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BRONZE
Participants will need to complete all the listed activities in order to pass. A pass will be awarded to any individual that can prove to the examiner that they can complete the tasks set out competently in a consistent manner.
Practical Activities:
- To be able to demonstrate how to hold a boule correctly and how to find the correct sized boule out of a selection of different sized boules.
- To be able to demonstrate how to throw a boule with the correct grip.
- To be able to demonstrate how to throw a boule along a straight line without the throwing arm crossing the body during the follow-through, with the boule travelling at least 6m.
- To be able to demonstrate how to throw a boule with good release.
Knowledge of Pétanque:
Candidates should be able to explain to the examiner the following:
- Why is safety important when playing boule?
- What is the minimum and maximum size of the circle?
- Up to how many points is a game of Petanque played?
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SILVER
Participants will need to complete all the activities in order to pass. A pass will be awarded by the examiner when the candidate can prove they can complete the tasks competently and in a consistent manner.
Practical Activities:
- To be able to demonstrate how you measure the distance a boule is from the Jack correctly.
- To be able to demonstrate how to throw a boule with good use of backswing during the throw when pointing at the minimum starting distance for your age.
- To be able to demonstrate how to throw a boule with good use of backswing when attempting to shoot a boule at the minimum starting distance for your age.
- To be able to demonstrate how to throw a boule to a Jack at 8m with steady balance throughout the throw.
Knowledge of Pétanque:
- Explain how you score points in a game. What is meant by the following terms:
- pointing,
- shooting
- How many boules does each player use in a game of:
- singles,
- doubles and
- trples
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GOLD
Participants will need to complete all the activities in order to pass. A pass will be awarded by the examiner when the candidate can prove they can complete the tasks competently and in a consistent manner.
Practical Activities:
- To be able to point a boule from a squatting position towards a Jack placed at 6m stopping within 75 cm of the Jack.
- To be able to hit a boule without landing more than 50 cm in front of the target boule that is placed at the minimum playing distance for your age.
- To be able to demonstrate that you can throw a Jack to within a circle of 1 m in diameter at a distance within that laid down for your age. The examiner is responsible for ensuring that the distance at which a Jack is thrown to is varied at least 3 times.
- To be able to demonstrate that you can point a boule to within a circle of 70 cm in diameter whereby the examiner is responsible for ensuring that the distance at which a boule is pointed to is varied at least 3 times.
- To play as a double a complete game of Petanque demonstrating an understanding of the basic International Rules of Petanque.
Knowledge of Pétanque:
- Who should measure if a point/position is being contested?
- Explain what happens if the Jack becomes dead during an end.
- Explain why you should mark the positions of the boule after each boule is played.
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