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The Petanque Performance Academy is for players who wish to progress their game through in depth coaching and analysis. This group is open to all
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Disaster!
On my way home from competition. Swedish Cup qualifier. Today i played embarrassingly bad. No heart raise or feeling nervous. Just was not there in my mind. But i found it hard to fokus, it was like my usual ritual och routine was gone. Must be some kind of stress anyway. Shuld have had coach @Kevin ORourke by my side . This is depressing 😥
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@Xavier Tizon excellent video and one I was thinking about myself.
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@Thor Hestas please share the video
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Welcome to the newest member
Hello Arnbjorn, Rick, Sylvia, Frank and Mattie! Please take a moment to introduce yourselves and tell us what brought you here and what you would like out of this community
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Your Playing Partners
In my first full year of pétanque I played with a lot of different teams (13). As I wasn’t an established player with a set team, I became a pétanque nomad, different team every competition. Some were a great laugh , some very negative, other were indecisive, and some were constructive. This year I have been approached and asked to join 4 different teams. How do you go about selecting the team you’ll play with for the year? How do you guys decide who to play with?
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For me the most important thing is team cohesion, being relaxed in each others company and setting a plan for the team. I have played with some top players and hated it. I have also seen many great players getting together and failing. I have seen some teams who have played for years together be unstoppable.
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This weekends training video
I’m preparing content for this weekend and my thoughts are on setting goals for the year. Goals in Pètanque are vital to gauge progress, gather evidence of improvement and a sense of accomplishment and motivation. It’s not as easy as setting a PB (personal best) in running, weight lifting or fitness. What specific goals would YOU like me to focus on so I can create the right content?
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I’ve recorded the YouTube videos and will sort the academy follow up tomorrow or Saturday
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@Xavier Tizon I believe that the mental game needs to be worked on in that case. You clearly have the ability to hit when relaxed and in quick succession but not when delays happen. Drills will not work as they will be rapid.
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Just for fun… A Match scenario!
Lets say its a tight match, score is 11-12. You are the only one standing with one boule left. The opponent have the point in this round but it is like 1,5m from the jack. And you have the 2nd and 3rd boule. So shoot to win or point safe and play a new round at 12-12? Wich will you choose and why? Does it matter to you if its 6,8 or 10 meters? Happy friday all!
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@Jimmy Skog aha, that opens another can of worms where people agree and sometimes blame afterwards. True team cohesion is getting rare in the game and people often switch teams like crazy and never get to know their teams strengths and weaknesses. It’s often very difficult to defeat a team who know each others play and are secure in their abilities. I lost to a team in France last year who were all in their 80’s, it was a triples and on paper we should have smashed them.we had far superior ability, much younger, immense self belief but they kept on at us, never giving anything away, annoyingly patient and boring. And eventually they beat my team and we couldn’t work out why or how. When I asked them afterwards they explained they had been playing as a triple for 20 years and whilst they knew they were not the best, they knew they would be the hardest to beat!!!
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@Xavier Tizon that’s pretty much what I’m developing and it’s a super example
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@kevin-orourke-1847
I’m Kevin aka Pétanque Coach. I play the French game of Pétanque and offer free advice, game commentary and interviews via my YouTube channel.
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Joined Aug 17, 2025
Wyton,Cambridge, UK