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Posted by: Jeff widen (
) at 2008-10-08 10:28:42
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Tom:
While I deem myself a traditionalist and like to draw the circles; the pre-fab circle serves two major advantages for my particular situation: growth and time-savings
petanque-growth in Detroit demands a spoon-fed approach. Onlookers, not privy to the rules, need to be babied with visual aids to draw them into better understanding our admittedly obscure game.
By using bright red circles to denote who is "playing" and from where - as well as use of tall flip-style scoreboards, and free-standing 2-sided rules/histroy of petanque boards I'm making petanque as approachable as possible.
I only made 2 circles, what you don't see, is that in the other game(s) the players are drawing circles in the gravel/dirt. I have the new players, those who were just walking-by to play on the "rubber circle" piste for efficiency in teaching them the game play.
As for the second advantage: time-savings. Keep in mind that I play during the lunch-hour. That means it takes people 5 minutes to assemble (55 minutes left) and 5 minutes to leave early to get back to work (50 minutes) - in order to play a triplette.
By eliminating the circle drawing, we're getting right down to playing - thus able to fit in a game, maybe even a second game (played to a lower score).
So, as you can see, I do not ignore the pleasures of circle making in as much as I wish to promote petanque growth and maximized game-play with limited timespans.
Thanks,
Jeff.
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Removing an illegally played ball tom bricca 2008-09-13 22:36:36
Playing from the wrong circle Jeff Widen 2008-09-14 19:36:54
Playing from the wrong circle tom bricca 2008-09-25 13:59:47
Playing from the wrong circle Jeff Widen 2008-09-27 19:23:32
Playing from the wrong circle tom bricca 2008-10-08 01:43:30
Playing from the wrong circle Jeff widen 2008-10-08 10:28:42
Playing from the wrong circle tom bricca 2008-10-11 22:22:00
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