Extreme croquet
Extreme Croquet is a variation on croquet mainly distinguished by its lack of any requirement pertaining to out-of-bounds or field specifications. A close relative of the croquet played in most backyards and gardens, but expanded by more adventurous enthusiasts and played throughout the world in conditions unfamiliar to official tournament players. Game setup. A typical extreme croquet game starts with location scouting, searching for terrain that might present interesting and novel challenges such as trees, roots, hills, sand, mud, or moving or still water. Play proceeds following the usual croquet rules, with alterations generally designed to  handle circumstances not found in the garden game. Traditional backyard croquet equipment can be used but is prone to damage. Mallets, made specifically for extreme croquet, are made from high-density polyethylene, aluminum, polycarbonate and other durable materials. Rules. Different organizations use different sets of rules for extreme croquet. Variations include the following: The Richmond Extreme Croquet Group has these rules: Extreme croquet locations. Extreme croquet dates back to the 1920s, when fashionable people built courses with sand traps and other hazards in California and on Long Island. The world's oldest extreme croquet club was founded 1975 in Sweden . The first documented extreme croquet matches in the United States took place in Friendswood, Texas, around 1995. A group of college kids looking for a bit more excitement than the traditional game could offer began to test the boundaries of the sport. Boston University is the home of BU International Extreme Croquet Society. The organization was founded in 2008. On April 5, 2010 BU Today featured a film on the club. The Northwest Arkansas Nonprofessional-professional Extreme Croquet Association, or NANECA utilizes both urban and natural settings for its free flowing extreme croquet. Dubuque, Iowa is well accepted as the  national epicenter of extreme croquet. The midwest town boasts two competitive extreme croquet leagues. ADCA (All Dubuque Croquet Association) was founded by Norman Charles Freund in 1982 and DCA (Dubuque Croquet Association) was founded by Norman's youngest heir, Gabriel Martin Freund in 2003. Both leagues have been featured in national publications.