Per the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), boccia was originally added to the Games in 1984, designed as a strategic ball game for athletes with co-ordination impairments. Game play is ...

The aim of the game is to score the most points by getting your coloured balls closer to the white ‘jack’ ball than your opponent. CLAIRE: Playing boccia is like playing a board game or chess ...

Rafael Young and Natasha Critchley. NATASHA: Hello, everyone. RAFAEL: Boccia is a target ball sport. You win by getting more of your balls closer to the jack (the target ball), than your opponent ...

Boccia events will take place between Thursday, August 29 and Thursday, September 5 in Paris. Taking its name from the Italian word for “ball,” boccia was originally developed as a competition for ...

Boccia was practised for many years as a leisure activity before ... where players must throw or roll coloured balls as close as possible to a white target ball, known as the “jack.” The player, pair ...

She describes the ball sport Boccia as an activity that anybody can get involved in but says it is "such a pity" it is not more widely known about, despite being one of the fastest growing ...

The ball can be thrown, rolled ... She said she is "so happy" and is in a "crazy little world". "I didn't take Boccia seriously, sport was never my thing as a child. I still can't quite believe ...