A lot of people will be asking “why are you doing a video on this sport when you said you wouldn’t?” Well … I’ve been watching a lot of French TV and films in French to brush up on my multi-linguistic skills. Been watching a lot of Pétanque games online and never realized that it’s incredibly popular in France. To be honest, it’s actually a really good sport to watch! Hence the video.
As a french viewer, I can insure you it's pretty popular, especially on vacation during summer, and extremely popular in the south of france, because it was born there and almost every village has a "boulodrome" on which you can play a game. Even in villages up north in france you can still find a boulodrome. Pétanque is basically the unofficial french national sport.
@@NinhLyUK ça demande pas mal de dextérité, surtout en prenant les distances officielles. Lancer une boule de 800g à 8 ou 9m avec précision n'est pas facile, et un petit cailloux peu devenir votre pire ennemie si vous tombez dessus.
He's been uploading to another channel called Ultimate Bucket list. th-cam.com/channels/HMVJvXh_HqAwJo9Fo7BSYQ.html Check it out he makes good content on there. He's taken tours of various stadiums, and gone to various tourist destinations.
This pretty much sums up my Ninh Ly watching experience over the years: See a video in my notifications about a sport that I've never heard of Watch the entire thing, enjoying it immensely Spend the next few days obsessively watching matches of said sport Thank Ninh for his amazing and criminally underrated channel, and for introducing me to sports that I never would have heard of otherwise Thank you Ninh
I laughed so much when I saw the explanation of "FANNY". In the middle of a "formal" explanation of a game rules, knowing that one point of the rule is to kiss the arse of a girl named "Fanny" is hilarious ! It is sooooooo French ! I know, I'm one of them from the South of France. If I had had to explain the rule, I would not have dared saying it as it is more a "tradition" than a rule but coming from an English speaking person, I love it ! You made my day ! I had never thought of the picture. Now I'm going to make one and will use next time I fplay with my friends. Thanks for the great idea ! Lots of fun ahead
this is the best garden game ever. It doesn't require great physical fitness, but it's a lot of fun. I bought the first set 10 years ago, prepared a field in the garden and it started. Whenever guests come, we play, have a barbecue and play. My parents who are older play. sometimes the neighbors come over and they also like to play something much better than bowling. It's worth trying - great entertainment for family and groups of friends.
Got to play this for a while when I was in high school French class... I was actually quite good at it! some of my classmates never got the hang of it... Wish this video was around then, Nihn!
In Argentina old and retired people play this game, with the only variation in you must make the boules (bochas) roll, instead of throw it through the air. And you can play from any place of your half of the pitch
The name of the sport was derived from words in the provençal dialect meaning anchored foot. The inventor of the game was a bocce player who became arthritic. As a bocce required a run up to bowl, he created a new game where the boule was to be delivered with feet planted on the ground.
"Pétanque" comes from the southern France patois (occitan) : "PÈ" meaning "feet" and "TANCAR", verb meaning "stIck, fix". Meaning that both feet must remain still when playing.
Bocce allows the player to take steps in the delivery. Pétanque requires the player to have both feet within a 0.5-meter diameter circle and part of both feet should remain in contact with the ground inside the circle.
I live in Scotland and we've got a petanque club nearby. Next time I see a game in process I'm going to shout 'FANNY' at the players and see what reaction I get.
mr ninh, watching my second clip of yours confirms what i wrote of the first viewing of yours that you do have a enjoyable talent in providing quality content.
Very fun to play, if you never tried it you should give it a try one day, its like one of those games you play with friends the weekend a beer in hand before the barbecue
I'm trying to do the same as you Christine. Any way you can let me know your progress in relation to building the Piste? Projected size of Terrain, Materials used and overall cost. Thanks in advance.
Love your sport videos, probably the best explanations of the net, hopefully we'll one day see a video on Jugger(both "Juggers of the Wasteland" & Collegiate rules)
@@NinhLyUK omg, thank you!!! I only say add Jugger of Wasteland rules because the two rule sets can best be seen as JoW rules = Normal (American)Football, Collegiate = Flag/Tag (American)Football
This is the game in the opening scene of the classic Dennis Rodman and Dane Cook action thriller "Simon Sez". Which itself was a sequel to the Movie "Double Team" starring JCVD and Dennis Rodman. I always knew it was called Boules but never even had a sniff of a clue of the other term/name Pétanque. Looks like you just taught an old dog a new trick Sir! Kudos!
