What is shooting and pointing?
is when you try and place your boule close to the cochonnet, Shooting is when you try and hit an opponents boule out of the way. They are the basic skills of the game and are what make ptanque a skilful, tactical and exciting game. The French are generally much better shooters that the British, one reason why they normally beat us! Like football, ptanque without shooting is a very dull game.
