9-Wicket "Backyard Style" Grass Croquet -
Rules: The Opening Turn
The Opening Turn
The Starting Spot - The starting spot is located midway between the near post (the number 16 point) and the number one/fifteen wicket. It is an imaginary circle of the same diameter of one ball. The starting spot is where each ball starts the game.
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The First Shot - Each ball starts the game on the starting spot. Each player must shoot at the first wicket to attempt to make the first wicket. In the event that the referee judges that a player was not attempting to shoot at the first wicket, the player must reshoot the first shot and any balls moved must be reset. The shooter may shoot at any ball that prevents a clear shot or unobstructed shot shot at the number one wicket. An obstruction in this case would be any ball that is within parallel lines running from the inside of the number one wicket, from the shooter's normal backswing past the number one wicket so that the player has clearance for the wicket.
If another ball obstructs the playing ball for its first shot, the shooter may attempt to hit the obstructing ball. If another ball partially or completely occupies the starting spot, the shooter may move the playing ball backwards (towards the near post) and then roquet the obstructing ball, or put the playing ball on the starting spot and, in the process, move the obstructing ball in that direction that it traveled from until it has cleared the starting spot, and then the shooter may shoot at the wicket or attempt to roquet the obstructing ball.
If the playing ball attempts to make the number one wicket (as judged by the referee) but misses the wicket and successfully roquets a ball, the playing ball takes play from the roqueted ball.
After making the first wicket or the first two wickets, the shooter may shoot for any position or at any other ball on the court.
On the first shot, the player is entitled to one continuation shot for making only the first wicket, and two continuation shots for making the first two wickets with one shot.
As stated earlier, this is the only time in the game that a player earns more than one continuation shot for making more than one wicket on a single shot.
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