Hi Dennis. Best to go to the PFC website at www.croquetmalletmetal.com/webstore They range from $690AU to $845AU then add $30AU postage in Australia

Q. Can't blue roquet the yellow on its turn with any of these moves? A. Yes it can, however after blue roquet's yellow then it is red's turn and red will run the hoop. Also, if yellow does the block close to blue then blue may risk doing a double tap should it try to roquet yellow. Q. Wouldn't It be better to simply roquet your partner ball and not do any of these things in this situation? A. I assume you mean that blue roquet's black. Yes they could, so long as either ball does not go past 1/2 way to the next hoop. If say black goes past 1/2 way AND red runs the hoop then black will be off side and could be sent to one of the penalty spots for their next shot. I cant help you about 9 wicket US game. In Golf Croquet (and I assume US 9 wicket) a ball must pass through from the correct direction and be fully through when viewed across the posts on the players side. ie you should be able to slide a piece of string down on the playing side of the hoop and not touch the ball. It does NOT have to be fully through when looking across the downstream side of the hoop.

Thanks for sharing. I've forwarded your comments to Peter.

Thanks. Peter certainly makes very good quality mallets, but just like good quality golf clubs or fishing reels, your performance and results are not guaranteed!! That takes practice and determination.

LOL. Thanks for commenting. Guess you might have been after video of a carpenters mallet or similar. I've edited the name and description to include croquet.

To play a game of 'croquet'. Have a look at my video on playing Golf Croquet or Ricochet and you will see croquet mallets in action.

Glad you like it!

Hi David, the intent of the video was simply to explain blocking. I deliberately made no mention of clearing, which hoop was involved or best strategy so the video was kept as simple as possible. (KISS)

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Thank you. Good that it was helpful!

Thank you. Much appreciated.

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Hi Robert, many thanks for your comment. Much appreciated. Agree that a good block really stuffs up an opponents options, particularly close to them as they risk double taps and cant jump. Swearing is often their only option.

Hi, many thanks for the feedback. I made the video and added the music as soft as possible to fill in any gaps. I thought it was barely audible and one viewer even asked if I had added it. I had hells own trouble with wind and background noise and had pretty much written off ever being able to edit the video to something useful. This site was the only one where I could make the audio anywhere near useful noisereducer.media.io/speech-enhancement As you make videos you may find it of use at times.

@@harufy45 I use Final Cut Pro, a fairly professional piece of software which has amazing tools built in to reduce noise and can even alter where the sound is coming from. So if you are recording from the back of the room, you can alter the ʻsound shapeʻ of the room so that the main sound is coming from the front where the speaker is talking. Its quite amazing. Cheers. Have put a lot of our members on to your videos as they are so helpful for that ʻnext levelʻ of strategy and thinking, after learning the basics of the game! Thanks for replying

@@redbeard4518 do you have any links to croquet videos you've made?

@@harufy45 No Sorry. I may have misled you. I have taught videography in a university setting to tertiary students for a number of years in the past, but most of the video work I have done has been weddings / historical stuff / interviews / education settings etc. The only croquet video I have made is a short little video of a group of 4 club members I asked to start a game and play a couple of hoops specifically to use to introduce older Juniors in Primary Schools to GC - although I have subsequently used it and a similar animation to what you make, to introduce organizations / businesses etc, coming down for a ʻhave a go session to GC. (There is no great production quality in this video :-(... I find that spending 5 -7 mins showing these at the start of a session in the club rooms makes it very easy for new players to go out and start playing the game.

Thanks Rikk. Yuri Ilyukin commented on that when I first released it.

@@harufy45 Thanks for your acknowledgement, If you are ever in Geneva please let us know and join us at our club. CERN Croquet Club Geneva Switzerland (website).

@@italorikk Thank you for the invite and we are most happy to reciprocate. If any member makes it to Australia they are most welcome to the Toronto Club on Lake Macquarie.

Thank you Murray.

@@harufy45 Thanks so much for your instruction, you make it simple and precise. Wish I had not wasted my first year of play without you. I will tell all new players about you.

Thank you very much!

Thank you Sue

Hi, thank you for your comments they are much appreciated. Your suggestion of a video about the rules is a very good one and something I will think about. I'm currently (slowly) making a video explaining how to play Ricochet Croquet. In the meantime you might like to have a look at our clubs website as there are some links to videos that explain double taps etc. sites.google.com/site/torontocroquetclub/videos-tutorials or simply go to www.tinyurl.com/torontocc and then click the Videos & Tutorials link at the top of the page. There is also a video there on How to Play Golf Croquet that I also made.

Thanks for the comments. Yes the Association players have the red hoop at hoop 5 as I think that's their finishing hoop. I'm guessing that in GC its at hoop 3 as that's our 'finishing' hoop if we play hoop 13. Sometimes its an AC player that sets up the court and we occasionally find the red hoop at hoop 5.

Hi Alix, thanks for the comments. I'll try and add it to the descriptive notes.

Hi Yuri, I've just noticed that I never thanked you for picking that error up. My apologies for being so late.