Note, 12/29/2007
This is a set of older articles moved from jsoo.home.mindspring.com. My newer croquet articles have generally been posted at croquetnc.org or the USCA website. But I may eventually get around to collecting it all here.
A Field Guide for Board-keepers
What to do and say while tending the deadness board in American rules. Useful as an insert to tournament handouts. NEW, August 2004
An improved double-elimination draw
Better and fairer than the “standard” draw.
An international rules primer
An outline of the differences between Association Croquet (“international rules”) and USCA Croquet (“American rules”).
An international rules summary
Summary version of the International rules primer.
Practicing and playing leaves in USCA croquet
How to organize and execute leaves (end-of-turn sequences) in the USCA game.
Unusual break pickups in USCA croquet
Move beyond the three-ball-dead attack.
What’s new in the new USCA rules?
An unofficial commentary on the new edition of The Official Rules of the United States Croquet Association American Six Wicket Game.
20 August 2004