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When we played the worlds in Christchurch in 2008, St. Martins had a dodgy boundary at the far end of the club and needed room to put ball barriers between lawns. I told them to reduced the length of the lawn by a yard and adjust the hoop positions accordingly. None of the top players in the world noticed.
When you are playing a stroke, you should be guaging distance with your eyes, not being some sort of mechanical robot. If all the hoops are moved to be in the position pro-rata to the size of the lawn, no-one should be affected.
Clearly, if it is 6 yards to hoop 1 from the south boundary and 7 yards to 1-b from the north boundary, this is wrong, but if the hoops are all moved, then there should not be a problem.
Chris
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From: jimscafe@...
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:19:31 +0000
Subject: [AUS-Croquet] Re: Court Size
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When you are playing a stroke, you should be guaging distance with your eyes, not being some sort of mechanical robot. If all the hoops are moved to be in the position pro-rata to the size of the lawn, no-one should be affected.
Clearly, if it is 6 yards to hoop 1 from the south boundary and 7 yards to 1-b from the north boundary, this is wrong, but if the hoops are all moved, then there should not be a problem.
Chris
To: AUS-Croquet@yahoogroups.com
From: jimscafe@...
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:19:31 +0000
Subject: [AUS-Croquet] Re: Court Size
Ray,
If you are running a tournamemt then best to have all the courts the same size. I know Walla Walla (NSW) have a GC tournament and all courts are 3/4 size. Therefore all players are on an "equal" playing field.
However I think it is important that your lower handicap members have access to full size court, especially if they are peeling on a regular basis. The angles / distances between hoops can / do vary on smaller courts which will affect ball placement. Whilst this is a good challenge, it would be more favourable to be on a full court for both playing and practise.
At Aldinga & Brighton (South Aust) they have at times overlapped courts in order to have full size courts. This can be a little tricky given you may end up with the same coloured balls on the "same" playing area.
Jim Nicholls
Wagga Wagga
--- In AUS-Croquet@yahoogroups.com , "R&KDavis" <rnkdavisfamily@...> wrote:
>
> When we converted our 2.5 courts to 3 "full size" courts we had to compromise on the size of 2 courts,
> i.e. they are about 2 foot short and narrower in proportion.
>
> My question concerns the third court which meets specification.
> However some people think it should be the same size as the other two.
>
> What do the group think?
>
> Ray
>
If you are running a tournamemt then best to have all the courts the same size. I know Walla Walla (NSW) have a GC tournament and all courts are 3/4 size. Therefore all players are on an "equal" playing field.
However I think it is important that your lower handicap members have access to full size court, especially if they are peeling on a regular basis. The angles / distances between hoops can / do vary on smaller courts which will affect ball placement. Whilst this is a good challenge, it would be more favourable to be on a full court for both playing and practise.
At Aldinga & Brighton (South Aust) they have at times overlapped courts in order to have full size courts. This can be a little tricky given you may end up with the same coloured balls on the "same" playing area.
Jim Nicholls
Wagga Wagga
--- In AUS-Croquet@
>
> When we converted our 2.5 courts to 3 "full size" courts we had to compromise on the size of 2 courts,
> i.e. they are about 2 foot short and narrower in proportion.
>
> My question concerns the third court which meets specification.
> However some people think it should be the same size as the other two.
>
> What do the group think?
>
> Ray
>
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