9-Wicket "Backyard Style" Grass Croquet -
Rules: The Croquet Shot

The Croquet Shot

1. The Croquet
2. Hitting Other Ball(s) on the Croquet Shot
3. Making a Point and Hitting the Same Ball on One Shot

The Croquet

The Croquet - After a player has made a legal roquet shot, the player is entitled to two continuation shots. With the first shot, the player must do one of the following:

• tight-ball the object ball (see the rules for the tight-ball shot).
• place the playing ball against the object ball and then hot the playing ball so that both the playing ball and the object ball move - it is required that the object ball moves, no matter how slightly - this is called shaking the ball - , and failure to do so is a foul.
• place the playing ball against the object ball and declare a "pass" (see the rules concerning pass shot).

After either tight-balling or croqueting, the player is entitled to one more continuation shot.

It is not a foul to lightly tap the playing ball and/or the object ball to keep them in contact, but if the ball(s) are moved prior to croqueting, the ball(s) should be replaced by the referee.

It is a foul to "double tap" the ball during the croquet, or to hit any other ball besides the playing ball with the mallet during the shot.

It is a foul for the playing ball to roquet one ball and then take croquet from a different ball. It is also a foul to take croquet from a ball that has not been roqueted.

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Hitting Another Ball on the Croquet Shot

Hitting Another Ball on the Croquet Shot - If, on a croquet shot, the object ball hits another ball, the other ball is to be replaced (see the rules for returning a ball to its original position). However, if the playing ball hits another ball, one of the following occurs:

• if the playing ball was alive to the ball hit, the player has roqueted the ball hit and takes play from the ball hit.
• if the playing ball was dead to the ball hit, the ball hit is replaced (see the rules for returning a ball to its original position) and play continues as if the ball had not been hit.

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Making a Point for the Playing Ball on a Croquet and Hitting the Object Ball Again

Making a Point for the Playing Ball on a Croquet and Hitting the Object Ball Again - If, on a croquet shot, the player makes a point for the playing ball and, on the same shot, hits the object ball again, it is as if the object ball had not been hit again. No roquet has been made, and the playing ball, by virtue of making the wicket, is alive on all other balls.