Miami Family Mag

Posted By MaryMiranda on August 31, 2011

Bocce can be one of the most exciting, easy and relaxing sports an older person can Bocce can be one of the most exciting, easy and relaxing sports an older person can do, the regulations are very basic and once you learn them you will be able to begin right away, after you purchase a bocce set of course, you will be able to play the game in your yard or your neighbors yard, as long as the grass is not excessively long, it is playable on dirt as well, Open Bocce is the most popular form for those playing casually, Open Bocce can be played anyplace there is open space, use your imagination and play in some unique spots or settings, you can use grassy or dirt surfaces, packed sand and paved areas, use slopes, hills, dips and bumpy surfaces for an even bigger challenge and to add strategy, do not be afraid to begin the game in your front yard and end it in the back. Just be heedful the hills are not so steep that you stand the opportunity of a ball rolling far away, Bocce is played with eight large balls and one small ball called a Pallino, two, four or eight players can play, separate the balls equally among the players, ideally four or eight players is best, a traditional Bocce ball set ordinarily has four balls of one color and four of a different color, the Pallino is yet a third color, you want these colors to tell your teams apart, modern sets may have all different colored balls, the balls may also have a different design on them, to farther help in marking them, after a round is complete and all players have hurled their Bocce balls, the team, or player, with Bocce balls closest to the Pallino are granted one point per ball, a round is called a frame.  

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