Precision Throw

Rules of the game

  • Each player much complete a series of 11 throws from targets 1 to 11
  • The players throw one after the other, one bowl for each target with a maximum of 30 seconds allowed for each bowl
  • In case of error in the order of throwing, the incorrect throw or incorrect throes will be excluded and the game will continue from the normal progression.
  • If all 11 targets are successfully hit, the athlete continues to throw from target 1 until he/ she misses

Validity of the throw and scoring

  • The throw is valid when the object is regularly hit and definitively leaves the hole it occupies on the specially designed mat
  • Furthermore the obstacle object must not at all definitively move from its marked positions (targets 7 and 8), or come out of the holes (targets 3, 4, 6, 9 and 10)
  • The number of points scored corresponds to the number of each target regularly hit as shown in the diagram below
  • The throw is not valid if the object is moved due to any vibration of the mat

Bocce Techniques