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BOCCE TERMS and
DEFINITIONS:
A B
C D E F
G H I J
K L M N
O P Q R S
T U V W X Y Z
Advantage
- The team throwing the pallino is said to have "pallino advantage"
because they get to place the pallino where they want it on the court and
have a clear shot to place the first bocce ball.
Backboards
- The shorter court walls at each end of the
court. Sometimes called endboards or backwalls.
Banking - Throwing
the bocce ball such that it hits and bounces off the sideboards towards
the pallino.
Bocce - noun:
Proper name of the sport of bocce; adjective: Associated with the
sport (example: bocce court); verb: Playing the sport
(example: Let's bocce.)
Bocce Balls
– Eight larger balls about 4 1/4 inches (107 millimeters) in diameter that
are rolled toward the pallino to score points. The balls are of 2 distinct
colors, 4 each color.
Captain
- The person on a team designated to coach and make all team decisions
during a game.
Coin-toss
- The initial flip of a coin at the start of a game to determine which
team throws the pallino the first time and chooses the color of the team's
bocce balls.
Court
- The rectangular playing area defined by a backboard at each end and two
sideboards with a level and smooth playing surface.
Court Bocce
- A sport played on a standard court consisting of a rectangular playing
area defined by a backboard at each end and two sideboards with a level
and smooth playing surface.
Dead Ball
- A dead ball is a bocce ball removed from play during a frame for reasons
defined in the game rules.
End
Captain - The person designated by the captain
to coach and make team decisions at their end of the court.
Footwear
- Shoes with smooth soles, like sneakers, that will not damage the clay
playing surface.
Foul
- An act committed by a thrower that violates the game rules. A
team/player is penalized as specified in the rules for committing a foul.
Forfeit
- The action taken against a team that does not have at least 2 players to
start a game at the designated start time or refuses to complete a game
for any reason.
Frame
- The playing of all the bocce balls in one direction and the awarding of
points. After points are awarded a new frame starts in the opposite
direction. Frames are played until sufficient points are accumulated to
win the game. A frame is sometimes called a Giro.
(red or
green)
GO
- Direction given by the referee to the team designated to
throw the next ball.
Half Court
Marker – A line marked on the sideboards/court
surface exactly halfway between the two backboards.
Hitting or Spock
- A declared underhand bowling type hard throw directly at the balls on
the court to purposely hit and move an opponent's ball or the pallino.
Sometimes called spocking, shooting, bombing, or raffa.
Hitting Foul Line
– The second foul line marked on the sideboards/court surface 10 feet from
each backboard behind which the bocce balls thrown hard to hit and move
other bocce balls or the pallino must be released. This allows for a
running delivery to gain momentum on the ball. Sometimes called the
spocking, shooting, bombing, or raffa foul line.
Illegal
Movement - A legally thrown ball is moved from
its resting position by a player or referee.
In-bound Lines
- Lines marked on the sideboards/backboards/court surface to define the 12
inch boundary for the initial pallino throw.
In Team
- The team who has the closest bocce ball to the pallino.
(red or
green)
IN
- Information given by the referee to the players as to
which team has the "IN" ball.
Interference
-
A legally thrown ball is interfered with
while moving by someone or something not on
the playing surface before the throw.
Jack
- The pallino is sometimes referred to as the "Jack".
Kiss
- A term that describes the condition where the bocce ball is touching the
pallino. Sometimes called Baci.
League
- A league is a group of bocce teams playing a prescribed number of
matches or games over a set period of time with records kept to determine
a winning team.
Live Ball
- A live ball is a bocce ball legally in play on the surface of the court.
Measure
- The act of measuring the distance between the pallino and the bocce
balls to determine which team's bocce balls are the closest to the
pallino.
No Point
or Tie - This is when the closest ball of both teams
are equidistant from the pallino. The team delivering the last ball must
throw again or if all balls have been played no points are awarded for
that frame.
Opponents
- The two teams on the court who are competing
against each other.
Out Team
- The team who does not have the closest bocce ball to the pallino.
Pallino
– A small ball used as a target ball for throwing the bocce balls.
Sometimes referred to as "object ball", "jack", "pill", "cue ball",
"bullet", or "pallina".
Penalty
- Action taken against a team or player for violating game rules.
Pointing
- The underhand throwing action of a player to roll the bocce ball as
close to the pallino as possible to score points. Throwing styles vary
from player to player. Pointing is sometimes called punto or puntata.
Pointing Foul Line
- The first foul line marked on the sideboards/court surface 6 feet from
each backboard behind which the pallino and bocce balls rolled for point
must be released. Sometimes called the throwing, pitch, punto, or puntata
foul line.
Referee
- An independent official that enforces all game
rules, directs play, determines the "in team", makes measurements, and
determines team points for each frame.
Scoreboard
- Numbers 1 through 12 arranged similar to a clock face with an arrow
pointing to the score for the red or green team. The scoreboard can be a
single set of numbers with a red and green arrow or a separate set of
numbers for each color.
Sideboards
- The longer court walls parallel to the direction of throwing.
Social Bocce
- Social Bocce is basically a group of people getting together and forming
temporary teams for the day to play the game but not in a scheduled league
or tournament play.
Spock or
Hitting - A declared underhand bowling type hard
throw directly at the balls on the court to purposely hit and move an
opponent's ball or the pallino.
Sometimes called spocking, shooting, bombing, or raffa.
Substitute
- Extra players on the team or on the league roster that replace a regular
player.
Team
- A team on the court has 4 players maximum and 2 players minimum with
each player throwing 2 balls. A team may have one or more substitute
(alternate) players on the team.
Tournament - A
tournament is a group of bocce teams playing matches or games over a set
period of time with losing teams being eliminated until a single winning
team remains.
Volo
- A high arcing throw of a bocce ball in the
air beyond the center line of the court. Volo shooting in Court Bocce is
not permitted because of safety considerations and to prevent damage to
the courts.
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