Croquet Terms & Terminology
Terminology can help you understand the Rules of Croquet.
Croquet Terms - the Easy to understand guide to Croquet terminology.
A-Class player croquet player - The Croquet term of A-Class player
Top-rated croquet players who play croquet have the lowest croquet players handicaps. A-Class croquet players who play with jaques croquet sets and Jaques equipment tend to play under the advanced laws of croquet play which can be found within all croquet sets. the guide is call croquet the complete guide.
Croquet shot - the Croquet Address
The stance adopted by a player to play a stroke. This is a type of Croquet style shot.
Advanced play of croquet, and Croquet play
A version of Association Croquet (association croquet) played by A-Class croquet players and at all major croquet championships and croquet tournaments played by croquet championship croquet players.
The Croquet Angle of split
The angle at which croquet balls diverge in a split croquet stroke.
Approach stroke - The approach shot in a game of Croquet
A Croquet stroke that is played to position a Croquet ball in front of the croquet hoop in preparation for the following croquet shot or croquet stroke.
Association Croquet
The official form of the game defined by the Croquet Association (CA) played in the UK and throughout the World (with the exception of the USA).
Backward ball
The ball of the side that has scored the least hoops.
The Croquet Backward take-off croquet Shot
A form of hoop approach in which the pilot ball is on the non-playing side before the stroke is played.
The 'Ball in hand' term in the game of croquet
A ball that must be moved by the player, according to the rules of croquet, without using a mallet (for example if a ball travels outside of the court of play).
Croquet Ball in play - a superb Croquet Shot
A ball that is played into a game.
The Basic Croquet stroke
A single Croquet stroke shot entitled to a Croquet player when it is his/her turn in the game of Croquet
Baulk-lines
The part of the yard line from which balls are played into a game.
Bisque, half-bisque
A free turn given to the weaker player in a handicap game. A half-bisque is a shot given in the same situation but where no point may be scored.
Bonus strokes
Bonus strokes are the strokes given when a player makes a roquet. A bonus stroke may be a croquet or a continuation stroke.
Break
A turn in which more than one point is scored.
Breakdown
To end a turn though making a mistake.
C.A. The Croquet Association
The Croquet Association. The Association Of Croquet worldwide.
Cannon - The Croquet cannon Shot.
A cannon is a Croquet stroke or Croquet Shot in which more than two Croquet balls are affected (e.g. a "Croquet").
Centre style. The Centre Style Croquet Swing Stance.
The style of Croquet Play striking the Croquet ball by swinging the Croquet mallet between the legs.
Continuation stroke. the Croquet continuation Stroke
A continuation stroke is the bonus stroke played either straight after running a hoop or as the second bonus shot played after a croquet is achieved.
Croquet Association
The body which administers Croquet in the UK
Croquet stroke
A Croquet stroke is the first bonus stroke played after making a roquet. The striker takes croquet by positioning the ball in contact with the roqueted ball so that both balls move when struck.
Croqueted ball
The term used to describe the roqueted ball after the croquet stroke has been played.
Cross-wire
To position both opponents’ Croquet balls either side of the next Croquet hoop to be played.
'Double tap'
A fault or foul where the croquet mallet makes contact with the croquet ball twice in the same shot.
Double-banking or to Croquet 'Double bank'
The term used to indicate two games in play simultaneously on the same court.
Doubles croquet
A game of Croquet where there are two Croquet players on each side in the Game of Croquet.
'Enemy ball' or the 'Enemy team's ball'
A Croquet ball of the opposing side or team in the Croquet Court.
Error
An event that requires consideration of the game rules. The Rules of coquet were first written by John Jaques in 1864. The rules are still virtually unchanged today
First colours
The standard four colors used in croquet – blue, red, black and yellow
Forward ball
The ball of the leading player.
Forward rush
A shot whereby a hoop is run in a way that positions it near to the following hoop.
Golf croquet
A simplified version of croquet administered by the C.A.
Half roll
A type of croquet shot whereby the striker’s ball travels roughly half as far as the opponent’s ball in the same direction.
Hammer stroke
A stroke played with the striker’s back facing the direction the ball is to travel.
Hampered stroke
A stroke played with care due to obstacles near the ball (e.g. a hoop, opponents ball, peg etc.)
