My first proper practice for 2026 starts this weekend as I’m restricted when it’s cold. First competition is next weekend when I play with a GB junior player to help his game

Would you like it if I recorded a full visualisation video to help you prior to competition and especially before each shot with full explanation and a quick 10/15 second scenario you can use?

I did this video a while ago with Steve as it works wonders when you don’t have much time to practice before a tournament but need to get your mind and arm ready for battle. Mixing it up constantly to create different shooting or pointing scenarios to remove any thoughts, worries and to focus on ONLY the shot at that moment. These are the sort of private things I do when coaching others https://youtu.be/Yaqi_q98yTU?si=bxkt9CtIWdMIqrhx

"Winter is here..." In Denmark is has been quite windy, snowing and below freezing point for several weeks. We do have indoor petanque terrains/pitchs in Denmark but from where I live just north of Copenhagen, it is quite a driving distance. So I went to a nearby "Boulebar" (the one and only indoor in Copenhagen). 90 minutes for 125 danish "kroner" - thats approx 17€ or 15£. Just by myself and with the purpose of training pointing and (mostly) shooting. One from the nice staff joined my for 15 - 20 minutes - and I "won" 10-7... Anyway - It was nice to do some petanque practice. And some of the pitchs are quite challenging. If You suffer from the winter and have a boulebar or the like nearby - it is highly recommend. Alone for training or with friends for playing, or just for fun - You can buy beer as well.

The one weapon I struggle with in my pointing armoury is the lob shot. I either release to late and goes half distance it’s meant to but certainly stops dead or I release to shallow and it goes to far by. What sort of training techniques do people use to practice this?