Croquet

Croquet is a lawn game in which players use mallets to strike balls through hoops in a set course. Players advance their balls and can use shots to hinder opponents.

Croquet hoop: A metal arch set into the ground that a croquet ball must pass through in the prescribed direction. Hoops define the route each ball must complete across the lawn.
Association croquet: A formal croquet code in which players maneuver balls through six hoops twice and finish at a peg. It is a major competitive form with detailed tactical rules.
Pall-mall: An early European mallet game in which players struck a ball along a prepared alley toward a target. It is often cited among the predecessors of modern croquet.
World Croquet Federation: The international organization that coordinates croquet associations and major competitions worldwide. It oversees cross-border competition in the game's principal codes.
Golf: A sport in which players use clubs to send a ball into holes in as few strokes as possible. Golf shares a lawn setting but uses holes rather than hoops and different scoring.
Croquet mallet: A long-handled implement with a heavy head used to strike croquet balls. Players use mallets to send balls through hoops and make tactical shots.
Golf croquet: A croquet format in which players compete to score each hoop before their opponents. Its simpler turn structure makes it a widely played alternative format.
Irish croquet: A nineteenth-century form of croquet developed in Ireland before the game spread widely in Britain. It helped establish the game’s recognizable modern form.
World Croquet Championship: An international championship series for elite croquet players, including association croquet and golf croquet events. It provides a high-level stage for competing croquet strategies.
Gateball: A team mallet sport in which players strike balls through gates toward a goal pole. Gateball resembles croquet but uses timed team play and a distinct gate sequence.

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