@@NinhLyUK You're welcome. Hopefully ya like it. If ya ever need any possibly obscure movie info in future, I would be more than happy to help if I can. Again ... love the channel Sir!
My stepfather had a doberman who died just before he met my mother, and you know, the doberman was playing with petanque balls XD It was his favorite toys and he managed to pierce holes in it with his teeth. We had hard time believing it until we get to his house to take his things when he moved with us, he found the balls, with clear dog teeth marks in it, it's impressive.
Good on ya for getting another sports explanation video in.. Regarding the Fanny bit.. I’m glad you have to buy the winner or winning team drinks compared to butt kissing.. After all, being light a few bucks is hell of a lot more preferable than public humiliation!!
That's not the reason I made this video. BTW: I thought the episode was terrible. Tired, repetitive, predictable and we all know it's scripted, but it's scripted way too much that it's obviously fake. At least with the older Top Gear episodes, you had some semblance that some of it was real. Amazon really need to cut their losses on this one.
@@NinhLyUK Agreed, I actually left a review on amazon stating these things. Hopefully they'll get back to making better content with their Russia special
@@phyose4793 I actually watched an interview with these three and they were saying that because they have free-reign to do just about anything, they script it so that everything is perfect and every word is perfect. Even their petty squabbles are pre-meditated, and it's starting to become glaringly obvious. I think if they just concentrate on having an adventure rather than telling the perfect story, that'd bring back some respectability to the show. Russia, Scotland, hopefully that won't take another year to make!
Can you please make a new video explaining the rules of Carrom? My kids would really like that. Thank you very much for all your sports rules explained videos.
Just to make sure, three questions: 1) Does a dead boule leave the entire match? 2) What if the only side with boules left to throw, knocks the jack out of play? 3) If we score no points and we dont know of a lady called "Fanny" but do know of one called "Bottom"...what should we kiss?
I came here after seeing the Google doodle for this game. I've grown up only knowing Bocce, and Pentaque looks just as fun! I would love to throw down in this sport.
Thanks to make so perfect video and let us know its rule, history, but i am thinking we must play it ourselves then can know the rules totally, now we just knew a little or rough about its rule. But i will watch your video always.
I want to add thay Pétanque features in the wonderful video game Disco Elysium. The player character can pick up a ball off the ground, and his interior physical strength encourages him to throw it like a baseball. Should it succeed, the ball is violently (but superbly) thrown into the ocean. Little did the player know that the ball was actually a boule, and that he had just disrupted two elderly men's Pétanque game. He must now find a replacement. Funny thing is, should his strength fail, the protagonist's throw would be perfect in the context of Pétanque!
I actually learnt about this game actually from this cartoon called Oggy et les cafards (Oggy and the Cockroaches) which is popular in India. Heck I didn't even realise it was a French cartoon but damn the good old days, that cartoon was the most French thing ever.
You are one of the best channels on TH-cam I hope you continue on this and I learned new sports from you Is It possible to make video About The ( Road Tennis rule ) 🌹Thank you for your beautiful videos 👍
As an April fools you should explain the rules of quidditch. Not the one played by potter heads, but the one played by the flying wizards on broomsticks.
Im petty sure I had played this or something very similiar when I was a kid (Is a dane and had living in Denmark for most of my life so far) But I never understood how it is played until now
@@NinhLyUK Yeah, but it is more I remember to had played a game with balls like those where we had to underhand throw them at a smaller thing XD I just never understood how it works, but I can see it now
You just earned a new subscirber. Love you chanel and i suddnelly got more intrested in sports by watching your videos . Everything is perfectly explained and you give real informations . Do you mind doing a Video about Equstrian ShowJumping / Dressage / Eventing ( one of these 3) they are most popular horse-related sport yet a lot of diffrend chanels are saying diffrend things . (Sorry for bad spelling i'm not native Engish/American )
Indonesia has similar game, but with much smaller arena and use much smaller resin ball which is like pinball. We call it keléréng. Malaysia also have the game, but I don't remember what's its name in Malaysia
That all depends on how you look at it. It also depends who's does their martial art better. You will find Wing Chun techniques in JKD, as Bruce Lee was trained in this at a young age. But the philosophy of "learn what is useful, discard what is useless" will be different for everyone.
