* punto, raffa, volo ( note that this is a single name consisting of three comma-separated words ) is a type of bocce governed by the Italian CBI Confederazione Boccistica Internazionale

It belongs to the boules game family and is related to bocce and pétanque.

Developed into its present form in Italy, ( where it is called bocce, the plural of the Italian word boccia which means " bowl "), it is played around Europe and also in overseas areas that have received Italian migrants, including Australia, North America, and South America ( where it is known as bochas ; bolas criollas in Venezuela, bocha ( the sport ) in Brazil ), initially among the migrants themselves but slowly becoming more popular with their descendants and the wider community.

The sport is also very popular on the eastern side of the Adriatic, especially in Slovenia ( where it is known as balinanje or colloquial playing boče or bale from Italian bocce or palle meaning balls ), Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Hercegovina ( in Serbo-Croatian known under the name of boćanje or simply playing boće ( colloquial also bućanje or playing balote ), originating in Italian boccie ).

It is for this reason that pétanque is a throwing game, rather than a rolling game like bocce or bowling.

There is no requirement for backboards or sideboards ( as in bocce ), but dedicated terrains are often enclosed in boards or some other structural barrier.

Boules () is a collective name for a wide range of games in which the objective is to throw or roll heavy balls ( called boules in France, and " bocce " in Italy ) as close as possible to a small target ball.

* games where there is a " run up " to the throw ( for example, boule lyonnaise, bocce volo )

* bocce is the ancestral sport of most boules games.

* bocce volo or boule lyonnaise or Jeu Provençal is a throwing game using metal balls and a rather complicated run-up.

* boccia is a form of bocce adapted for players who are confined to wheel chairs.

* bowls or " lawn bowls " is a British game similar to bocce

The city is responsible for the maintenance of numerous sports and recreation fields, including 40 grass / sand / soil sports fields, five FieldTurf fields, 35 ball diamonds, several all-weather surfaces, a bowling green, a croquet / bocce court, and a cricket pitch.

The neighborhood is home to a large number of locally renowned Italian-American restaurants, bakeries, grocery stores, salons, and two bocce gardens.

Boccia ( ) is a Portuguese precision ball sport game, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque.

The similar Italian sport of bocce is also played at Cadillac Square Park.

In October, there is the Little Italy Festa, the largest Italian festival outside of New York City, with over 150 Italian food and crafter booths, three stages of entertainment, the Gesso Italiano Street Painting Festival, a stickball exhibition game, bocce ball tournament and beer & wine gardens.

Manalapan's Recreation Center covers 162 acres, offering 2 handball courts, 9 softball / baseball fields, a fitness trail, 2 football fields ( 1 turf ), 9 football / soccer fields, 2 street hockey courts, 3 tot lots, 6 basketball courts, 6 tennis courts, 2 bocce courts, 2 sand volleyball courts, a 9 hole disc golf course, concession stand, 2 picnic areas, 2 maintenance buildings, 2 shelter buildings, and headquarters building.

Like much of Greater Vancouver, Burnaby has always had large ethnic and immigrant communities: to cite two examples, North Burnaby near Hastings Street has long been home to many Italian restaurants and recreational bocce games, while Metrotown's ever-sprouting condominium towers in the south have been fuelled in part by more recent arrivals from China ( Hong Kong and Macau ), Taiwan, South Korea, and the former Yugoslavia.

It contains Nut Tree Family Park ( children's amusement park ), Nut Tree Bocce Grove ( bocce ball venue ), Nut Tree Village ( restaurants and stores ) and Nut Tree Complex ( retail, hotel, offices, residences ).

In addition to Rube's " external influence " team, the three other divisions mentioned in the series are Circulatory Systems Division, the very uneventful and bored reapers of the Plague Division ( who spend much of their time playing bocce ball ) and the Natural Causes ( Old Age ) Division mentioned in the 27th and 28th episodes ( according to the running order ).

A bocce ball court was constructed at the Senior Center by Boy Scout Troop 66 ( 2012 ).

It was said that whenever Burke and Tommy DeSimone played bocce there with friends, they would jokingly say " Hi Remo, how ya doing?

It was said that whenever Burke and DeSimone played bocce with their friends, they would jokingly say " Hi Remo, how ya doing?

Games played outdoors by rolling balls or stones on a grass course, such as bocce or bowls, eventually evolved into various local ground billiards games played by hitting the balls with sticks and propelling them at targets, often around obstacles.

Lawns are useful as a playing surface both because they mitigate erosion and dust generated by intensive foot traffic and because they provide a cushion for players in sports such as rugby, football, soccer, cricket, baseball, golf, tennis, hockey and lawn bocce.

In its goals, form and equipment, shuffleboard shares various features with ( and perhaps influences by or upon ) many other games, including air hockey, bowls, bocce, curling, croquet, carrom and billiards.

Annual favorites are the grape stomp and bocce ball tournament-frequented by renowned local players every year.

* Bocce Courts-Cobbs Creek Park at Vine Street, bocce still played daily by former and current ( mostly ) elderly residents

* Fédération Internationale de Boules-International bocce federation

Unlike lawn bowls, bocce balls are spherical and have no inbuilt bias.

Coppola also owns Francis Ford Coppola Winery near Geyserville, California where he has opened a family-friendly facility with swimming pools, bocce courts and a restaurant.

Adenauer found relaxation and great enjoyment in the Italian game of bocce and spent a great deal of his post political career playing this game.

Similar games are bocce and bowls.

Some pétanque proponents object to the use of the word court because they feel that it suggests something false and derogatory, namely that routine neighborhood play requires the construction of an expensive dedicated facility ( a pétanque court ) in the same way that bocce does.

In Italian bocce, balls may be thrown in three ways: punto, rafa and volo.

Today, some boules sports ( e. g. bocce ) still use wooden ( or epoxy composite ) balls, while others ( e. g. petanque ) use metal balls.

The wooden balls used in bocce tend to be bigger than the smaller ( but denser ) metal balls used in petanque.

Annually since 1954, the town has held the Weed Italian Carnevale in June or July, although recently dropping " Italian " from its name while maintaining the Italian spelling of carnival and the traditional bocce ball tournaments.

Beach pavilions, a bocce ball course, a playground, and jogging circle near the Recreation Center offer amenities for all ages.

It also had the big bands play at the time, The Dorsey Brothers and Frank Sinatra played bocce ball and performed there.