Shooting in Petanque. Line is everything part 2

The target boule is on the red line and your hand holding the boule you are going to throw is between 8 inches to one foot off the centre line and is shown by the white line. Now the reason you have stolen next doors washing line is to display a fundamental principle. Trying to hit a boule as a target will mean you are trying to practice both aspects of shooting at the same time. Direction and length. This is Wrong! As we are starting from the basics I only want you to practice direction. As you can see now you have placed a string from the centre of your circle to the centre of the boule. If you now throw your boule and drop short of the target boule your boule will land on the centre line but not hit the boule. The only time the thrown boule will land on this line and hit the boule is when you are throwing to length thus hitting the target. So how can you practice throwing straight by itself and then work on length later? Well we can move the line! Move the line from the centre of the circle to the right, or left if you are cack handed, of the circle. The line will now pass under the boule in your hand to the target boule. All clear now? Take a look at the photos.

Land on the white line while throwing now and you will at least land on the same plane as the target boule. If you wish you can still stand square to the target boule and throw across your body down the line or you can stand parallel to the line and throw straight. The point is that you need to practice throwing straight along the line to the target boule so you can position yourself before taking on a shot.

This may look and feel a little simplistic but it works.