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A lot of people will be asking “why are you doing a video on this sport when you said you wouldn’t?”
Well … I’ve been watching a lot of French TV and films in French to brush up on my multi-linguistic skills. Been watching a lot of Pétanque games online and never realized that it’s incredibly popular in France. To be honest, it’s actually a really good sport to watch! Hence the video.
How many languages do you speak?
@@ratedpending if you ask me honestly, I don't speak any language fluently (not even English!)
Let me say this then: bonne chance avec le français!!
Good luck with the French!!
i noticed that old guys are playing it all over the place in france
Hey I was thinking a video on how competitive sailing races work would be cool
As a french viewer, I can insure you it's pretty popular, especially on vacation during summer, and extremely popular in the south of france, because it was born there and almost every village has a "boulodrome" on which you can play a game. Even in villages up north in france you can still find a boulodrome. Pétanque is basically the unofficial french national sport.
Oui, c'est très populaire en France.
J'ai joué à un match avec quelqu'un à Marseille cette année.
C'est amusant, mais pas facile à jouer!
@@NinhLyUK ça demande pas mal de dextérité, surtout en prenant les distances officielles. Lancer une boule de 800g à 8 ou 9m avec précision n'est pas facile, et un petit cailloux peu devenir votre pire ennemie si vous tombez dessus.
@@NinhLyUK Bah justement je trouve que c'est l'un des trucs les moins compliqués qu'on a perso, même bourré tu peux y jouer 😂
I got hooked on the game in Southern Arizona in the high desert. There's a group of French ex-pats that play every Sunday.
Ninh explains why hes been missing 😭
Burnout, and TH-cam doesn't pay like it used to. (Well, it never really did, but it used to pay more.)
@@cygil1 Nah hes doing another yt channel it's in his channels tab
And also he's done 143 videos on sports idk if he has run out of them or he just got bored 😅
He's been uploading to another channel called Ultimate Bucket list. th-cam.com/channels/HMVJvXh_HqAwJo9Fo7BSYQ.html Check it out he makes good content on there. He's taken tours of various stadiums, and gone to various tourist destinations.
@@ancient6676 That's what I said 😅
This pretty much sums up my Ninh Ly watching experience over the years:
See a video in my notifications about a sport that I've never heard of
Watch the entire thing, enjoying it immensely
Spend the next few days obsessively watching matches of said sport
Thank Ninh for his amazing and criminally underrated channel, and for introducing me to sports that I never would have heard of otherwise
Thank you Ninh
Thank you so much, glad my videos inspire you to watch some of these sports!
I played this once at a local club. Have a set myself . Great pass time that takes practice.
Absolutely!
@@NinhLyUK One video of rules of Kho-Kho
Amazing! I’m a French teacher in the UK, this is a great video to show my students!
Awesome! Thank you!
I laughed so much when I saw the explanation of "FANNY". In the middle of a "formal" explanation of a game rules, knowing that one point of the rule is to kiss the arse of a girl named "Fanny" is hilarious ! It is sooooooo French ! I know, I'm one of them from the South of France. If I had had to explain the rule, I would not have dared saying it as it is more a "tradition" than a rule but coming from an English speaking person, I love it ! You made my day ! I had never thought of the picture. Now I'm going to make one and will use next time I fplay with my friends. Thanks for the great idea ! Lots of fun ahead
I love how you continuously upload Ninh Explains series during lockdown
I try dude!
Oh the irony now!
this is the best garden game ever. It doesn't require great physical fitness, but it's a lot of fun. I bought the first set 10 years ago, prepared a field in the garden and it started. Whenever guests come, we play, have a barbecue and play. My parents who are older play. sometimes the neighbors come over and they also like to play something much better than bowling. It's worth trying - great entertainment for family and groups of friends.
