Preparations

Before we played with the petanque team players ,we learned how to throw the petanque ball.They showed us how to throw the ball.
Here is the tips:

1.Holding the ball
2.Palm on top
3.Fingers close together - Thumb hardly used

Standing

a. Comfortable: The feet are quite flat within the circle.

b. Balanced: The body is upright for pointing high, bent slightly forward for pointing

medium-high and bent well forward for the other points.

c. Aligned: The shoulders and the whole of the body face into the game.

The eyes are fixed on the jack.

Squatting

a. The soles of the feet are not fully on the ground: The heels are raised.

b. Balanced: The trunk is almost upright, just slightly leaning forward.

c. Aligned: The shoulders are at right angles to the proposed trajectory and the elbow of the balancing arm is raised. The eyes are fixed on the jack.

Bibliography：

Chinese Taipei Pétanque Association
http://ctpetanque.com/

Petanque.org
http://petanque.org/