Pen-Y-Coed Petanque

Further information on Jumping jacks. Practice sessions you can play on your own. If you are playing on an international size piste 15m x...

Practice without purpose is just chucking boule. Have a measurement so you can track your improvement. Yesterday we looked at pointing to...

Jumping jacks Practice session. If you do not have spare boule to use take three or four half house bricks and place them in a semi...

Jumping  jacks. The art of winning a game of Petanque is to always make the best of a bad position. The game is full of moments where the...

Pointing task, outpoint the opposition in the head shown Well that is the task. To make a game of it, imagine you are in a real game...

Pointing practice fun! So far we have looked at landing areas, throwing the jack to correct lengths, placing of the boule in front of the...

So we are trying to point into a space near but not too close to the jack. To practise these close but not too close shots draw a line at...

Continuing our look at where to place your first boule. If you are 10-7 down in a timed game and playing out an end once the whistle has...

All the practice tips have been to help you get your boule exactly where you want it. Many players want to get as close to the jack as...

So far we have looked at landing areas and using different shots to miss potential bad landing areas. We have practised throwing the jack...

We are straying away from the detail however. The main point is if you want to play at seven metres, nine and half metres, like lobbing...

Petanque 4 metres of fun! We have looked at how to throw a boule when pointing and now we are looking to control the game! The game of...

The sun is out and the weather is warming so a great time to get out on the piste. To play or just go along to watch these events show...

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Three landing spots! A practice session for you this weekend Place a jack at 6m from the circle and point to the jack. Each boule must...

When I am warming up before the start of play I usually throw my boule onto a chosen landing spot and then repeat the throw with the rest...

Landing spots! The landing spot is critical to a successful pointed boule.  What if there is something in your chosen spot? Do not worry,...

Landing spots continued….. To practise, just draw some circles, approximately 10 inches or 25 cm diameter on the ground, (or you can use...

Four metres of fun! Improve your pointing. So we have looked at the throw but there is one factor vital to a successful boule delivery....

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