tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706515201886564249.comments2022-03-29T10:25:33.265-07:00My Petanque BlogColin Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015139419158115212noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706515201886564249.post-3283428246418369752016-11-03T16:52:52.563-07:002016-11-03T16:52:52.563-07:00Hi- Mr colin Stewart i agree with youHi- Mr colin Stewart i agree with youAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828521780312684035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706515201886564249.post-55671326799441303152013-10-10T06:51:34.777-07:002013-10-10T06:51:34.777-07:00Hi - thanks for the comment and I understand where...Hi - thanks for the comment and I understand where you are coming from and perhaps the article could have worded a little better. But what I was trying to get across is that there are a lot of teams I play who don't know why they should learn to shoot. In my country we are only just beginning to learn petanque with only a few elite players (we have no petanque schools). I was really trying to explain some of the reasons why shooting is important and why, if you only ever point, you might find it difficult to improve. I take all of your points on board! :-) Colin Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15015139419158115212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706515201886564249.post-89402855981734766752013-10-04T21:24:35.481-07:002013-10-04T21:24:35.481-07:00Your article does not recognize the importance of ...Your article does not recognize the importance of having a good pointer as part of your team. Without a fairly accurate pointer the shooters will be obligated to play the part of the pointers. You also failed to mention that "shooting" is not just displacing the opponents boules, a shot that does not stay near the target is just a temporary inconvenience to the opposing team. Consider this scenario:<br />Team A is first to play, points and obviously holds the point; Team B shoots, displaces team A's boule but end farther than Team A's, hence,Team B now must play again and....Well, basically team B is now behind on the count.<br />One can go on indefinitely about this subject and still have difference of opinion, but consider this: all petanque schools first teach newcomers how to point and then progresses into shooting.Uzero Metreizehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07270390109785542506noreply@blogger.com