I've been loving the frequent uploads!
Thanks. I don't know if I can keep up the pace, but yeah.
4:09 God damn it, that was beautiful
Yes, that was literally the perfect carreau!
Absolutely textbook.
Got to play this for a while when I was in high school French class... I was actually quite good at it! some of my classmates never got the hang of it... Wish this video was around then, Nihn!
I love La Marseillaise in the background!
Well spotted!
Brilliant thank you about to play this in senior games with my students; think I’ll leave out the Fanny rule!
Yes, probably best to avoid that last part. Thanks!
In Argentina old and retired people play this game, with the only variation in you must make the boules (bochas) roll, instead of throw it through the air. And you can play from any place of your half of the pitch
Yes.
I had no idea there was this many sports till this dude
Yep, I get that comment a lot!
The name of the sport was derived from words in the provençal dialect meaning anchored foot. The inventor of the game was a bocce player who became arthritic. As a bocce required a run up to bowl, he created a new game where the boule was to be delivered with feet planted on the ground.
Yes, I believe so.
"Pétanque" comes from the southern France patois (occitan) : "PÈ" meaning "feet" and "TANCAR", verb meaning "stIck, fix". Meaning that both feet must remain still when playing.
That explains why it seems so similar to bocce. Great extra info my dude.
So it's identical to bocce with feet planted?
Bocce allows the player to take steps in the delivery. Pétanque requires the player to have both feet within a 0.5-meter diameter circle and part of both feet should remain in contact with the ground inside the circle.
Hi Ninh, next can you explain the rules of Marngrook?
He's already got a vid on Australian Rules Football (aka Marngrook)
th-cam.com/video/Mnv32s8jPz0/w-d-xo.html
I live in Scotland and we've got a petanque club nearby. Next time I see a game in process I'm going to shout 'FANNY' at the players and see what reaction I get.
You only do that if they lose without scoring a point. Then it's acceptable.
If you do it at any other time, they might take umbrage to it.
@@NinhLyUK They most certainly will. "Ya fanny" is an often used insult up here, much more so than in England.
If you do you may encounter what is known as a Glasgow Kiss
Great video! I love your channel! Please never stop making these sports videos! You make my day every time you post! 😊
mr ninh,
watching my second clip of yours confirms what i wrote of the first viewing of yours that you do have a enjoyable talent in providing quality content.
Very fun to play, if you never tried it you should give it a try one day, its like one of those games you play with friends the weekend a beer in hand before the barbecue
Definitely a fun game to play on the beach!
I am terribly sad to say it, but you need a pastice not a beer to play la pétanque :p
Great video yet again! Merry Christmas from the US Ninh!
Thank you Dave, Happy Holidays to you! :)
Brilliant. I’m trying to get a Petanque club going in my home village and this is a great video to show them. Thanks you.
I'm trying to do the same as you Christine. Any way you can let me know your progress in relation to building the Piste? Projected size of Terrain, Materials used and overall cost. Thanks in advance.
Love your sport videos, probably the best explanations of the net, hopefully we'll one day see a video on Jugger(both "Juggers of the Wasteland" & Collegiate rules)
Thanks Kody. I'll consider it.
@@NinhLyUK omg, thank you!!!
I only say add Jugger of Wasteland rules because the two rule sets can best be seen as JoW rules = Normal (American)Football, Collegiate = Flag/Tag (American)Football
Catch as catch can!
Hey Ninh, have you ever considered doing a video on why soccer teams always make jerseys that arent their team colours?
Playing la marseillaise was the icing on the cake
This is the game in the opening scene of the classic Dennis Rodman and Dane Cook action thriller "Simon Sez". Which itself was a sequel to the Movie "Double Team" starring JCVD and Dennis Rodman. I always knew it was called Boules but never even had a sniff of a clue of the other term/name Pétanque. Looks like you just taught an old dog a new trick Sir! Kudos!
I've never heard of that film, must look it up.
And thanks!
@@NinhLyUK You're welcome. Hopefully ya like it. If ya ever need any possibly obscure movie info in future, I would be more than happy to help if I can.
