I’m just playing around at home as I recover from a severe virus. I started reviewing some of my slow motion from the Marseillaise and I wondered what your thoughts are with regard to this and would it help your game or others game if they had a very in-depth analysis

Thanks for accepting me! Hello everybody, have a nice petanque summer :-) ž

Tonight I’m joined by @Jimmy Skog for a special Zoom training call. Jimmy has been suffering with the mental side specifically his inability to let bad shots go and his tendency to focus on the negative in his game. This causes him to abandon his trust in himself and hunt for quick fixes in the moment. Everyone is invited to join this call as I believe it will help many of you.

Coaches Corner - My analysis of tactics during this game in Aubenas National Pètanque 2026 https://youtu.be/UVRq7mG9P64 Here is my first tactical review of a game I filmed yesterday at the Top 300 Veterans in Aubenas. I think it showcases an interesting situation at 11/10 and the choices that led to the eventual demise of one team. Is this the sort of analysis you want or something different. What would your choice of tactics be here. Vote below or add a comment

I was playing in a melee yesterday and had a decent player and we were against two very strong players. With me pointing and him being arrogant we found ourselves in deep trouble at 12 - 1 down. I asked to switch and after a little discussion where I pointed out it couldn’t get any worse and he was missing loads he agreed to swop. Slowly we started to come back, one point at a time with me hitting boule after boule and getting lots of carreau. The fun part was when we won our second point to make it 12 -2 I remarked “pas morte” which was greeted with immense hilarity by everyone watching and the players. It came down to the last boule every end, time after time I had to play a miracle and I managed to pull it off each end. Every time we won another point I said the same thing…..pas morte. The next thing it was 12 - 12 and we had a large crowd as we were holding up the entire melee. I had a situation where they were lying 3 after a dodgy cochonnet movement and there was no feasible way I could beat 2 of the points. So I lobbed onto the jack and moved it to our boule and we won the game! The crowd at this point went crazy. This melee happens every week with over 100 players turning up and it was a very memorable game. It’s never over until someone hits 13! Do you have any similar stories?