Method

Not many people play petanque, so we explored it through the Internet, face-to-face interview, and personal experience

1) Internet

    We used Yahoo and Google to search for information. There are many search engines on the Internet, and we could easily gather information from various places to our screen after entering keywords. However, too few people play petanque, so we couldn’t find much information about this sport.

2) Interview

We have interviewed:

(1)     Principle and director of the school

We asked the principle and director to share their thoughts and expectation for the Petanque team.

(2)     Petanque coach

   We learned his perspective for the Xisong Petanque Team and players and got the answers for our initial questions.

(3)     Head of physical education

We asked questions about his experience with Petanque games, such as the requirements for participation, number of players, court, suitable ages, etc.

(4)     Petanque Team players

        We asked them about their thoughts on practicing, feelings about the coach, and whether they like petanque.

(5)     Players of other schools participated in the competition

        When we went to watch petanque matches of the Chungcheng Cup, we interviewed some players from other schools during rest.

(6)     Parents of players

        We asked about their thoughts on their children’s participation in the Petanque Team.

        In a word, anyone related to petanque was our target for interview. We learned a lot of valuable knowledge from them.

3) Personal experience

(1)     Observing the Petanque Team:

We observed the Petanque Team while they were practicing to see their team spirit and how the coach trained them.

(2)     Playing petanque:

We played petanque with the team to check our skill and their power.