Transcript Boccia in Action (english)

BOCCIA
IN
ACTION!
A short presentation of Boccia,
so you can learn how this
wonderful game is played!
Boccia
Boccia is played on a flat and
smooth surface, such as a tiled or
wood gymnasium floor.
The dimensions of the game area are:
12,5m in length
6m in width
They include:
Six throwing boxes (places where
players are positioned)
The V line
The “+” mark
Boccia is played with:
A white ball, called “Jack”, which is the
target ball
Six red balls
and
Six blue balls
There are always two sides in this game
playing against each other.
Each side may be comprised of :
One player, meaning one VS one
(in individuals)
or
Two players, meaning two VS two
(in pairs)
or
Three players, meaning three VS three
(in teams).
In order for a side to win the game, they
must have the highest score in the 4
ends that the game lasts
(in a team game there are 6 ends).
Let’s take a look in the court.
The six throwing boxes, in which the
players are positioned are numbered
from 1 to 6.
The “V” line separates the court in two areas.
The white ball (Jack) must cross over to be
considered in play.
When the white ball is knocked out of
court during the match
or the game goes to tie-break, the white
ball is placed on the “+” mark.
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The game
For convenience purposes, we will demonstrate how a
game between individuals is played.
If you would like some more information on the
differences between individual, pair and team game, as
well as some more information about game regulations
you can always refer to the official game rules.
Before the game begins, the referee spins a
coin and the winning side chooses whether
to play with the red or the blue balls.
The player playing with the red balls is
positioned in the box number three and gets
to throw the white ball in the 1st and 3rd end.
The player playing with the blue balls is
positioned in the box number four and gets to
throw the white ball in the 2nd and 4th end.
SCORE
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available
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minutes
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example,
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our
example,
the
player
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balls
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points.
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our
example,
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help
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the first two.
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same
player
will
continue
to throw
balls,
May
we
remind
you,
that
the
winner
is
the
or
he
will
attempt
to
gather
more
points.
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he
court
and
into
the
box
of
the
“dead”
balls
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player
continues.
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is
reversed
towhen
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advantage
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stops
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until
one
of
his
own
balls
found
closer
to
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player
who
has
gathered
the
greater
amount
attempts
to gather
more
points there is
(those
balls
which
are
cancelled).
he
runs
out
of
balls).
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moving
and
becomes
still.
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ball
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the
the
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completed.
up bringing
ball
to the
target.
As soon as the red ball stops rolling, the
referee will indicate that the other player must
throw a blue ball and at the same time he will
begin the time countdown.
Thank you for watching this
presentation.
I hope that it has enhanced your
understanding of Boccia, and make
you appreciate and enjoy the game of
Boccia more.
Greg Polychronidis
www.gregpoly.com