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Shooting Advanced. Develop the skill No.2 Over the top Equipment Required Your set of boule Three spare Boule Jack 4-inch square block of wood 25 metres of string or twine Last session we focused on throwing straight and landing straight. On a firm flat terrain you will improve your hit rate no end by focusing on the line when shooting. Petanque as we know is a tricky sport and ...

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Advanced Pointing Hard Piste continued… The main pointing problem is all those deep pistes we play on. A hard firm pitch with little topping make the game far more difficult to play your normal tactics. The most common mistake is to start marbling your boule to the jack. On a normal pitch your pointed boule may travel two to three metres on the ground, rarely more than this dist...

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Advanced Pointing Hard Piste Over our coaching tip series we have focused on soft pitches and how to adapt your tactics to suit. We examined the idea of shooting a boule that will not move and how that maybe a bad choice of tactic. Pointing into a crowded head may seem a little dull but, levering the jack out of a head for points will turn a stalemate game into a winning one. A ...

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Here we continue our look at two pistes. One rocky and covered in bits of grass and hidden underground stones as discussed in the last post. The other undulating from side to side so the boule takes a winding route to the jack. Undulating fast rolling pistes. These fast pitches can be a nightmare as your boule rolls down the pitch twisting and turning. First this is the secret s...

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Advanced Pointing Tricky Pistes Here we will look at two pistes. One rocky and covered in bits of grass and hidden underground stones. The other undulating from side to side so the boule takes a winding route to the jack. Many pointers can get frustrated when faced with a difficult piste to play on. My guess is the unpredictability is possibly the most annoying. When the boule l...

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