Pen-Y-Coed Petanque

Coaching the coaches Section 2 This information was for the mothballed PE County Coaching course Module 2.2 Four player team   The...

Playing as a squad of 4 Disadvantages It can disrupt the team having someone very keen to play pacing up and down the side of the piste....

Playing as a squad of 4 With regional qualifiers about to start many teams are asking a few questions as how to get the best teams to...

Playing Petanque. Down the channels. We hear a lot from other sports on how to improve your game, some methods you would never think of...

Petanque Tactics cont... Using the furniture! This session we will look at a relative of the knock up shot. The In off. The opposition...

Tactics. I hope they miss….. Tactical plays vary from team to team and player to player. A great deal of discussion takes place between...

So to recap. You have five boule and the opposition have one left and have played a great boule. So you shoot....... have been six inches...

Getting a big end. How to get a big scoring end and how to turn the key to unlocking the win from a game. Petanque is a game of advantage...

So let us look at a typical end. Your first point is approximately 3 inches or 75mm from the jack. It settles to the side and the...

Shooting the jack The dangers in depth Shoot the jack! Scoring points in petanque can be difficult. The opposition have defended the head...

We are looking at making a big score from an end after the opposition are out of boule and looking at options. Here we look closer. If...

Making hay while the sun shines Petanque is all about advantage and scoring points. We all know you want your team to throw the last few...

Petanque Tactics What shot to play and when Triples. Putting on the pressure and winning the end Six boule per team and deep in game,...

Petanque Teamplay Part 2Match Play This session we are looking at match play. We have covered tactics and pointing and shooting skills...

Teamplay, Now we look at belief, we have all said "I don’t believe it, if you would have tried to take that boule out you could never...

Teamplay 1 Before we get into tactics we will look at Teamplay starting with t op tips from top players. In this series we look at how...

Petanque shooting competition last part. Other factors to take into account to get a correct set up,The target boule should be an...

5. The jack. The jack target is placed at 20cms from the edge of the circle bounding the target, facing the position of the shooter. It...

4. A single boule over another boule.  Again a tricky situation where we often see players crash into the front boule to move the back...

3. A boule in between two other boule.  Picking out target boule in a pack is a sign of a top player. This can be a frustrating part of...