Bocce Ball

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Bocce Ball
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy Physical Education
Department
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History Objective

• Bocce has seen many changes throughout the ages.
  It has evolved from being a crude sport played
  with rounded rocks, or even coconuts, to the
  modern game with composite or metal balls. Bocce
  has been known under many names - lawn bowling,
  nine pins, skittles, pentanque, to name a few -
  and has seen many rule changes. The popularity of
  Bocce in America has been on the rise since it
  swept California in 1989. There are more than
  25,000,000 Bocce enthusiasts that have heard of
  the sport, play recreationally, or play on
  structured courts in the United States today.
• Open Bocce is the most popular form of bocce. 
  The great thing about open bocce is that it can
  be played almost anywhere there is open space. 
  This includes grassy surfaces such as a front
  lawn or back yard, dirt surfaces, sandy surfaces
  such as the beach, and even paved surfaces like
  parking lots.
• The purpose of the game is to score points by
  getting your bocce balls as close as possible to
  the pallino. 

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Rules

• Bocce is played with eight large balls and one
  smaller ball (called the pallino). The pallino
  can vary in color, usually it is white.
• You will notice that each bocce ball set has
  balls with several different colors Blue and
  Green (cold colors) as well as Red and Yellow
  (warm colors).
• The game can be played with 2, 4, or 8 players. 

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Rules Continued

• Players must always throw the bocce balls
  underhand.
• All players will take turns throwing their bocce
  balls until they have no more to throw. At this
  time the teams will be awarded points based on
  how close their bocce balls are to the pallino.
• Once all of the bocce balls have been thrown this
  will now complete one frame.
• A game is won when a player reaches 13 points. 
  Play as many frames as necessary until a player
  reaches this point level. Of course, this point
  level can be decreased or increased depending on
  time constraints between players.

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Tournament Court

• Most times games are playing on courts anywhere
  outdoors. The court boundaries can be basically
  anything you want. However, there are standard
  courts for tournament play.
• L - Length - 76 feetW - Width - 10-13 feetFL -
  Pointing Foul Line - 6 feetSL - Spock/Hitting
  Foul Line - 10 feetCL - Center Line - 1/2 of
  Length

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Heres another way to play Bocce. This uses a
non-tournament court to play on. This play is
more common at family gatherings, picnics or
first time playing
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Bocce Worksheet

• The name of the small ball used in Bocce Ball is?
  
• What are the dimensions of a Bocce Ball court?
• What color are the Cold color balls in Bocce?
• What color are the Hot color balls in Bocce?
• How many players can play Bocce?
• What completes a frame in bocce ball?
• What colors are used in the game of Bocce ball.
• What does the term IN mean in Bocce ball?
• Draw and label a Bocce ball court. Include lines
  and
• Dimensions.

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Work sited Page

• History and Rules
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