What is the best bocce ball set available? That answer depends on where you will be playing. If you are playing in a field or on an official bocce ball course, you’ll want to get a tournament set that’s Affordable Tournament Bocce Ball Set If you’re playing on an actual field and what an official [...]
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Apr 15 2009
Bocce Ball Throwing Technique
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 [...]
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 [...]
Mar 26 2009
Bocce Ball Sizes – 80mm to 115mm
Bocce balls come in a variety of sizes ranging from 80 mm all the way to 115 mm. The “size” refers to the diameter of the Bocce ball, with the measurement referring to the width of the ball. An 80 mm ball means that the ball is 80 millimeters wide. Since the balls have uniform [...]
Mar 22 2009
Crushed Oyster Shells Bocce Mix
If you want to build a legal Bocce ball playing field, you’ll need to find some Crushed Oyster Shells to put on the surface. You’ll need quite a bit of crushed oyster shell, sometimes called oyster shell flour, but how much will depend on how evenly and how thick you spread the mixture. There are [...]
Mar 18 2009
Do I Need A Beach Bocce Ball Set?
Short answer: No… unless your regular bocce ball set is a really nice one that you don’t want to get damaged. Beach bocce ball sets differ from “regular” bocce ball sets in one of two ways: More colorful: Rather than the dark reds and greens of a standard set, beach bocce balls are typically more [...]
Mar 16 2009
Building Your Own Bocce Court
Building your own bocce court can be a rewarding and entertaining job, especially if you’re serious about bocce. For many, including myself, bocce is a recreational game where a court is completely unnecessary. If you’re serious though, you’ll want to build a regulation court so you can play on a playing field that even the [...]
Mar 16 2009
How To Play Bocce Ball
Bocce ball, or Bocci ball, is a game where the object is to get as many of your Bocce balls as close to the marker ball, known as the pallino or the jack. There are two balls per team and so the game can be played with two teams of up to four players. The [...]
Mar 15 2009
Welcome to Bocce Ball King
Are you a fan of bocce ball? If you are, you’ve come to the right place because this site is all about bocce ball – how it’s played, where you can get your own set, what to look for in a set, and strategies you can use to dominate. If you’re a fan, I hope [...]