Let’s Know about BOCCIA game (Paralympic sport) – India

Who has proved with their performance that they are not less than anything else. In addition to this, the game that we will talk about today, It has a unique specialty, which is played by the handicapped playe rs who can neither eat, wake up, or sit on their own nor do any more .The name of this game is BOCCIA.

This is a game of disabled players has been in the Paralympic games since 1984, which is played and liked in about 120 countries today . But this game is new in India . It’s National Sports Federation’s name is Para BOCCIA Sports Welfare Society, India. Its head office is located in district of Bathinda, Punjab, due to which many people are unknowable to this . This sport has introduced in India by Mr. Jaspreet Singh Dhaliwal, who is from a small village of Abulu District of Bathinda, Punjab. Besides this Mr Manjit Singh Rai, Member of Miniority commission of India Play a important role and support for Introduce Boccia Game in India. From his last seven years, his small team in which Sarpanch Shaminder Singh Dhillon, Gurjeet Singh, Taffy Brar , Gurpreet Singh, Jaswinder Singh Dhaliwal, Dr Ramandeep Singh, Gurpreet Singh Dhaliwal, Manpreet Singh Sekhon, Jaswinder Dhillon, Parmod Dhir, Gurveer Brar etc are trying to develop this game in India with the help of their hard work and efforts. After it’s background let’s talk in detail about this game.

Who can play?

Lets know how it is played, who can play. It can be played by the person who suffers from a disease called cerebral palsy or whose injuries level is from C-1 to C-5. It is played by 13 balls, which consists of six red color, six blue color and one white color that is white color ball acts as a target ball during play.

The procedure to play this game

There are total three events in single, double, and team, in which these are all given 6-6 balls. The main objective of the players in this game is to hit the ball against the target ball in the game and throw the ball near the target ball.

While playing, the distance between Balls is measured by the referee from time to time.The player whose ball is near target ball , the referee gives signal to the opposite player to throw the ball toward target ball.

The referee examines all the ball’s distance at the end of the game and players are given the points based on the balls is closest to the target ball. It is played in 4 rounds. The player whose score is high is said to be the winner.

The balls used in this game are not common balls. These are made in different colors in India. There are also different varieties of Balls . These are soft balls.Their weight is about 775 grams. Prior, players are classified by the doctors on the basis of their injuries. There are different categories of them, such as BC1, BC 2, BC 3 and BC4 after which players are allowed to play in their own category.

Para Boccia Sport Welfare Society (PBSWS)

BOCCIA INDIA PBSWS has been recognized by the International Federation (Boccia International Sports Federation, London) , National Paralympic Committee (Paralympic Committee of India) and the Indian Sports Ministry, Delhi, as the National Sports Federation. Today, the game is fully acclaimed throughout India. The main purpose of this is those who are disabled due to any reason and sitting in their house, they want to do something themselves. Boccia give chance to that disabled players that may win medals in the Para Olympics for India in the future. They have to glorify the name of their country, which demonstrated a new way.

Contact BOCCIA INDIA

Para Boccia Sports Welfare Society, India
136-140, Phase-1, Industrial Area, Chandigarh- 160002
Email: bocciaindia@gmail.com
Phone: +91-95018-94949 , +91-95921-77716

Parmod Dhir,
Tari Wali Gali, Jaitu, (Faridkot)
Para BOCCIA Sports Welfare Society, India
Email: pkjaitu@gmail.com