Petanque boule pointing fun continued.....

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 playing the last three boule of the end and so far your opposition are holding three. The object is to take the points, three hopefully. Now you can see why you may, in a real game, shoot the front boule. Actually in a real game if you had three left and the opposition were holding three you would shoot the front boule hoping for a carreau or a jack movement. BUT No shooting is allowed as we are still on pointing practice. I will be harder on you than that, as even a hard point is not allowed. Any opposition boule that travel 18 inches from the jack cause the end to be dead and so no score to you but 3 for the "opposition" The session is First to thirteen obviously! I know it is difficult and you will only pick up the odd end when you first start this exercise but soon you will begin to win ends and then slowly turn your pointing game on this system into success. After you have won a game, it may take a while, move the jack to seven metres and play as before, repeat the game up to ten metres in one metre stages. Good luck. The longer the length the more difficult it will become. Do not get disheartened it is a difficult task but your game will improve.

If you wish to go even further with this type of practice move the boule to other positions i.e. two in front and one behind etc. Also play those important six and a half metre etc. lengths that seem to get missed out in practice. To add an edge to the game if the opposition win you could move back to the last length you played at. A little like snakes and ladders.

Good Luck

Just some clarifications on the pointing exercise. You can fill your landing spot in after every throw just like a normal game, you may need to measure to see if you are holding the points. You do not have to throw your last boule if you are holding two points. Score properly, remember you are only cheating yourself!  Here we see a typical end after all three boule have been thrown. Blue boule are the enemy!