There are many ways to throw a bocce ball but how you throw it will depend on what you’re trying to achieve, the playing surface, and where the jack is resting. If you’re playing on a surface that doesn’t provide much movement after a ball lands, such as in sand or oyster shells, then it’s [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Apr 08 2009
Ultimate Bocce Ball
Here’s an entertaining video about how to play bocce ball using your typical home rules. If you’re not familiar with the game, watching this 2 minute video will explain everything you need to know about it. One word of caution, these are home rules and not the official bocce ball rules, where you play on [...]
Apr 03 2009
Boules Family of Sports: Pétanque and Boule Lyonnaise
Did you know that Bocce Ball is in the “boules” family of sports? Before you start getting all crazy on me, Boules is just the name given to games that are played with metal balls. Bocce’s is close cousins to two other games, Pétanque and Boule Lyonnaise, and it’s interesting to read the differences. Pétanque [...]