CELEBRITY SOLSTICE & Fort Lauderdale

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Bocce ball is played with eight large balls and one smaller ball (called the pallino). The game can be played with 2, 4, or 8 players.
Divide the bocce balls evenly between the number of players. You will notice that your bocce ball set has balls with several different colors or designs.
This is helpful in distinguishing your bocce balls from those of another player.

Choose a player to throw the pallino. After the pallino is thrown, the same player will throw his first bocce ball. The purpose of the game is to get your bocce balls as close as possible to the pallino.
After the first player has thrown his first bocce ball, he is considered "inside" because his ball is closer to the pallino than any of the competitors balls. All other players are considered "outside." Whenever a player is considered "inside," he will forfeit his turn throwing bocce balls.

All "outside" players will take turns throwing their bocce balls until one of theirs balls gets closer to the pallino than the "inside" player.
After all players have thrown their bocce balls, the player that is "inside" will be awarded points. One point will be awarded to this player for every ball that is closer to the pallino than his closest competitor's ball. After the points are awarded, the frame is completed. Start a new frame by electing a new person to throw the pallino and to throw the first bocce ball. A game is won when a player reaches 16 points.

Step 1 Head to the top deck on Solstice. A regulation bocce court is 76 feet long and 10 feet wide.

Step 2 Divide players into two teams of one, two or four players each. Each team gets four balls, divided equally among the players.

Step 3 Have a player from the starting team stand behind the foul line (which is 10 feet from the throwing end of the court) and throw the small ball, or "pallina," toward the opposite end of the playing surface.

Step 4 Let the player then throw one of the larger balls, or "boccia," trying to get it as close to the pallina as possible without touching it.

Step 5 Have players from the opposing team take turns throwing their balls until one of the balls stops closer to the pallina than the starting player's ball. If they fail to do so, the starting team tries to outdo its first attempt.

Step 6 Let the starting players take their second turn if the opposing team gets closer to the pallina than the starting team without using all of their balls.

Step 7 Continue in this fashion until all eight balls have been thrown. The team with the closest ball gets one point for each of its balls that are closer to the pallina than the other team's closest ball.

Step 8 Keep in mind that if the two teams' closest balls are an equal distance from the pallina, no points are awarded.

Step 9 End the frame after all eight balls have been thrown and appropriate points have been awarded. The scoring team begins the next frame. If no team previously scored, the team that threw the pallina last begins the next frame.

Step 10 Play as many frames as needed until one team has a total score of 16 points.

Additional rules and history of Bocce Ball
http://www.bocce.org/rules.html

Thanks Danny for all of the wonderful information. Our family is on the Solstice 11-30-2008, and all of the links are very helpful. We are really looking forward to our trip.
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