Menjadi seorang shooter yang lebih baik.
Ramai orang beranggapan bahawa untuk melakukan shooter dalam pertandingan petanque adalah merupakan satu perkara yang amat susah dan payah. Sebenarnya bukan begitu. Ikutilah nota yang dipetik dan diedit daripada halaman web petanque. Semoga memberi manfaat kepada semua pemain dan peminat petanque
Becoming a Better Shooter
The process of including shooting
throws in your petanque repertoire is not as difficult as many think. Shooting in preconditioned petanque
can be just as much fun as any other casual tossing activity. The first thing
that you have to accept is that you can do it. There is nothing magical about
tossing a boule at a non-moving target 20 or 30 feet away and hitting it.
So where do we start? Well, lets
start by building on skills that we already have. If you can throw a pretty
straight ball that is a very good start! Initially you may not have the
strength to keep the boule in the air the entire distance to the target
(keeping the shot boule off the ground as long as possible should be your
goal). Your boule may drop half way to the target and roll in the rest of the
way. Of course every cm that it is on the ground increases the chance that something
will deviate it from your target - this is why you want to keep it off the
ground as long as possible.
But we work with what we have, and if
a throw that just gets half way there is what we have, then that is what we use
for the time being. Concentrate on keeping the line of the throw as straight as
possible and you will find yourself hitting more and more often.
Besides avoiding surface-caused
deviations there is another reason to try to throw your boule as much of the
distance to the target as possible - other boules! People that develop striclty
rolling shooting techniques are very limited once the end starts getting
cluttered by boules in front. This is why a lot of people think that they have
to shoot as soon as they see a pointing boule that they think might be in too
good a position to out-point - they are afraid that the shot will be blocked by
another boule.
I believe that it is better to wait
to shoot until you are sure that you really have to. Often another boule will
out-point what appeared to be an excellent boule. Or a boule will bump the
boule that you would have shot. Or an opportunity will present itself later
that could mean a multiple point end if you shoot out one boule.
Conversely, there will be times that
you shoot successfully just for the opponent to put in another equally good
boule and you have one less boule in hand to counter that situation.
But to have the the option of waiting
to pluck a target boule out of a crowd, you need to have the strength to
deliver the boule either right on the target, or very close to it. Gaining the
strength to do this might take some exercise.
The ideal shooting throw is the
carreau (cah-row). This is where your boule replaces the target boule while
knocking the target boule away. The advantages of a carreau shot versus other
shooting throws is that it serves not only to knock the target boule out, but
also gains a point for your team! A combination shooting and pointing throw in
one!
Given the advantages of such a throw,
it is important to practice a technique that will increase your chances of
accomplishing a carreau. I have found several factors critical in carreauing.
1. The angle that the thrown boule
strikes the target must be about 45 degrees. So your throw should not be a
direct throw, but rather a sort of low lobbing throw that will drop right at
the base of the target boule.
2. The throw should not be too hard.
You want just enough energy in the throw to displace the target, the remainder
of the energy is dissipated into the ground.
3. It helps to put back-spin on your
thrown boule. This will encourage the boule to travel down the surface of the
target boule and into the ground if you hit the target directly, and if you are
slightly in front of the target it will minimize bounce and slow the thrown
boule so that it does not follow the target boule but remains in place.
You might also watch for chances to
accomplish a palet (pah-lay) - where you not only knock out the target boule but
also improve on its position as your boule moves even closer to the jack!
Shooting Tip!
To better focus and hit more often,
don't just aim at the target boule - aim at a spot on the target boule! That's
right, find a spot on the target boule and aim for that. You will find that
distractions will disappear, and you will often hit that spot!
Once you start hitting the spot, you
will be ready to knock the target boule to one side or the other, or do doubles
(hit more than one boule with your thrown boule!).
Practice exercises that you can do to improve your shooting skills.
Basically they have to do with choosing a target and throwing at it over and
over again. Some will advise you to put your target boule on top of a log or
beam. Whatever the configuration, they are still exercises where you pick a
target and throw at it over and over again. Obviously, this will help.
I suggest that you start out with the
target at a range that is beyond 6 1/2 meters - you will rarely have to shoot
at a target closer than this. See if you can throw that distance in the air. If
you can not, do the exercises suggested to increase your strength, and meanwhile
use the shorter distance to practice throwing in a straight line at the target.
Try to add some height to the throw
so that you are coming down and striking the ground at about 45 degrees - this
will be getting you ready for lots of carreaus later! Also practice throwing
with a backspin. I find that adding the backspin makes it a more challenging
throw for me, but the rewards later are worth it! Once you can throw the
distance, add another meter so that you are throwing at a target boule that is now
7 1/2 meters and so on as you gain strength. Realize that once your opponents
learn that you are a dead-eye shooter they will try to play the jack as long as
possible! So your eventual goal should be to be able to keep your boule in the
air for nearly 32 feet and be accurate while you're at it. Not asking too much
right? Two favorite shooting practice
games. Free-style Shooting, and Shooting Contest.
Rumusan
1. Buangkan tanggapan negatif.
2. Percaya anda pasti boleh melakukan.
3. Melambung bola mestilah selari dengan boule target.
4. Melepaskan boule pada sudut 45 darjah.
5. Tidak melontar dengan laju atau keras cukup sekadar sampai kepada target.
