Rules for petanque and boule

Petanque and boule can be played by singles, doubles or triples. In singles or doubles, each player has 3 balls. In triples, each player has two balls The game is about getting your own balls placed closer to the jack than your opponent's.
A coin is tossed to see which team is to start. The team that wins the toss marks a suitable throwing field (can be a circle or a square, e.g. 50 x 50 cm). All throws in this round must take place with both feet within this field. The throwing field can be marked with tape, string or chalk. You can also choose to determine a throwing field at the beginning of the game and then use this through all the rounds of the game.
A player from the starting team now throws the jack out onto the course.
A player from the same team throws the first ball - and tries to get as close to the jack as possible.
A player from the opposing team now tries either to throw a ball closer to the jack - or to shoot the first ball out of the away.
The team that is not closest to the jack carries on throwing until one of their balls lands closest to the jack. After this, the other team has a turn.
When a team does not have any balls left, the other team throws the remainder of their balls.
When all balls have been thrown, the points are counted. Only one team gets points
in each round. A team receives as many points as it has balls closest to the jack than those of their the opponent.
The team that was the closest and won the round, marks a new throwing field and starts the next round.
The winner is the team that reaches 13 points first.