Again ... love the channel Sir!
Great explanation .. thank you! Vive la France… 🎉🇫🇷
Superb video!
Are you going to a video about nfl vs rugby soon?
Well done!
Great video as always you are completely unique on youtube
Thanks Aiden. I try!
Who misses Ninh?
i do
My stepfather had a doberman who died just before he met my mother, and you know, the doberman was playing with petanque balls XD It was his favorite toys and he managed to pierce holes in it with his teeth. We had hard time believing it until we get to his house to take his things when he moved with us, he found the balls, with clear dog teeth marks in it, it's impressive.
I remember when the marshals from the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix played boule during the Red Flag of the race
Good on ya for getting another sports explanation video in.. Regarding the Fanny bit.. I’m glad you have to buy the winner or winning team drinks compared to butt kissing.. After all, being light a few bucks is hell of a lot more preferable than public humiliation!!
There's still villages in France that enforce that. They actually have a statue on hand just in case!
Yes in the south we do the butt kissing, but the most of the time it is on a mosaic so we do it's funny
Also known as Boće/Buće/Balote in Dalmatia :)
Ah yes, I too watched the Grand Tour: A Massive Hunt
Yaay, I'm not the only one.
A man of culture I see
That's not the reason I made this video.
BTW: I thought the episode was terrible. Tired, repetitive, predictable and we all know it's scripted, but it's scripted way too much that it's obviously fake.
At least with the older Top Gear episodes, you had some semblance that some of it was real.
Amazon really need to cut their losses on this one.
@@NinhLyUK Agreed, I actually left a review on amazon stating these things. Hopefully they'll get back to making better content with their Russia special
@@phyose4793 I actually watched an interview with these three and they were saying that because they have free-reign to do just about anything, they script it so that everything is perfect and every word is perfect. Even their petty squabbles are pre-meditated, and it's starting to become glaringly obvious.
I think if they just concentrate on having an adventure rather than telling the perfect story, that'd bring back some respectability to the show.
Russia, Scotland, hopefully that won't take another year to make!
Can you please make a new video explaining the rules of Carrom? My kids would really like that. Thank you very much for all your sports rules explained videos.
Great suggestion!
Just to make sure, three questions:
1) Does a dead boule leave the entire match?
2) What if the only side with boules left to throw, knocks the jack out of play?
3) If we score no points and we dont know of a lady called "Fanny" but do know of one called "Bottom"...what should we kiss?
Thanks for that, really good to teach petanque to non french friends :D
Ah Pétanque. It's the perfect game to play during summer evenings while getting a few drinks down waiting for dinner
I came here after seeing the Google doodle for this game. I've grown up only knowing Bocce, and Pentaque looks just as fun! I would love to throw down in this sport.
Thanks to make so perfect video and let us know its rule, history, but i am thinking we must play it ourselves then can know the rules totally, now we just knew a little or rough about its rule. But i will watch your video always.
I want to add thay Pétanque features in the wonderful video game Disco Elysium. The player character can pick up a ball off the ground, and his interior physical strength encourages him to throw it like a baseball. Should it succeed, the ball is violently (but superbly) thrown into the ocean. Little did the player know that the ball was actually a boule, and that he had just disrupted two elderly men's Pétanque game. He must now find a replacement.
Funny thing is, should his strength fail, the protagonist's throw would be perfect in the context of Pétanque!
I actually learnt about this game actually from this cartoon called Oggy et les cafards (Oggy and the Cockroaches) which is popular in India. Heck I didn't even realise it was a French cartoon but damn the good old days, that cartoon was the most French thing ever.
we played this on the beach in the US. we call it bachi/bacci
You are one of the best channels on TH-cam I hope you continue on this and I learned new sports from you Is It possible to make video About The ( Road Tennis rule ) 🌹Thank you for your beautiful videos 👍
Thank you very much.
I don't know about Road Tennis? Is that a sport?
Yes road tennis is a different type of tennis 🎾
Boy still cranking sport videos since I stopped watching. Good job, ninh!
thank you for making this video and making it funny too
As an April fools you should explain the rules of quidditch. Not the one played by potter heads, but the one played by the flying wizards on broomsticks.
