Boccia, by Baptiste Hornero

The boccia is a sport of the paralympic games. It looks like bowls. It is practiced by the disabled athletes and by the valid athletes. It is a mixed sport.

RULES: At the start of the match, a random draw must designates the color of the team(blue or red). The red team starts the game by throwing a white ball called "jack". The objective of each team is to send its balls as close as possible to the "jack". The wheelchair athlete can throw his six balls with his hand, foot or using a device. The games are mixed and can be played individually, in pairs or in teams of three players. The duration of a game may not exceed fifty minutes.

EQUIPMENT: The boccia must be played with leather balls. The matches take place on a rectangular covered ground of twelve point five meters by six.

HISTORY: The boccia is a paralympic sport since October, the eighteenth of 2000.

CLASSIFICATION: There are five categories:

-BC1: Cerebral palsy athletes without assistant;

-BC2: cerebral palsy athletes cannot be assisted;

-BC3: athlete with major motor difficulties who can be assisted;

-BC4: athlete with major motor difficulties but, like a BC1 or a BC2, cannot be assisted.