Thursday, October 28, 2010

Petanque


Petanque is a game which you could play on every place and is for everyone. A player needs three metal balls with diameter from 6,5 to 8 centimeters and weight from 650 gr. to 800 gr. First is drown a circle with diameter 30 centimeters. Players stay in the circle when they are shooting. When the game starts the player trows one wooden ball called boule and then is next player turn.
The goal is to trow your ball most closely to the boule and hit the balls of the opposite team far away from the target. Also you need a meter with which to calculate which the closest ball to the target is. The winner is the person or the team who first gains 13 points which means to trow the biggest amount of balls to the boule.
Petanque is included in the summer olympic games. It is very popular in France. It can help you maintain good physical form. It is interesting that you can play it during you eat and drink beer as most people do and it is easy to find a terrain in every garden or in sport complexes.

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