Our Aim, Mission & Objective
Pera Boccia Welfare Society, Jaipur aims to develop, promote, and medicine-free treatment in all its forms, approved and recognized among the physically challenged people in the state.
This organization will work for the interests of men and women with physical disabilities by raising funds, collecting fees, and accepting contributions and subsidies.
Para Boccia Welfare Society, Jaipur has been supported in this work by Boccia Sports Federation of India, based in New Delhi. Boccia Sports Federation of India which is affiliated with Boccia International Sports, London and Paralympics of India. Under which physically disabled men and women have represented our country in many countries. Under this series, they has recently participated in the World Boccia held in Hong Kong.
As a sport, Boccia was originally predominantly played by athletes with cerebral palsy, but has now expanded to include athletes with other disabilities that affect motor skills. All athletes are required to be seated when releasing the ball, and most play from a wheelchair. Athletes can throw, kick or even use a ramp (and a ramp assistant that you get to boss around) to get the ball where you want it to go.
Boccia is widely played as an educational and recreational game, particularly in schools. At Paralympic level, Boccia is one of only two sports which do not have an Olympic counterpart with Goalball being the other.
Boccia is played on a court measuring 12.5 × 6 m with 2 m of empty space around it. The surface of the court is flat and smooth. The throwing area is divided into six rectangular throwing boxes in which the athletes must stay completely within during play. On the court is a V-shaped line over which the jack must cross for the throw to be valid. At the end of the court is the ‘dead ball container’ which balls are put in if they are thrown outside of the time limit, out of the area of play or the athlete violates a rule during his or her throw. A cross marks the position where the jack must be placed if it touches or crosses the boundary line or in the case of a tie break. The balls are made of leather and are slightly larger than a tennis ball, weighing approximately 275 grams and measuring 270mm in circumference. Boccia balls are available in varying degrees of firmness.
Boccia can be played by individuals, pairs, or teams of three. All events are mixed gender. The aim of the game is to throw leather balls – coloured red or blue as close as they can to a white target ball,or jack. Each side has six balls per ‘end’, and each end is timed. The jack is thrown first, then the first two regular balls are played, (first, the player who threw the jack then the opposing side), after which, the side furthest away from the jack goes next in an attempt to either get closer to the jack or knock the opposition’s ball out of the way. In this fashion, each end will continue until one side has played all six balls, at which point, the opposing side will play their remaining balls. When each end is finished, the referee identifies ball (or balls) of the same colour closest to the jack, and awards points accordingly – one point for each ball that is closer to the jack than the opponent’s closest ball. The team/player with the highest number of points at the end of play is the winner. If both teams have the same amount of points after all ends have been played, one additional end, the tiebreaker, is played to determine a winner.