> Place two balls a yard apart on the West boundary roughly level with
hoop 1.
> With a third ball (as striker's ball) take-off from one of the balls
getting
> a rush on the other one to hoop 1. Rush to the hoop, approach it
and run it
> so as to obtain a rush back to the ball remaining on the West boundary.
Rush
> back to the West boundary and repeat the exercise until failure (which
apart
> from the usual end of turn errors includes failing to rush back to
the West
> boundary), or until bored. If the latter occurs then try the same
exercise,
> but rushing to hoop 5, or if you get really good, hoop 4.
>
> Play a three ball break starting at hoop 1, but do not take any rush
you
> obtain after running a hoop, ie practice the split shots etc that
can arise.
>
> Play a three ball break but try and do a straight peel at every hoop.
>
> Play a three ball break but peel one of the balls through the last
three
> hoops, ie the three ball triple.
>
> Play a two ball break round hoops 1, 5, 4, 5, 2-back, 5............etc.
>
> Place a ball in each corner and then with another ball as striker's
ball
> play round the corners via a roquet and take-off from each of the
balls in
> turn, leaving the balls in the corners (not as easy as it might sound).
>
> Starting by taking croquet on the East boundary level with hoop 5,
make a
> two ball break from hoop 1, ie as though playing the second turn
of the
> game.
>
> I also practice a lot of actual game situations, eg making a leave,
picking
> up the second break after a missed lift, the double peel finish either
> straight or with the penult peel going to 4-back, the triple peel
with the
> first peel going to hoop 6, 1-back, or 3-back.
>
> For hoop running I take just one ball and practice running a hoop
> alternately backwards and forwards, eg hoop 1, 2-back, 1, 2-back
etc until
> failure. This gives me confidence running hoops with control.
>
> I think that's enough to be going on with.......