This is very similar to Bocce Balls?
Yes.
This is awesome, memories of holidays abroad, we need a world championship or something in Blackpool tbh
Travel ... ah, I remember that.
That's the thing we all used to do before the government ruined it all.
there is a petanque world championship
Ninh ly explain the difference between the NBA and eurobasket
I'm a slow pitch softball player this looks like a natural sport for me .
Cool.
Next video please😁
Sure.
Hi i think it would be cool if you explained Schwingen (swiss wrestling)
wait, the game from Disco Elysium is real?? Dude this is cool af
Do a video about shooting and one about 2square/downball/handball
Im petty sure I had played this or something very similiar when I was a kid (Is a dane and had living in Denmark for most of my life so far) But I never understood how it is played until now
You probably did?
It's surprisingly popular and the great thing is that you can play it anywhere that's flat.
@@NinhLyUK Yeah, but it is more I remember to had played a game with balls like those where we had to underhand throw them at a smaller thing XD I just never understood how it works, but I can see it now
It is also popular in Ex Yougoslavian contrys
You just earned a new subscirber. Love you chanel and i suddnelly got more intrested in sports by watching your videos . Everything is perfectly explained and you give real informations .
Do you mind doing a Video about Equstrian ShowJumping / Dressage / Eventing ( one of these 3) they are most popular horse-related sport yet a lot of diffrend chanels are saying diffrend things .
(Sorry for bad spelling i'm not native Engish/American )
Awesome! Thank you!
rules of sls, street league skateboarding, would love to see that
Its been a month without ninh's video
Been ill dude, will be making more shortly.
@@NinhLyUK waiting😁
Please explain about Mesoamerican ball games
I dont know how it happened but my school used to have this sports, and even had its own ground.
Love it. Glad to see you changed your mind. :)
Thanks.
Indonesia has similar game, but with much smaller arena and use much smaller resin ball which is like pinball. We call it keléréng. Malaysia also have the game, but I don't remember what's its name in Malaysia
Ah okay, thanks.
Can you do bossaball?
Do the rules of the international Army games
Any new vids soon big man?
6:07 I found this video Fanny! :P
Make video on Rollball
Can you explain A7FL soon.
Nice vid
Thanks.
Just as an idea for a sport thats not seen or heard of often, sailing
I'm guessing that the rule mentioned at 5:04 was added because there were once players who intentionally knocked the jack out when they were losing
have you heard of Australian Rules Football?
Could you explain Dambe nigerian boxing
My roommate would probably pounce on this sport. She competes in both bowling and bocce!
so this is almost exactly like Bocce.
Kinda the same, yeah.
@@NinhLyUK It would be cool to do a Differences between maybe Bocce, Pentanque, and bowls (throw in Curling too)?
nin explains do running rules please
Hey could you do Irish Road Bowls?
What happens if you hit the jack with your boule and move it? People try to score close to the moved jack?
that you nigel 🎉
Ninh Explains...The Rules Of Professional Wrestling
Nope.
So french bocce ball I played it once and it is fun and a bit better in my opinion but still about the same
Explain the rules of buzkashi/kokpar/kokboru.
I Love your sport videos
can you make video About Kho kho Support is popular tag game .
Thanks. I'll consider it.
I’m English and play Boules over regular Bowls
I can see why. It's easier to play anywhere, you don't need a perfect green.
@@NinhLyUK exactly
ninh ly explain the rules of motogp
Not gonna lie, I laughed harder than I should have at 4:40.
When could we see a new video
Oui
Bien sûr.
Gute vid Brudi
In the Netherlands its called ‘boulen’, and is quite well known
Great.
G O O G L E
quick question about jkd is it both martial art style and philosophy and is it better and more effective than wing chun
That all depends on how you look at it. It also depends who's does their martial art better.
You will find Wing Chun techniques in JKD, as Bruce Lee was trained in this at a young age.
But the philosophy of "learn what is useful, discard what is useless" will be different for everyone.
@@NinhLyUK but bruce lee invented wing chun to overcome the weakness of wing chun what is was lacking jkd is the new and improved version of wing chun