Playing klootschieten

Playing klootschieten

Klootschieten is a Frisian sport associated with the Netherlands and the part of Germany known as Ostfriesland. Each player throws a ball (called kloot) as far as possible. A skilled klootschieten player will utilize a rather complex throwing style that requires both power and speed. The current record is held by Stefan Albarus, who manged to throw his ball 106.20 meters. Casual games of klottschieten typically involves two teams playing against each other. Zetten klootschieten, which is a more formal…

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Playing boules

Playing boules

Boules is a group of similar games where the objective is to throw or roll heavy balles as close as possible to a small target ball. The heavy balls are called boules and while the target ball is named jack. Boules-type games are usually played on a rectangular court consisting of flattened earth, gravel or crushed stone. Boules-type games can broadly be divided into two groups: Games where the balls are rolled. Bocce is one example of a game belonging…

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