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Posted At : November 4, 2007 6:18 AM
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# Posted By Admin | 11/5/07 1:28 AM

The standard way to obtain a break from this position is to try and rush red 2-3 yards West of blue then take off to obtain a rush on blue. Rush blue anywhere between 2 feet and 2 yards East of hoop 4, stop it towards 5 getting in front of 4, run to the boundary, hit red and continue.

# Posted By Chris Clarke | 11/12/07 8:51 AM

Take your rush south. If it's a good enough rush (for your ability), run to the corner (I'm assuming blue is in the corner) and play a cannon to approach hoop 4 while feeding red to hoop 5. Otherwise, rush close to blue, ideally on South boundary. Take off behind blue in the corner, rush to near (but east of) hoop 4 and approach the hoop with a stop shot. If it doesn't work, retreat to partner near corner 4.

The problem with the "given" answer is that firstly you're somewhat exposed with regard to red having not rushed oit close to the boundary. You are also faced with a croquet shot from corner 4 which may have red in the way (indeed, in the video, blth yellow and blue appear to get very close to red in this stroke).

# Posted By Samir Patel | 11/14/07 6:08 AM

Hear, hear Chris! I would much rather use 2
simple shots and 1 moderately simple shot than
1 simple shot and 1 potentially disasterous
difficult shot as described in the original
answer.

# Posted By Danny Huneycutt | 11/15/07 2:54 AM

I agree with Chris, so have some comments about the line of play shown in the video.

Firstly, the rush didn't go off the south boundary. Why not? The lawn looks fast enough, so there's no excuse for not hitting the ball a bit harder.

Secondly, the take-off to blue was frighteningly close to going off the boundary, immediately after the comment "we don't have to try for a rush on blue". So why was it hit so hard? And why was it aimed so that, when it did go near to the boundary, it didn't leave a rush to hoop 4, instead of the rush to nowhere it ended up with?

Finally, I agree with Danny that the hoop approach is far too difficult a shot. Revealingly, the video ended just before what looks like a difficult hoop shot. My guess is it failed.

# Posted By Martin Murray | 11/17/07 6:33 AM

It is great that we have so many diverging views! What we are trying to constantly show is that you can "have your cake and eat it to". The rush was purposely hit to around the trap line and then the take-off was definitely hit too hard - can you imagine what would have been the outcome if an attempt at getting a rush had been made? Nevertheless, after the croqueted ball is sent to a wired position west of #5 we have a fall-back position if the wicket cannot be made. In the back of the mind there was the knowledge that if we get lucky we get an immediate break, and if not then we have a great leave!

# Posted By Admin | 11/17/07 10:02 PM

With Chris's play, should you fail to get position at 4 you could still retreat to corner IV with an effective trap. So long as you take care not to leave a double, oppo's shot will be longer than in the video answer, while the trap will be nearly as effective -- if oppo shoots and misses you can easily croquet it to several yards south of 4 while getting a rush on partner to east of 4. Having just practiced the shot sending a ball to 5 and getting position at 4, this time you should have a very good chance of getting it right.

# Posted By Jeff Soo | 11/18/07 4:30 AM

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