Petanque boule landing spots, how to use them

Landing spots continued…..

To practise, just draw some circles, approximately 10 inches or 25 cm diameter on the ground, (or you can use string or old washing line circles. Use a thin line so it does not affect the boules travel at a suitable place from the throwing circle and practise landing in them. Please note! Landing in them not stopping in them! No jack used for this, just land your boule in the string circle.

Here we see a typical set up for a semi lob shot. The circle has been placed where the thrower will try to land when pointing to the jack. It makes sense that if this area has half a house brick sticking up from the ground then you will need to adapt your throw. Possibly with a higher or lower shot. Using this technique you will begin to focus on the landing spot during games. You can see potential problems and miss the bad areas. This will also stop you from landing on a boule that has been played short. Hopefully all the bad kicks will be a thing of the past unless you really have been bad! and your game will be a happier one.