Bocce rules for dummies and kids

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Bocce rules for dummies and kids

BOCCE RULES
Bocce is traditionally played on natural soil or asphalt courts approximately 20 to 27 metres in length and 2.5 to 4 metres wide, sometimes with wooden boards of approximately 15 centimetres in height surrounding the court. Bocce balls can be made of metal or various kinds of plastic. Unlike lawn bowls, bocce balls are spherical and have no inbuilt bias.
A game can be conducted between two players, or two teams of two or four. A match is started by a randomly chosen side being given the opportunity to throw a smaller ball, the jack (called a pallino, or a boccino in some areas), from one end of the court into a zone about 5 metres in length, ending 2 metres from the far end of the court. If they miss twice, the other team is awarded the opportunity to place the jack anywhere they choose within the prescribed zone.
The side that first attempted to place the jack is given the opportunity to bowl first. Once the first bowl has taken place, the other side has the opportunity to bowl. From then on, the side which does not have the ball closest to the jack has a chance to bowl, up until one side or the other has used their four balls. At that point, the other side bowls its remaining bocce balls. The team with the closest bocce ball to the jack is the only team that can score points in any frame. The scoring team receives one point for each of their balls that is closer to the jack than the closest ball of the other team. The length of a game varies by region, but is typically from 7 to 13 points.
Players are permitted to throw the ball in the air using an underarm action. This is generally used to knock either the jack or another ball away to attain a more favourable position. Tactics can get quite complex when players have sufficient control over the bocce ball to throw or roll it accurately.

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Bocce Ball Study Guide

The object of the game is to roll the bocce balls closest to the pallina. The bocce ball that ends up closest to the pallina is worth one point. The first team to score 12 points is the winner.

Standing anywhere inside the court, the starting team tosses the pallina within the court boundries and tosses the first bocce ball to establish the point (or in) ball. The opposing teams then throw their bocce balls until the point is taken. (i.e., another ball falls closer to the pallina) or until all bocce balls are thrown. The team or person whose ball is in steps aside and allows the “out” teams to deliver their bocce balls. This continues until all bocce balls are played.

The rules are as follows:

Players may hit any other balls, including the pallina, to change their position.
Any bocce ball thrown or knocked out-of-bounds, the frame ends (no points are awarded) and the pallina is put back into play by the same team or person who threw it in the previous frame.
To start a new frame, the team that scored in the previous frame tosses the pallina and the first bocce ball.
Any member of a team can toss the pallina, and this task can be rotated among team members.

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