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Here’s a « wicket » way to spend a summer afternoon. Anyone for croquet?
Step 1: Set up the course
Plant seven wickets in the ground at the points of two imaginary end-to-end diamonds in a figure-eight pattern, and an eighth and ninth wicket near the top and bottom wickets. Plant stakes just beyond the top and bottom wickets.
Tip
If you wish, mark the outer boundaries of the playing field with string and stakes.
Step 2: Choose a color
Choose the color of the ball you wish to play. Order of play is determined by the colors on the stakes. The top color goes first.
Step 3: Begin play
Place your ball between the first stake and the first wicket. Strike the ball with the face of the mallet aiming it to go through the wicket.
Step 4: Advance through the course
Receive a bonus stroke each time your ball goes through a wicket, and move counter-clockwise to the next wicket. If a player’s ball does not go through a wicket, it is the next player’s turn.
Step 5: Earn bonus points
Earn two bonus strokes by hitting another player’s ball with your ball. This is called roqueting. With your bonus strokes you can hit your ball, hit both balls, or – with your ball touching the other ball, and holding your ball down with your foot – knock the other one away.
Tip
If a ball is sent over the boundary, place it one mallet-length (about three feet) inside the boundary and resume play from there.
Step 6: Win the game
The first player to pass through all wickets in proper order and hit the turning stake and finishing stake is the winner. Other players may continue playing to determine who finishes second, third, and so on.
Did You Know?
The word « mall » comes from the original French name for croquet, « paille-maille, » which means ball-mallet.
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lmaolo
08/07/2009 à 17:16
3rd
koolerthanapolarbear
08/07/2009 à 17:23
8th
TyraNoBankz
08/07/2009 à 17:28
10th
seygra20
08/07/2009 à 18:42
seems abit of a bore
Lavisshh
08/07/2009 à 20:40
OMG YAY!
Speedylightning
08/07/2009 à 21:32
mall is a word that came from ball?
snoopyloopy
08/07/2009 à 23:59
hmmm now i know how to play.
Raul F
08/08/2009 à 00:47
Yay the gay guy won 😮
nedmano
08/08/2009 à 07:51
your ball my ball u touch my ball hahahahahah
btkw
08/08/2009 à 08:57
Place your ball between the stake and the wickets.
KiwiLad
08/09/2009 à 05:05
who the fuck wants to know how to play this gay game
Brenard Borchung
08/09/2009 à 13:46
Next Howcast video:
How to Die.
shxkn
08/09/2009 à 16:02
right…….
Xbox anyone?
farley pants
08/10/2009 à 00:46
"How to be British= Howcast edition, Episode First"
Brenard Borchung
08/10/2009 à 19:02
im not even attempting to insult you. just a failed joke. =)
Brenard Borchung
08/11/2009 à 00:19
ROFL.
The same thing happened to me a day ago. i guess i aint that good for making jokes that also sound like ur making fun of sum one. hehe
atlantamoon
10/07/2010 à 04:16
@sweenaldo1993 How do you? I want to know but on every vid, commenters say, that's not how you play.
Pizza
07/14/2012 à 20:06
hahah thanks this is going to be a fun day of croquet . both informative and humorous
Jaena Marie
09/21/2018 à 01:42
Im just watiching this because
1. I like croquet
2. I like Heathers (the movie and musical, not the reboot)
3. I want to play too…
Artsy Cakey
12/07/2018 à 03:36
This is horrible
Meg Winslow
01/17/2019 à 16:41
Alice in Wonderland brought me here.
Grungus Jarvis
04/24/2019 à 01:08
Coooooooooooool.
SkyHigh Mike
10/22/2019 à 07:14
How to come back in your history 9 years later
Babie Of Chat
10/27/2019 à 01:10
Anyone here because of the heathers?
awesome b1tch
02/09/2020 à 10:35
Paul McCartney's song English Tea brought me here
Zaina Shihabi
02/22/2020 à 19:46
😂
Nitesh Mishra
04/23/2020 à 11:21
How unkempt can the lawn be? This unkempt!
victoria
06/08/2020 à 19:45
if you're here in 2020 you're probably here from heathers
Dominic 2326
07/20/2020 à 19:49
The shining brought me here
RobinA7
07/25/2020 à 14:28
i just came becuase of how boring this is.
A Little Imagination
08/23/2020 à 03:51
Yey! Howcast! They taught me how to waltz.
ar creates
09/28/2020 à 10:54
Mini golf though!
Ramona Mattioni
11/10/2020 à 08:11
Woodglut is a good solution for every woodworker.
Laura Gordon
01/03/2021 à 08:31
Iiiiip
TheWillowview
01/14/2021 à 03:04
Can I say ‘Roquet’ like Scooby-Do? Ro-Kay
Weewaw
01/15/2021 à 17:30
Anyone else here cuz of school
Jesus Hernandez
02/05/2021 à 22:32
??? Cannonball, casino, Croquet ???
??? Atm or bank, coins, paper, and plastic chips ???
!!! Bonus Deuces Wild!!!
Darlene
02/13/2021 à 14:50
The Viscount Who loved me (soon Bridgeton season 2) brought me here. Just so I could understand the chapter I was about to read
Allison Farley
03/04/2021 à 18:46
That was hilarious 😂 Had to show my son what it was for his Pippi Longstocking Book Study – gold. Hahaha.
wasabay
08/01/2021 à 00:44
how to have MALE ON MALE EXPERIENCES (croquet)
How Everything Ends
12/12/2021 à 15:46
This was the most entertaining thing I've seen in the last 34 days and 4 hours
YOGURT