Handicap
A number assigned to a player to indicate his/her level of play. Handicaps range from 2 for the best players to 18 for rank amateurs.
Handicap play
A game in which a handicapped player receives a number of free turns (bisques) to allow a more evenly matched game.
Hoop approach
A croquet stroke in which the ball in play is positioned near a hoop in order for it to be run in the continuation stroke.
Hoop in order
The next hoop to be run.
Hoop shot or stroke
A shot played with the direct intention of running the next hoop in order.
Inplayer
The active player at any given point.
Irish peel
A croquet shot in which the striker’s ball and the croqueted ball is sent through a hoop together.
Jaws of a hoop
The hoop opening.
Jump shot
A stroke that makes the ball jump off the ground, often to jump an opponents ball.
Laying a break
The act of positioning the balls in a way that gives a good chance of achieving a break on the next turn.
Leave
The positioning of balls at the end of a turn.
Level play
Games where players are on equal terms (i.e. neither player is handicapped).
Limit of claims
The period within which an error must be noticed `and acknowledged if penalties are to be applied.
One ball
A variation of Association Croquet where each player has only one ball.
Opening
The first four turns after the start of the game.
Ordinary level play.
The standard form of Association Croquet as played in clubs.
Partner ball.
The ball of a side that is not the striker’s ball during a turn.
Pass roll
A type of croquet stroke whereby the striker’s ball travels further than the croqueted ball and roughly in the same direction.
Peg out
To strike the peg with the rover ball thereby completing the ball’s circuit and requiring it to be removed from play.
Playing a Penult hoop
The second to last hoop
Croquet Plain hit.
A single ball stroke where the player is attempting to either run a hoop or make a roquet.
Playing side of a hoop
The side from which a ball must pass through a hoop.
Positional shot
A single ball stroke where the ball is intentionally positioned.
Push
A fault where the mallet remains in contact with the ball during a shot – thereby pushing the ball rather than hitting it.
Roquet
The striker is said to make a roquet when he strikes the striker’s ball so that it travels across the court and hits a ball that he or she is entitled to roquet.
Roqueted ball
The ball that has been hit by the striker’s ball during a Roquet.
Rover ball
A ball that has run all twelve hoops before it has been pegged out.
Rover hoop
The last hoop to be run before the ball can be pegged out.
Rush
A short roquet shot where the roqueted ball is sent to a specific position on the court.
Scatter shot
A type of continuation stroke used to hit a ball into a less dangerous position.
Second colors
The colors of the balls used in the second game played on the same court in double-banking,
Single ball stroke
A stroke where the ball does not start in contact with another ball.
Split
A croquet stroke where the strikers ball and the croqueted ball are sent in different directions.
Stab roll
A shot where follow-through of the mallet is restricted.
Straight croquet stroke
A croquet stroke in which the striker’s ball travels in the same direction as the croqueted ball.
Striker
The player whose turn it is.
Striker’s ball
The ball that the striker chooses to play with at the start of a turn.
Take-off
A type of croquet stroke in which the croqueted ball moves a very short distance.
Turn
The basic unit of play.
Uprights
The vertical part of the hoop. Also known as a wire
United States Croquet Association
Administers the game in the USA (US Rules Croquet)
U.S.C.A
The United States Croquet Association.
US Rules Croquet
The official rules for Croquet played in the USA.
W.C.F.
This Croquet term Means World Croquet Federation.
Wire - The Croquet Term for a Wire Croquet shot
The vertical part of the hoop. Also known as an upright.
Wired - The Croquet Term for a Wired croquet shot
A wired ball is one that is impeded in any way by a hoop or peg thereby preventing a free swing of the mallet.
World Croquet Federation.
The UK-based croquet organization who aim to promote and coordinate croquet on a global basis.
The Yard-line
The imaginaryCroquet line running 1 yard inside the Croquet boundary to which balls sent off the Croquet court are placed.
Yard-line area
The area between the yard-line and the boundary.
Yard-line ball. This Croquet terminology is used to describe the Yard Line Croquet ball
A Croquet ball that is placed on the Croquet Court yard-line after being hit over the croquet court boundary line or played (with a croquet shot) into the yard-line croquet court area.
This is Our Guide to Croquet Terms and Common Croquet Terms and Terminology.
