Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Croquet is typically a friendly game, a backyard competition, a diversion to be pulled out after burgers and before volleyball.

The game is a race around the circuit of hoops in the order and directions shown in the diagram above. The Blue and Black balls play against the Red and Yellow balls. The first side to get both of ...

If you've seen serious games of badminton or croquet, you may think that you need a huge yard to accommodate play. But that's not the case. Recreational players -- the folks who will be coming to your ...