Croquet Professional's Blog - Croquet Questions

Lift Problem

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:34:00 +0800

Semi finals doubles, 2008 US National Association Championships.

Time left is just over an hour. What would you do?

This question posted by Jerry Stark.....

Wrong Ball: 2nd Turn?

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:37:00 +0800

Blue has predictably been placed in C1 (C3 would have been the other alternative)

What should Red now do?

Wrong Ball Played in First Turn!

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:47:00 +0800

The court is flat and reasonably quick (12 Plummers).

You now have to place a correct ball in balk. What do you do?

Our thanks to Chris Patmore for this question!

How to continue?

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:57:00 +0800

Red has just roqueted Yellow

Red is for #2 and Yellow for 4-back

Blue and Black clips are not relevant

What play would you now do?

An Alternative to the Reverse Cannon

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:14:00 +0800

Very often when the reverse cannon is played, the newly rushed ball fails to gain good position. This can put a lot of pressure on the following stop shot.

An interesting alternative is to play a little roll cannon, making sure that the back ball does not run into the forward one! From here it is easy to roquet to your preferred position for the stop shot.

An added advantage occurs if you initially created the cannon with your partner ball, as it can be sent to the trap line.

Black hits the tice ball

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:00:00 +0800

The Standard Opening has been employed, and Black has hit the tice ball.

There are many options now available, but what do you think is the best line of play to adopt?

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Question #2

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:49:00 +0800

Blue had made a long roll to #2, but unfortunately for him Yellow got stuck in the wicket and the break could not continue. Blue then hit back through the dead ball Black (an attempted "saving shot") to the east border.

Red and Black are for 4-back, Yellow is for #4 and Blue of course is still for #2

How would you advise Red/Yellow to proceed?

Question #1a

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:07:00 +0800

This question has been well answered if the player is at Championship level. Given the exact same position, what would you recommend for the average 'Club Player'?

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Question #1

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:21:00 +0800

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Sun, 04 Nov 2007 06:18:00 +0800

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