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!

Have you ever got to a semi final or final stage where you have been asked to share the money? This happens a lot and Christophe asked me if I have experienced it. I recall one huge final in the old Londonaise Petanque tournament where the highly skilled French team were asked about sharing the money before the final from a scratch team who were put together that day. The French team sneered and declined. Incredibly the scratch team including Ron de Haan went on to win! 🏆 Do you think this reduces the atmosphere or desire to win or does it make the players more relaxed and play better.

# Carreaux # Carreaux sur Place # Tir raffle | Raspaille | (raffle-shot?) = hit the ground maybe a metre in front of target # Casquette = when you hit the ball on the head # Chiquette, to "chiquer" a boule means that a shooter grazes the target on the side without managing to displace it or knock it out of play # Pallet is where you hit a boule in front of the boule and it carries through and gets closer (to the Cochon) →WHAT DO YOU CALL← when your boule is nearer the jack than the target boule after the shot? Streifschuss (.de) a glancing shot that barely moves the target Boule I find conflicting definitions and descriptions of shooting terms. Is there a good source out there I could refer to? Or, *if people give clear definitions below, I could add them to this post.* Shooting terminology comes mainly from the French language - I include German terms (from the region I play) - *if there's equivalent French or English terms please let me know and I will add.*

Let’s have your weekend reports with your wins or lessons. For me, I didn’t really play at all apart from one fun melee which I don’t really count and it was just mixing it up. I was filming the rest of the time.

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