1. BOCCE BOWLS - COACHING AND SKILLS MANUAL

This manual is designed to cover the Coaching and Skills aspects of the game: for the beginners, the text is clear and concise with practical diagrams. experienced players can improve their technique and pick up refinements. coaches will find they are given the basic elements of bocce bowls enabling them to train players from junior levels, upwards. competition rules for the games are given. how to construct a court is even included. Published by the Bocce Federation of Australia Inc., second edition 1997 (38 pages)

2. BOCCE BOWLS ? INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL REGULATIONS
The Bocce Federation of Australia Inc. on the authority of the World body, Federation International de Boules, translates into English the playing rules for the sport. The existing booklet is not completely up to date, with alterations made after 1992 not being included. A revised edition will be printed in early 2000. Published by the Bocce Federation of Australia Inc., 1992 (69 pages)

3. AUSSIE BOCCE - MANUAL
A practical guide for the beginner coach. A coaching resource to supplement the Bocce Federation of Australia?s Learner Coaching Course. Published by the Bocce Federation of Australia Inc., 1992 (15 pages)

4. AUSSIE BOCCE - EIGHT LESSON PLANS

These Lesson Plans are designed to allow those who have never played the sport of bocce, particularly children to become competent players by learning the correct techniques in a simple manner. Each lesson will teach the basic fundamentals and will eventually lead to competitive forms of bocce. These lesson plans are a supplement to the Aussie Bocce Manual. Published by the Bocce Federation of Australia Inc., 1992 (8 lesson plans)

5. AUSSIE BOCCE ? THE VIDEO (VHS PAL FORMAT)

Aussie Bocce will show you how easy it is to teach this non contact sport to players from three through to eighteen years of age. The video is complementary in content ie Bocce Manual and eight Lesson cards. Each of the eight lessons will teach the basic fundamentals and will eventually lead to competitive forms of the sport. What the teachers say ? Congratulations on putting together such a worthwhile professional package that will assist and inspire many teachers to teach Bocce in schools. The lesson plans are clearly set out and easy to follow. ... it is appropriate at the primary and lower secondary level. ... the material is clear and follows teaching methods in Physical Education classes. Published by the Bocce Federation of Australia Inc., 1995 (VHS PAL 40 minutes)

6. SEPEP ? BOCCE BOWLS SCHOOLS PROGRAM

Sport Education in Physical Education Program SEPEP is a refreshingly different Physical Education experience for students. Teachers take more of a support role and help the students to own the planning, implementation and involvement in their Bocce Bowls sporting competition. Secondary and primary school students not only develop their physical skills but also the dynamics of working together to achieve a common goal through planning, organising, umpiring, coaching and competing. (Concept developed in the Victorian State Government Department of Education.) To be Published by the Bocce Federation of Australia Inc., expected early 2000 (5 and 10 week program)

7. BOCCE BOWLS ? A SPORT FOR THE DISABLED

Here are the techniques to successfully adapt the game for the disabled in the community. Bocce Bowls is a simple but satisfying bowls game. One to be enjoyed by all. The characteristics of the game are such that enjoyment can be derived by those who participate, regardless of the severity of their disability. The author has been active in training people to work with the disabled. He takes us through the techniques to adapt the sport for players who use wheelchairs, players who have an amputation, players who have a visual impairment or hearing impairment, players with an intellectual disability, players who have cerebral palsy and players who have a progressive muscular disability. Published by the Bocce Federation of Australia Inc., 1991 (15 pages)

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