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Palazzo di Bocce Open Bocce Rules

Bocce Teams 
Teams will be comprised of up to six players, with the option of all players at one end of the court or 1/2 the team stationed at each end of the court, throwing two bocces each. At the end of each frame, the game resumes at the opposite end of the court. Begin the match with the flip of a coin between the captains of each team. The winner of the coin flip may have the first toss of the pallino (small target ball), or choose the color of their bocces.
 
Tossing the Pallino 
The play of the pallino is legal if it passes the center line of the court, and does not pass the last/end line.  If a player fails to toss the pallino properly, the opposing team will toss the pallino and put it into play. If the opposing team fails to properly toss the pallino, the pallino reverts back to the original team. Any time a player is rolling, opposing players must remain outside the court.

Starting the Bocce Game 
The first bocce will be thrown by the team that originally tossed the pallino. If that bocce hits the back board, the bocce is removed from the court. The other team throws until it beats (not ties) the opposing bocce. This continues until both teams have used all their bocces. Whenever a team gets a bocce closer, it steps aside and lets the other team roll. The team that scored last throws the pallino to begin the next frame. Consecutive or alternating throws by teammates shall be at the option of the players. Players may use the side walls at any time. If a player rolls the wrong color bocce, simply replace it with the correct color when it comes to rest. If a player rolls out of turn or plays more than two bocces, the other team may leave all bocces as is or remove the illegal bocce from the play and return all bocces to their approximate position.
 
Foul Lines 
Players may step on but not over the foul line before releasing the pallino or their bocce.

Bocce Scoring
Only one team scores in a frame. One point is given
for each bocce that is closer to the pallino than the closest bocce of the opposing team. If at the end of
any frame the closest bocce of each team is an equal distance from the pallino, the bocce that was thrown first gets the point. Games are normally played to 12 or 15 points. The tournament host may change this number.
Bocces Hitting the Back Board 
A bocce hitting the back board without hitting any other bocce or pallino first is dead and must be removed from play. If it hits a bocce or pallino and then hits the back board, all bocces are valid. If a thrown bocce does not first touch another bocce and hits the back board and then strikes a stationary bocce, that stationary bocce shall be replaced to its approximate position. The thrown bocce is removed from play.
 
Pallino Hitting the Back Board 
Once the pallino is in play, it remains in play even if it hits the back board during the game. However, if the pallino is knocked out of the court, or is knocked in front of the centerline, the frame will end and play will resume from the opposite end of the court, with the same team tossing the pallino.
 
Late Arrivals and Substitutions 
A team not showing within ten minutes of the scheduled starting time, loses two points, and an additional two points for each five minute increment thereafter. A team not showing up within thirty minutes of the scheduled starting time forfeits the game. A team missing players at the start of the game may play, however, each player may only roll two bocces. (A player arriving late may enter a game, but only after the completion of the game.)  A team may make one substitution per frame. Substitutions may only be made between frames.

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