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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Satoru Hiura who is known for her manga "Hotaru's Way" tells a story about Boccia. Boccia is a precision ball sport where you throw your ball as close as you can to the target - a white ball ...

R Lakshmi Prabha secured gold in the BC-2 female category. Boccia, a Paralympic precision ball game, is designed for ...

He soon noticed how difficult the sport is. In boccia, athletes deliver leather balls as close as they can to a white target ball, known as the jack. The player with the most balls near the jack is ...