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Outside Agencies in GC By Cheryl Bromley
Below are a few common examples of outside agencies in Golf Croquet: • A ball becomes an outside agency when it leaves the court as soon as any part of it touches the vertical plane of a boundary line. • A ball is also an outside agency if directed to a penalty area. In both cases, they remain outside agencies and are not part of the game until the start of the striking period in which they will be played back in. Common Courtesy: It is good practice to not only place your ball immediately on the spot where it left the court (in contact with the line) but also assist your opponent with the spot where their ball went out, if needed.
Outside Agencies and Double-Banking When double-banking with another game on the same court, the players and equipment of the other match are outside agencies. What happens if a ball from another match rolls into my stationary ball? Your ball is placed back in its original position and the moving ball from the other game is dealt with at the choice of the opposing side of that game: 1. They may elect to leave the ball where it stopped. 2. They may place it where the opposing side or referee judges it would have stopped if no interference had occurred.
Scoring Clips A scoring clip that is falling to, or on the ground, and not attached to a player or hoop is an outside agency. A scoring clip that is attached to a hoop or player is not an outside agency. Therefore, it is good practice to remove a clip when attempting to run a hoop or hit a jump shot so that it doesn’t affect the outcome of the shot.
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3. If both sides cannot determine where it might have ended up, the ball is brought back and the stroke is replayed. Common Courtesy: Always remove your mallet from the court if you are waiting to play on a double-banked court, mark any balls that might interfere with the other match and temporarily remove them.
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