Education · Svenska Bouleförbundet
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🎓 Beginner intro — 5 steps to your first end
Step 2 of 5 · following as a guest What is pétanque? · ✓ DoneThrow your first boule · ▶ In progressScoring & ends · LockedFind a court · LockedYour first competition · Locked
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▶ Continue step 2Interactive rules guide — searchable & illustrated
🔍 Search the rules… e.g. "measuring", "circle" Language: English ▾
📝 Rules quiz — test yourself
Question 3 of 10: The jack is knocked over the side line by a boule. What applies?
⚪ The end is replayed
🔘 The end is dead — nobody scores
⚪ The team that knocked it loses the end
Instant feedback with rule references · score: 2/2 so far
🎬 Video examples — common situations
▶ The jack leaves the court — what happens? 0:58
▶ A boule hits the ceiling/an obstacle 1:12
▶ How to measure correctly (with an umpire gauge) 2:04
▶ Stepping out of the circle — when is it a fault? 0:47
📢 Rule changes & explanations
New measuring rule (FIPJP art. 26) — effective 1 May 2026
What changed, why, and what it means for you as a player — with an illustration.
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❓ FAQ — official interpretations
May I wipe my boule with a cloth during the end?▴
Yes — between throws. While a measurement is in progress the boules must not be touched. (Official interpretation, umpire committee 2025.)
What applies when a measurement is exactly tied?▾
When may the umpire move the jack?▾
May I change boules mid-match?▾
Courses & webinars — open catalogue
📘 Rules course — basics
Rules · sv · en
Free
📘 Beginner course: your first year
Coaching · sv
Free
📘 Coaching course BF1 — Initiateur
Coaching · sv · en · fr
SEK 199
📘 Umpire course L1 prep
Umpiring · sv
SEK 149
🎥 Next webinar: New FIPJP rules 2026 · 12 Aug 19:00 · 36 seats left Register ›
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