after an end.
Should I aufgeben, anstellen or shoot? The textbook advises: youth classes rather defensive, with measure attempts; a stock attempt comes when the game situation allows nothing else, for example when the opponent is close to the Daube or with the second-best stock [1]. And the agreement applies: never discuss tactics in the swing phase; if you change your mind, start completely anew [1].
Milestone: You justify in one sentence why you play aufgeben or not in an end.
Whoever hits a stock in the target area releases energy: stocks can be set in motion, and when an attempt is made nobody may be in or in front of the target area [2]. The team leader is the only one per team allowed at the target area and must already have made his attempt [2].
Train aufgeben as a series with a points system: the textbook recommends playing attempt variants with points systems to notice improvements or deteriorations [1]. For example: target stock hit and stays in the field = 1 point; target stock moved by less than a hand's breadth = 3 points.
In this guide: hit a stock so that it moves closer to the Daube. The term is not in the teaching materials I read; the association calls the task "bringing" [3].
The textbook names it when the measure attempt is no alternative, for example when the opponent is close to the Daube or with the second-best stock [1].
Centrally, with a variation of about 10 cm [1].
Yes, if they lie in the target area or touch the boundary line. The resting end position counts for scoring [2].
The textbook advises mastering measure attempts first and building up stock attempts step by step, with large targets and short distances [1].
Target Competition Round 2: Shooting the Target Stock Out of the Field