Online petanque lessons with Jean-François, an FFPJP-qualified coach and mental performance coach
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Free, no app needed, and it saves your score even if your screen goes to sleep.
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Who scored this end?
Let the game begin!
We’ve all been there: the score counter left at the bottom of the bag. Add this one to your phone’s home screen: it opens with a single tap, and there’s nothing to install.
A game is made up of ends. When all the boules have been played, the team with the boule closest to the jack scores one point for each boule closer than the opponents’ best boule. The other team scores nothing in that end.
The winning score is 13 points. The rules allow league games and qualifying heats to be played to 11 points. And losing 13–0 is called “faire Fanny”.
In a single end, a team can score at most 6 points in doubles or triples (6 boules per team), and 3 in singles.
For full details, including special cases, see our article on the rules of petanque.
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The counter tells you who won. It doesn’t tell you why. Pointing, shooting, throwing technique and the mental game: in his online programme, Jean-François, an FFPJP-qualified coach and mental performance coach, breaks down what wins an end. Start with 2 free video lessons.
Watch the 2 free lessonsWant to work on your game on the terrain? The coaching courses. Prefer to read? The blog.
Yes, once the page is open. The score is saved on your phone: you can lose your signal or let the screen go to sleep, and the game picks up where it left off. Only loading the page needs a connection, for example if you reload it.
No. The counter works in your phone’s browser, free of charge and without signing up. To always have it to hand, add it to your home screen (see above).
6 in doubles and triples, where each team plays 6 boules, and 3 in singles, where each player has 3.
A game is played to 13 points. The rules allow league games and qualifying heats to be played to 11 points: choose “To 11” before the first end.
Losing 13–0 is called “faire Fanny”. By tradition, the beaten team must then “kiss Fanny”. The counter will remind you, with a touch of humour.