How to Play Bocce Ball - Little Italy Association

[@ffilcnikrud8975]

Where I grew up in Northeast PA, the old Italian guys played bocce in an alley in west scranton.. Smoking cigars and drinking coffee. What characters

[@vincemaria3981]

That’s awesome, I’m from northeast PA too. Bocce rules

[@patriotgirl1american854]

I just retired and will start playing this! I’m also: roller skating, boogie boarding-lol! I used to watch all the older Italian men in Lake County, CA play this!

[@j4cktherabbit]

“Revenge is a ball best served rollled”

[@RissaFirecat]

rotflmao! You got that right!

[@ericbarlow6772]

Where I'm from the small ball is called a bouccini. I'm from Valdese, NC originally. It was founded by a group of Waldensians from the Alps.

[@patrickcoogan6965]

I'm introducing it into my Physical Education class.

[@patriotgirl1american854]

I think that’s AWESOME! And you can throw a little history in with it!

[@DanielLeeal]

I would actually play this

[@vincecollura4004]

I grew up playing it as a kid in grass. We'd go to different parks to mix up the terrain kind of like golf. It's a life time game!

[@saraperalta560]

I didn't know this game, but it seems to me similar to billiards and bowling, here in Mexico, a combination of both. As a child my father taught us to play something very similar to this and the truth was very fun

[@sutherland9]

what area of New York is John Falcone from? The accent gives it away

[@JuliusSDeLaCruz]

Are you allowed to hit the sides? My understanding that DQs the ball.

[@freakinfrugal5268]

Cool. How long is a "regulation" court?

[@bigisrick]

90 feet

[@freakinfrugal5268]

@@bigisrick thank you. wow, that's long

[@bigisrick]

@@freakinfrugal5268 man....If I had a nickel

[@nancymoiseve5245]

How do we get to play? Do they have a sign up sheet or organized teams. Never played but now live here and am interested.

[@omeezylopez4224]

Mr Shadow Classic Till I Die cover in Amici Park

[@Jojo-ot3sv]

So Italy has bocce and France has pétanque which is played with steel “boules” as they’re called same rules of the game only differences is in pétanque you are not allowed to move your legs you must shoot in standing position

[@luisanagy]

we shall soon be playing this!

[@agrianafalaz]

Una extraña cruza de billar con golf...

[@Pops5033]

It's unfortunate that things like this are finding less and less interest in the younger generations. As i write this I'm watching 3 generations of my family enjoying a game my father was taught by his father a sicilian immigrant who cried when he reached ellis island.

[@nomad1517]

I feel you. Sports are good for the mind, and good for the body. Tech has it's place, but we lack balance very much. We are not computers. Computers are tools, not life.

[@bluetickfreddy101]

Thanks For Info Cheers

[@masterjay4992]

I use to watch to old people play this in a park in corona queens. I always wanted to play but they never let me lol.

[@TheSublimeLifestyle]

NYC Italians is a members only club 😂 Especially the old heads.

[@masterjay4992]

@@TheSublimeLifestyle It was back in the 90s when I was a kid and the old italians of that time definitely said no lol

[@penguhype5344]

Wait is it pronounced Buhcchi or Bahcchi?

[@michelesantolini4342]

I know what to do when I'll be in my 60s

[@kribasan]

Tjkrthika😊

[@stelladavis7832]

Pretty sure John Falcone has broken knee caps

[@JohnAckerman31]

This is very similar to playing pétanque like they do in France.

[@ericbarlow6772]

I believe they are all descended from a Roman game so it would make sense they share a lot of similarities.

[@KhrisGonz973]

I WANT TO PLAY WITH HER. I AM NOT ITALIAN, AND WHEN I PLAY WITH THEM, I BEAT THEM. LOVE THIS GAME.

[@jasonturner1590]

It’s from Argentina Not Italy amigo

[@tonybarde2572]

I just found out I have a bit of Italian ancestry and now I want to play Bocce

[@KevinKulasa]

You can have the 100 I'll take the 20 for a vape

[@Fearl3ss234]

Dont have to throw the ball if its already close to the small one? Also what do the lines on the side mean? And what if the balls touch the wall? Come on man, call this a tutorial?😂

[@paolopedro5728]

Pallino not ballino!

[@eijonasson]

2:06... why inhale helium then talk ? Perfect without the comical ending.

[@frankverdino477]

"Bocce Ball" is redundant

[@boccecourtpro]

[@MiltRodgers]

Curling. No ice

[@danamackafee2388]

A

[@milesdyson5211]

Glad he's calling it a game and not a sport

[@johninjersey]

i dunno... i would rather play horseshoes.

[@rwsmith7638]

Like playing chess or checkers? Come on.

[@SamuelMiller-c4z]

It’s a fun game ! The woman talking is Mexican not Italian