Boulodrome
Boulodrome (fr.) Is the name for a boules pitch. In Germany, the spelling Boulodrôme is widespread; however, this is not known in France.
It is often about club facilities. They can be found in almost every small town in the French pétanque strongholds. The term is also gradually becoming familiar in Germany. Many French and some German boules courts have boules halls.
Especially pétanque (often referred to as boules ) is also played in public places, as this ball sport is played on every floor. The older French men who play in the village squares in the evenings are mostly recreational players, comparable to football players in the park who, for example, B. Use clothes as "goal posts". In either case, this has nothing to do with the skills of the players.
In Germany, boules courts are often created in parks (incorrectly also called boccia lanes), which consist of one lane. In France, especially in tourist areas, there are specially designed public facilities with several tracks, on which so-called tourist tournaments are often held in the summer months. There are also tournaments like this on the club grounds.
Different dimensions and requirements for the facilities apply to the individual boules sports.
Table of boules facilities
| Ball or sport | Playing field condition | Field size max. in m |
Play distance in m |
particularities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boccia | special tracks | 4.5 x 26.5 | - | 25 cm high plastic frame, see tracks and balls |
| Boule-en-Bois | Lanes with planks | 4 × 22 | - | - |
| Boule-de-Fort | Plastic, smoothed earth |
7 × 25 | - | - |
| Boules of the mountain | special tracks | 3.3 x 32 | - | Track with side. Inclinations |
| Boule Lyonnaise | special tracks | 4 × 27.5 | to 19.5 | Terrain with different fields |
|
Bowls indoor outdoor |
smooth carpet covering lawn |
40 × 40 (total) 4.3 × 5.8 4.6 × 5.8 |
Playing field increasing towards the middle divided into lanes |
|
| Jeu Provençal | any terrain | 25-35 | until 22 | - |
| Petanque | any terrain | 4 × 15 or terrain libre |
6–10 (20) |
other widths for youth players |
swell
Source: DPV website GFDL approval: Ticket #: 2006111710003577
