I always prefer to hinder or block rather than clear. A good block shot leaves no chance for the opponent. Thanks for the clear explanation and the excellent graphics.
Hi Robert, many thanks for your comment. Much appreciated. Agree that a good block really stuffs up an opponents options, particularly close to them as they risk double taps and cant jump. Swearing is often their only option.
Thank you. Question.... Can't blue roquet the yellow on its turn with any of these moves? Wouldn't It be better to simply roquet your partner ball and not do any of these things in this situation? Sorry if I'm ignorant I'm VERY (2 days) in to my learning the rules. Have been playing by usca rules 9 wicket. Also, I cannot find an answer ANYWHERE about what happens if a ball is underneath the wicket/hoop. Is it now "-wicketed", does it lose its turn and if hit (roqueted?)does the ball that struck it not only lose its ability to gain extra shots or croquet? But even more than that, lost its thirty pturn and be moved. Ack to starting position? Someone said Todd pthis to me today and I think they are incorrect however Tyner made a big stink when I att3mot3d to find the rule. Arghhhh. Thank you again!
Q. Can't blue roquet the yellow on its turn with any of these moves? A. Yes it can, however after blue roquet's yellow then it is red's turn and red will run the hoop. Also, if yellow does the block close to blue then blue may risk doing a double tap should it try to roquet yellow. Q. Wouldn't It be better to simply roquet your partner ball and not do any of these things in this situation? A. I assume you mean that blue roquet's black. Yes they could, so long as either ball does not go past 1/2 way to the next hoop. If say black goes past 1/2 way AND red runs the hoop then black will be off side and could be sent to one of the penalty spots for their next shot. I cant help you about 9 wicket US game. In Golf Croquet (and I assume US 9 wicket) a ball must pass through from the correct direction and be fully through when viewed across the posts on the players side. ie you should be able to slide a piece of string down on the playing side of the hoop and not touch the ball. It does NOT have to be fully through when looking across the downstream side of the hoop.
Safest but not 100% guaranteed but about 90% would be stop shot on blue. Clear blue. Yellow sits in a hoop running position. Black clears red. Yellow to play and runs hoop. Snuggling or cuddling blue is fraught with problems one being you have to judge the distance, that the court surface does not alter the speed or settling of yellow and there is the possibility of a dispute, double tap of blue. The video doesn’t explain which hoop we are talking about. Hoops 1, 3, 7, 9 and 13 have lower rates of success due to close vicinity of boundary.
Hi David, the intent of the video was simply to explain blocking. I deliberately made no mention of clearing, which hoop was involved or best strategy so the video was kept as simple as possible. (KISS)
I always prefer to hinder or block rather than clear. A good block shot leaves no chance for the opponent.
Thanks for the clear explanation and the excellent graphics.
Hi Robert, many thanks for your comment. Much appreciated. Agree that a good block really stuffs up an opponents options, particularly close to them as they risk double taps and cant jump. Swearing is often their only option.
Thank you. Question.... Can't blue roquet the yellow on its turn with any of these moves? Wouldn't It be better to simply roquet your partner ball and not do any of these things in this situation? Sorry if I'm ignorant I'm VERY (2 days) in to my learning the rules. Have been playing by usca rules 9 wicket. Also, I cannot find an answer ANYWHERE about what happens if a ball is underneath the wicket/hoop. Is it now "-wicketed", does it lose its turn and if hit (roqueted?)does the ball that struck it not only lose its ability to gain extra shots or croquet? But even more than that, lost its thirty pturn and be moved. Ack to starting position? Someone said Todd pthis to me today and I think they are incorrect however Tyner made a big stink when I att3mot3d to find the rule. Arghhhh. Thank you again!
Q. Can't blue roquet the yellow on its turn with any of these moves?
A. Yes it can, however after blue roquet's yellow then it is red's turn and red will run the hoop. Also, if yellow does the block close to blue then blue may risk doing a double tap should it try to roquet yellow.
Q. Wouldn't It be better to simply roquet your partner ball and not do any of these things in this situation?
A. I assume you mean that blue roquet's black. Yes they could, so long as either ball does not go past 1/2 way to the next hoop. If say black goes past 1/2 way AND red runs the hoop then black will be off side and could be sent to one of the penalty spots for their next shot.
I cant help you about 9 wicket US game. In Golf Croquet (and I assume US 9 wicket) a ball must pass through from the correct direction and be fully through when viewed across the posts on the players side. ie you should be able to slide a piece of string down on the playing side of the hoop and not touch the ball. It does NOT have to be fully through when looking across the downstream side of the hoop.
Great. Very useful
Thank you. Good that it was helpful!
Safest but not 100% guaranteed but about 90% would be stop shot on blue.
Clear blue.
Yellow sits in a hoop running position.
Black clears red.
Yellow to play and runs hoop.
Snuggling or cuddling blue is fraught with problems one being you have to judge the distance, that the court surface does not alter the speed or settling of yellow and there is the possibility of a dispute, double tap of blue.
The video doesn’t explain which hoop we are talking about. Hoops 1, 3, 7, 9 and 13 have lower rates of success due to close vicinity of boundary.
Hi David, the intent of the video was simply to explain blocking. I deliberately made no mention of clearing, which hoop was involved or best strategy so the video was kept as simple as possible. (KISS)