Special Olympics Bocce is bocce played by competitors with physical or mental disabilities.

Special Olympics bocce is a form of bocce meant for athletes with physical or mental disabilities. As in all Special Olympics sports, athletes are grouped in competition divisions according to ability level, age and gender.

The goal of bocce is for one team to get as many of their balls (boccia) closer to the pallina (the smallest ball) than the opposing team's closest ball.

There may be anywhere from two to four to eight players on a team. Each player is given two balls. Each player must then take turns rolling (lagging) the ball toward the pallina ball (also known as the jack, cue, beebee etc.), which has already been thrown onto the field. The players are given points for the balls rolled closest to the pallina ball. Players may also throw on the fly (volo), striking the ball to move the point ball. Balls, including the pallina, may also be displaced by the balls of other players.

Bocce is one of Special Olympics' newer sports, having been introduced at the World Games level for the first time in 1995. The 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games hosted 180 bocce athletes from 39 Special Olympics programs. As of the 2005 Special Olympics Athlete Participation Report, 90,884 Special Olympics athletes compete in bocce.

Boccia

Backboards - the shorter court walls at each end of the court

Banking - throwing the bocce ball such that it hits and bounces off the sideboards towards the pallino

Dead Ball - a dead ball is a bocce ball removed from play during a frame for reasons defined in the game rules

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

Half Court Marker - a line marked on the sideboards/court surface exactly halfway between the two backboards

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

In-bound Lines - lines marked on the sideboards/backboards/court surface to define the 12 inch boundary for the initial pallino throw

Kiss - A term that describes the condition where the bocce ball is touching the pallino. Sometimes called Baci.

Live Ball - a live ball is a bocce ball legally in play on the surface of the court

No Point - 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

Pallino - a small ball used as a target ball for throwing the bocce ball.

Volo - a high arcing throw of a bocce ball in the air beyond the center line of the court

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