Have you heard of Pétanque?
Posted by: Pastor Dave Lee | Tuesday June 30, 2009
File under: Passions & Pastimes
I was recently reading a short article on the yips, muscle spasms that affect athletes when doing fine motor skills. It is most commonly associated with golfers when they're putting, but I read that it can also affect pétanque chuckers.
Being an insatiably curious person, when I come across a word I've never heard of before, I have to know what it is. That's one of the reasons I'm so thankful for the Internet. It lets me get it out of my system in minutes.
Anyway, it turns out that pétanque is a game that originates from France and involves players trying to throw hollow metal balls and land them as close to a small wooden ball as possible. I thought to myself, "Big deal...wake me when it's over." That is until I saw this video on youtube. It's amazing that you can take the simplest thing and people will find a way to bring it to the highest level and gain such mastery over the required skill set. Some of the highlighted throws are just unbelievable if you think about it.
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