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 😥

Lets go for a new match scenario, if you guys think its boring just say and ill stop 😊 Game: The Score is 11-11 Both Teams have 2boules left, its the shooter in the opponents team that got the 2 boules in hand. He/she have had i high hitRate in this game. The opponent have the closest boule, 60cm from jack and your team have the second at 100cm ftån jack. How do you play! A: Point 2 times and hope for a miss or hope he doesn’t hit a carreaue? B: Shoot the Jack, guessing his good hitRate is to hard to ignore. C: Shoot 2 times and let him have 1 point. Or maby you have a other solution? 😎 Happy Friday everyone!

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!

Do any of your clubs have interesting "House Rules" or game variations that you play? Has anyone played with 2 cochonnes - scoring off of each? Lately, we've been playing some 3 vs 3 with each player using all 3 boules. That many boules out there forces practice of different techniques - precision pointing, lobbing over the front mess of boules, shooting to clear a path, etc.

What do you think about playing style, and how do you actually develop your own? I mostly taught myself by watching YouTube, reading books, and searching for information online. At the club, people often say that everyone plays in their own way. I don’t fully agree with that. In my view, there are certain fundamentals you can’t ignore — for example, without a straight arm movement, you simply can’t throw a truly straight boule. That’s why I really like step-by-step explanations like in this article, which i use as a reference in my training: https://petanque.wordpress.com/how-to/how-to-throw-a-boule/ When I train to reach a higher level, I sometimes consciously try playing styles from top players like Suchaud, Cocciolo, Molinas. But how to incorporate the most useful parts for my own style, at what point does everything start to fall into place logically? Do you have your own playing style, and how did you develop it?