Phil Boarder
Petanque boule and circles
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...
top of page
WINNING PETANQUE BLOG
Search
Phil Boarder
- Jun 26
- 2 min
Tips for new Petanque players Tip 2
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...
0 views0 comments
Phil Boarder
- Jun 25
- 2 min
Tips for new petanque 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...
2 views0 comments
Phil Boarder
- Jun 10
- 2 min
Jumping Jacks How to cope with a petanque jack movement!
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...
0 views0 comments
Phil Boarder
- Jun 7
- 1 min
How to throw a petanque jack when playing boule
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...
0 views0 comments
Phil Boarder
- Mar 19
- 2 min
Petanque rules with the focus on the jack cont.....
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...
2 views0 comments
Phil Boarder
- Mar 15
- 1 min
More petanque rules concerning the jack and other animals?
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...
3 views0 comments
Phil Boarder
- Mar 14
- 2 min
If the petanque jack is not the target it certainly has a lot of rules to itself!
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...
1 view0 comments
Phil Boarder
- Mar 13
- 2 min
It is Petanque's offside rule. The jack is dead?
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...
3 views0 comments
Phil Boarder
- Mar 6
- 2 min
Playing boule and the jack is not the target?
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...
1 view0 comments
Phil Boarder
- Mar 5
- 1 min
The jack is not the target Petanque tips continues.....
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?”...
3 views0 comments
Phil Boarder
- Mar 4
- 2 min
Playing boule and the jack is not the target?
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...
6 views0 comments
Phil Boarder
- Mar 1
- 1 min
A Petanque jack. What's in a name?
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...
1 view0 comments
Phil Boarder
- Feb 29
- 1 min
Petanque, Information for old and new boule players
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...
1 view0 comments
Phil Boarder
- Feb 26
- 1 min
Winning Petanque, help for new boule players
Winning Petanque came from a conversation with Micheal Hourcastagnou together with Phil and Dizzy Murray way back in 2000. During a sunny...
5 views0 comments
Phil Boarder
- Sep 2, 2023
- 1 min
Magnets and French boule
Magnets for picking up Petanque boule have been around for a long time. The sport is constantly changing and the introduction of cheap...
1 view0 comments
Phil Boarder
- Sep 1, 2023
- 1 min
Magnets to pick up French Boule give a glimpse to the history of the game
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...
2 views0 comments
Phil Boarder
- Aug 25, 2023
- 1 min
Why do petanque players use a cloth?
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...
8 views0 comments
Phil Boarder
- Aug 17, 2023
- 1 min
Picking up a magnetic jack?
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...
7 views0 comments
Phil Boarder
- Aug 7, 2023
- 1 min
Winning Petanque just trying to help
Winning Petanque came from a conversation with Micheal Hourcastagnou together with Phil and Dizzy Murray way back in 2000. During a sunny...
2 views0 comments
bottom of page