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Social Bocce Equipment 8 Bocce Bowls per Set (unbiased) Rules 1 Jack (smaller target ball) bocceaustralia.com.au Produced by Bocce Victoria Endorsed by Bocce Australia Copyright Bocce Australia Equipment 8 Bocce Bowls per Set (unbiased) Overview 1 Jack (smaller target ball) Brief Bocce History Bocce was introduced Centre Line in Australia by European migrants in the early 1900’s. Footline Footline Now Volo is played competitively in Australia and is the most modernised form of the game with its technical throwing Bocce (sport-boules) is a bowls sport for all sport lovers events involving a high level of fitness. Professional levels and levels of fitness. It is played both at a competitive and of the sport are played in European countries. Visit: recreational level and can be played in singles or in teams www.boccevictoria.com for more information. of up to 4 players. Bocce is played competitively Concept throughout the world with over 50 countries being 1. The aim is to bowl or throw your bowl closest to members of the F.I.B. (Bocce Volo). Regular World How it all started the jack with the option of knocking out well placed Championships for Men, Women, and Juniors are held opponent balls. annually. It is also played at the Para Olympics, Special Bocce was introduced in Australia by 1. A game begins with one team delivering the jack Olympics, World, Mediterranean, and South East Asian European migrants in the early 1900’s. from behind the foot line, decided by tossing a coin. 2. Bocce can be played on any flat/sloping surface such Games. Bocce is a lifetime sport and can be played as: carpet, grass, sand, or anywhere. The Jack is bowled beyond the foot line at the The origins of bocce are believed to date back to 9000 anywhere by anyone at a social level. opposite end of the court BC where stone bowls were found in Turkey. Traces have 3. A game is played with an even number of players also been found dating back to the time of the Pharaohs. on each team as follows: Scoring Today In fact, a game similar to bocce was played in ancient a. Singles (4 bowls per player) 1. The team with the closest bowl to the jack Greece and during the middle ages. From the early Greek b. Doubles (2 or 3 bowls per player) at the completion of the end scores 1 point, Different countries around the world have their own c. Triples (2 bowls per player) physician Ipocrates to the great Italian Renaissance man And a further point for each other of their bowl/s version of bocce. It is played with various rules and on d. Quadruples (2 bowls per player) 2. Galileo, the early participants of bocce have noted that the closer to the jack than any of the opponents different surfaces, although the basic aim of the sport e. Multiplayer (1 or 2 bowls per player) game's athleticism and spirit of competition rejuvenates bowls. remains the same. As interest for competition between 4. the body. Bocce enjoyed rapid growth throughout Europe Each team player has the same colour or line type The game is played in ends and an accumulative countries grew, so did the need for uniform rules. In 1946 3. and became the sport of nobility and peasants alike. pattern bowl/s and different to that of the opponent. score is tallied at the completion of each end. the French, Italian, Swiss and Monegasque Federations According to legend, Sir Francis Drake refused to set out First to 7, 11, 13, or 15 points wins. formed the Federation international de Boules (F.I.B.) and Rules 4. to defend England against the Spanish Armada until he International competition was born. In 1985, the Tips finished a game of bocce. He proclaimed, "First we finish 1. A game begins with one team delivering the jack Confederation Mondiale des Sports de Boules (C.M.S.B.) from behind the foot line, decided by tossing a coin. the game, then we'll deal with the Armada!" By the 1800s 1. Read the surface: Before bowling or throwing was formed to include all forms of the game. The C.M.S.B. The Jack is bowled beyond the foot line at the Bocce was played across the north of Italy and in other your bowl always plan your approach by reading the consists of four International federations, F.I.P.J.P. opposite end of the court. European countries like France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, surface and picking a landing spot, try to avoid soft (Petanque), C.B.I. (Bocce Raffa), World Bowls (Lawn The team who throws the jack delivers the first bowl, sand or high grass areas. Belgium, Germany, Slovenia, Istria, Croatia and Bosnia. In 2. Bowls), and F.I.B. (Bocce Volo), with the F.I.B. being the Italy men played bocce at the back of 'Osterias' and along 3. The team that does not hold the advantage 2. The technique: For a high level of accuracy and oldest of the four. The C.M.S.B. was recognised by the delivers the subsequent bowl and so on. the back streets. In the mid-1800s Italy was unstable. The control, hold your bowl with a normal firm grip and International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.) in 1986, known as with the back of your hand pointing towards the target. two Guiseppes Garibaldi and Mazzini led the 'red shirts' 4. When a team has finished their bowls, the opposition sport-boules. Competitive bocce has a long history with across the country in a bid to unify the Italian speaking delivers the remainder of their bowls, if any 3. Use tactics: Make the right decisions at the right time, the formation of the French Federation in 1888 and the bowl to place your ball closer to the jack or throw to peoples. It was during this period that many northern 5. A team can nominate to display the opponents bowl by Italian in 1919. But socially bocce has been played on the knock out an opponents bowl. Italians started immigrating to places like Australia and throwing at a nominated bowl. streets and in the parks for centuries before this. There America, taking the game of bocce with them. 4. Have fun: Smash an opponents bowl out, play with are two main forms of competitive bocce, Volo and Raffa. 6. A throw can be a Raffa 'Drive' or a Volo 'Lob'. A drive must the friends, family, or colleagues. thrown past the halfway line and then can roll forward. A 'Lob' is thrown in the air and must bounce only once before hot the target nominate bowl. If bounce more than once it is disqualified and all displaced bowls returned to orginal places. 7. If the nominate bowl is hit by the thrown bowl the team is awarded one bonus point. 8. eam has finished their bowls, the opposition delivers the remainder of their bowls, if any Social Bocce Rules Footline Equipment 8 Bocce Bowls per Set (unbiased) 1 Jack (smaller target ball) Centre Line Bocce is played with an even number of players on each team as follows Singles (4 bowls per player) • When a team has finished their Doubles (2 or 3 bowls per player) bowls, the opposition delivers Triples (2 bowls per player) the remainder of their bowls, if any, Quadruples (2 bowls per player) to complete an end. The team with Multiplayer (1 or 2 bowls per player) the closest bowl to the Jack at the Footline completion of the end scores 1 point, • A game begins with one team and a further point for any of their throwing the Jack from behind a other bowls that are closer to the foot line; the team who throws the Jack than any of the opponent’s Jack is decided by tossing a coin. bowls. The scoring team throws The Jack should be aimed beyond the jack in the opposite direction the foot line at the opposite end to start the next end. of the court. • The game is played in ends and an • The team who throws the Jack accumulative score is tallied at the delivers the first bowl with the aim completion of each end. The first of positioning them closest to the team to reach 7, 11, 13, or 15 points Jack or knocking out well placed wins the game. opponent bowls. The team with the furthest bowl to the jack delivers the subsequent bowl..

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