Throwing balls toward a target is the oldest game known to mankind. As early as
5000 B.C. the Egyptians played a form of bocce with polished rocks. While bocce
today looks quite different from its early predecessors, the unbroken thread of bocce’s
lineage is the consistently common objective of trying to come as close to a fixed target
as possible. Bocce uses a "court, 8 balls of two colors and a small target ball called the
pallino. The pallino is thrown onto the court by one of the teams. Each player then aims
to throw his ball as close as possible to the target. Competitors comprise two players
with two shots each or teams of threeto six people using fours shots each. A great
family game that can be played by all ages. Enjoy a New Jersey bocce court surface today!