Bocce is a sport that involves rolling or tossing heavy balls toward a smaller ball. Professional bocce courts are made of packed clay or gravel, but you can also play in your backyard or at the park.
Bocce is a deceptively simple game that's fun to play and can be quite competitive. Two teams, each with a different ball color, take turns attempting to roll them as close as possible to a target ball, called a pallino. The French sport of pétanque and English lawn bowling are both variations on this kind of game. Bocce, which means "bowls" or "wooden balls" in Italian, evolved from an ancient Roman game played with stones.