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| Reverse Palm Grip |
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The most popular grip, made with the lower hands palm facing away from the body, and the upper hands palm facing towards the body.
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| Right of Choice |
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After a lag or coin toss, the winner has the choice of starting position or choice of balls.
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| Rigor Mortis |
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Being dead on all balls, also know as three ball dead or three B D.
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| Roll Stroke |
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A croquet shot used to add distance to the striker's ball as well as the croqueted ball, by striking down on the ball rather than a level shot.
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| Roquet |
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When the strikers ball hits another ball, followed by a croquet shot and a continuation shot.
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| Rover Ball |
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The rover is a ball that has passed through all the wickets but has not yet pegged out.
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| Rush Line |
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An imaginary line along which a ball is roqueted on a rush shot.
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| Rush Line Principle |
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The shot made before an intended rush shot should be taken from a spot on or near the rush line.
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| Rutledges Handbook of Croquet |
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English publication (1861) written by Edmund Rutledge, probably the first rule book of the game and, and with adaptations, still governs the game.
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