Learn How to Play Croquet

The best way to learn how to play croquet is to play Golf Croquet with someone. This will teach you how to swing a mallet, hit a ball, run a hoop, and the order in which the hoops must be run. Then have someone teach you how to play International Croquet or American Croquet.

But if you want to do some learning on your own, here is what to do.

1. Read Association Croquet — The Game and How it is Played by Dr. Ian Plummer.
2. Watch Introducing the Game of Croquet by Chris van der Craats (get Adobe Shockwave).
3. Watch Introduction to Croquet by John Bevington (get Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer).
4. Read A Synopsis of the Game by Dr. Ian Plummer.
5. Read Beginners' Coaching Notes 1 by Dr. Ian Plummer.
6. Read Beginners' Coaching Notes 2 by Dr. Ian Plummer.
7. Read Beginners' Coaching Notes 3 by Dr. Ian Plummer.
8. Read Beginners' Coaching Notes 4 by Dr. Ian Plummer.

You can buy a book about croquet.

• A Guide to Golf Croquet by Jennet Blake and Gerald Mitchell
• Through the Hoops by Greg Bury
• Golf Croquet Tactics by Michael Hague
• Shortening the Odds by Bill Arliss
• Croquet: The Sport by Jack Osborn and John Osborn

Don't spend too much time reading — get out there and play!