Just a quick poll, I’m thinking of doing video boule reviews for different brands and models and this would be valuable to me! I know @Paul Cornwell already bought some from me and MS which is great and shows my advice can help

Turtle lands in Spain for a few weeks

👋 Hi Kevin. I am currently struggling with direction when shooting. Mostly I tend to miss shots on the left side. My Stand were always skewed to the right a little bit. When I skew my feed even a few cm more to the right it corrects that issue. I do this in tournaments as a „quick fix“ but it lasts only for that day, so this time at the training game I refused to correct my stance and just record myself. I feel like there is something wrong at the release part. Maybe something with my shoulder or timing of release. Usually I have that feeling that my hand snaps into the right position so I know immendiatly if my ball is straight or not. That feeling is totally gone. Would appreciate any feedback.

🇫🇷 On Tuesday I do something that terrifies and excites me in equal measure. I leave my job — my only income — and move to the Languedoc in the south of France. No salary. No safety net. Just a camera, 40 years of pétanque in my hands, and a belief that I can build a life around this game I love. As you know, last weekend I finished Vice Champion of Manche Promotion Triples. This weekend I’m packing my boule plus a few cases and move to France permanently to play and film full time. I mention that sequence deliberately. This isn’t a retirement project or a content experiment. This is a serious competitive player making an irreversible commitment to the game — and bringing this community with him. But I’ll be honest with you. To make this work — to stay in France, keep filming, keep competing, and not have to come home with my tail between my legs — I need a team around me. That’s why today I’m opening just 20 Founding Member spots. And don’t worry this group will always be free for anyone with my normal advice and support from each other. If you become a Founding Member, you’re not just getting coaching. You’re joining my team. You’re the people who believed in this when it was just an idea and a one-way ticket. You’re the reason it works. And I will never forget that. Before I tell you what’s included, let me tell you what this actually is. This isn’t a subscription to content. It’s a mentoring relationship — before your competitions, after them, and every step of the game in between. The kind of support you’d pay a YouTube coach for, from someone you already trust, who is now living inside the French pétanque world full time and bringing everything he finds back to you. I am that confident you’ll feel the value of this that I’m offering a 7 day free trial. No risk. No obligation, to experience what proper pétanque mentoring feels like. I’d be genuinely surprised if you wanted to leave. A word on what this community already is: A collection of like minded players who want to improve and progress their game with support, encouragement and safety.

As many of you know I’m moving to near Carcassonne in France in 2 weeks to play and film full time. What sort of content would benefit your game and what would you suggest for the wider community? Any suggestions are very welcome