Indoor Petanque

Able to adapt to any terrain, indoor petanque  or  soft petanque  is the ideal leisure activity for convivial afternoons with family or friends. But what are the rules of the game of indoor petanque ? Can you really transform your living room into an indoor petanque court ? Here's how to play with a soft petanque boule, whether you're just starting out or you already spend your Sundays shooting Marseille style .

 

 

What are the rules of Indoor Pétanque: the classic version?

If you like traditional petanque, you won't be put off by petanque in an apartment because it is played practically in the same way. Before starting your petanque game , place a mark on the ground. Toss or hand place the Jack. Now it's time to throw your first indoor petanque boule! As with  Provençal and  Lyon petanque, the objective is to approach one's boule as close as possible to the jack. Have you never played Marseille petanque or indoor petanque? Here is some vocabulary:

• When you shoot, you move another player's ball away from the goal.
• When you point, you try to overtake the opponent by sending your inside bocce boule even closer to the jack.
• Note that if you are trying your first game of petanque: indoor or outdoor petanque can be played in doubles or triples. In doubles (two against two), each player has three balls. And in triplet (three against three), each player has two boules.

The team that places the boule closest to the jack wins the point. To recover, the opposing team just has to play again. Have you thrown your last indoor petanque boule ? It's up to the other team to keep playing, until they don't have any more either. 

 

Which ground to play indoor petanque?

After indoor football, a new sport is currently all the rage: indoor petanque or indoor petanque . The principle is simple, it's the same game that is usually played on a classic petanque court except that the bowling alley is your apartment! Of course, the boules are soft petanque boules. Indoor petanque allowing you to play at home without breaking anything while enjoying the same sensations as traditional petanque.

 

Like in Provence! The winning team scores a point for each boule located closer to the jackpot than the opposing team's best ball. She can then raise the jack to start a new round. To win a game of indoor petanque, you must accumulate a total of 9 points. And if the opposing team loses without having scored any points, they are supposed to kiss Fanny's buttocks but more generally, they pay the winners a round. Even in the context of the game, the aperitif remains sacred. Faithful to Marseille petanque, homemade petanque loves tradition!

 

When soft petanque plays without a net...

Are the rules of the game too strict for you? Never mind, with indoor petanque, you can afford almost anything! To play homemade petanque in freestyle, there is no more limit to the jack. You can send it anywhere and even place it directly by hand wherever you want to play the game. And the great advantage of the soft petanque ball is that it can bounce anywhere without damaging anything or hurting anyone. And moreover, in silence. The indoor petanque ball is thus sent on the walls, and the various supports that are in its path and uses the various obstacles to get closer to the jack. The game is won by accumulating a total of 9 points, with only one rule to respect, which is to throw the indoor petanque by keeping one foot in the playing area. Want to play again? The team that won the last game raises the jack and it's off again for completely crazy throws thanks to the soft petanque boule!

 

You know everything about homemade petanque indoors!

There you go, you know how to play petanque apartment. Enough to make you forget your most beautiful games of Lyonnaise... And if you want to return to the game of outdoor pétanque, no problem: a flexible petanque ball is all-terrain and adapts immediately when going from an indoor petanque court  to all other surfaces such as sand, grass, gravel, asphalt, cobblestones...