I created this little video today after last nights get together and it got me thinking that it might be fun to do a LIVE version tomorrow. Please watch and let me know if you think this would be good value to you as a player and I’ll set up a LIVE for tomorrow evening Serious About Pétanque? Watch This Match Analysis https://youtu.be/ApF9-S6jlE8

I saw a Lacroix game yesterday. He again placed excellently. But his balls often don't land on the donnee but right in front of it. I see that much more often. I think 80-90% of the balls are not thrown on the donnee but somewhere for it. What do you think? How do you deal with this? You throw a little further because you know he comes down earlier? You make your donnee a little bigger, or a little longer in length so that the ball lands on the donnee anyway? Or are there other ways to deal with this?

Marco Foyot still brings people wherever he plays and often despite not playing well! It never fails to amaze me how a few players bring 10x more viewers. Foyot is a great example, many people falling over themselves today to watch him play mediocre at best and the LIVE viewers when I filmed were big too. In comparison to much better games with say Bonetto, Sarrio and Montoro. I’ve seen this with Rocher, Quintais and Suchaud but I don’t see the same “Fan Boy” attitude with a lot of players. Who is your favourite and why?

I just lost in the second game in a single tournament here in Bourg Saint Andéol. I’ve beaten the tough opponents in the first game and was confident going into the second game. I thought I had practised and worked out most of the terrains this morning whilst waiting for the competition and filming a little. However, nothing prepared me for the nightmare terrain that was chosen. I threw the Jack initially to 8 m and threw my first boule which promptly hit a stone and steamed off at a right angle and off the terrain!!!! I had a quiet word with myself and said shit happens through the second boule which hit another bastard stone and went 4 m to the back. It was at this days that I realised it would be much easier to shoot than to point. In the end, I lost quite a close game to a very good player, but whilst I was throwing 1 to 2 boule off the terrain he was only throwing one boule off the terrain. He won quite a few ends with 5/6 meter measures! Shooting was also difficult because of the stones and I don’t think I’ve ever lost to a terrain in my life. Although my opponent got to 13 before I did, I still don’t think he deserved the win. Have you ever lost to a terrain before?

I saw the next game https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=57ljyjMA_hI&ra=m I saw that a number of mistakes were made. The team change was not applied and according to me it often scores successfully for 75%. The losing party continued to place too often while I think shooting would have been more successful. As a result, the game always went according to a certain pattern where I had the feeling that this goes on and on and nothing changes. I also saw that one party had a ball advantage and went to place while the other party was at 2 points. Shooting at least 1 ball seemed to me the better option. What do you think? I am playing petanque in the Netherlands for 4 years.