Round in Circles The introduction of plastic circles to the sport of petanque has changed how many players look at the sport. They add a...

Five things new players to the Petanque game get wrong Part 2 Do not know who’s boule is who’s This is a common problem when players...

Five things new players to the game get wrong Part 1 Stand in the wrong place! Where to stand! Come on and join in the fun. The game of...

Jumping  jacks. The art of winning a game of Petanque is to always make the best of a bad position. The game is full of moments were the...

Throwing the Cochonnet is very important. It should be thrown like a small boule, with some backspin and a gentle loop in the air. The...

We are looking at all the rules concerning the jack in the official rule book. Yes there is one! Handy to know all of these as it may...

So we are looking at the smallest object on the petanque piste and all the rules that cover the small wooden ball Article 8, For the...

The placing of a jack is key to the success of your team. Three whole sections of the rule book are dedicated to the pesky little wooden...

What is the Boule in Hand Rule and when should you try to shoot the cochonnet If you have no more boule left and the jack is deemed dead...

We are looking at the time when your team are Pointing. The question is When is the jack not the target? The game of petanque revolves...

The game of petanque revolves around who is closest to the jack, so it is a bold step to question, “Is the jack the target all the time?”...

Pointing. When is the jack not the target? The game of petanque revolves around who is closest to the jack, so it is a bold step to...

Its all in a name. Who would have thought a name of a main focus in the sport of petanque could be so problematic. Coche, Jack, La...

We are going to start this series looking at Petanque with a microscope. Petanque is a boule and target game and we will begin with the...

Winning Petanque came from a conversation with Micheal Hourcastagnou together with Phil and Dizzy Murray way back in 2000. During a sunny...

Magnets for picking up Petanque boule have been around for a long time. The sport is constantly changing and the introduction of cheap...

Magnets for French Boule give a glimpse to the history of the game A lot of players use magnets to pick their boule up and this points to...

Why do some petanque boule players use a cloth. You have been playing petanque for a while and wonder why players use cloths. In the UK...

Magnetic jacks. Many people ask us if a magnetic jack is legal to play with as we sell them as part of our range. The old trick was to...

Winning Petanque came from a conversation with Micheal Hourcastagnou together with Phil and Dizzy Murray way back in 2000. During a sunny...