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Bocce Time!

Bocce Time gameplay

Clinical Validation​

  • Virtual and Traditional Bocce Improves Mood With Physical Benefits — Virtual and traditional bocce improve positive mood and reduce negative feelings, while providing physical benefits to lower-limb muscles. Virtual bocce requires less space, making the activity more accessible, and “may enhance exercise adherence and overall function in space-limited settings.”
  • Bocce Develops Perceptual-Motor Ability and Object Control — As a manipulative target game, bocce has a dominant effect on cognitive activities, particularly on perceptual-motor ability and object control.
  • Positive Training Effect of Repeated Rolling Motions on Bocce Players — After performing upper-limb training, improvements were observed in the abduction of the throwing shoulder joint, in the extension and abduction of the non-throwing shoulder joint, and in the abduction of the throwing side hip.  Additionally, throwing distances significantly improved.

References

  • Masataka Kataoka, Kyoji Sugiyama, Akira Iwata,  et al (2025).  “Is Boccia XR an enjoyable and effective rehabilitation exercise for older adults?”PMCID: PMC11970655,  PMID: 40184378.
  • Badruzaman Badruzaman (2021).  “Effect of Bocce Game on Perceptual Motor Ability and Object Control among Adolescents with Mental Retardation.” https://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/penjas/article/view/6-1-18.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.17509/jpjo.v6i1.32903.
  • Vivek Sood, Wasim Ahmad, Bs Chavan. (2016) “Effect of Bocce Game on Developing Visual Motor Integration among Children with Intellectual Disability.”
  • Kosuke Yahagi,  et al (2024). “Training effect of repeated rolling motions on Boccia players with severe cerebral palsy…”. PMCID: PMC11060762, PMID: 38694004.

*Note: These findings derive from studies not completed with this specific VR bocce app and are cited for therapeutic relevance and are not direct validation of the Bocce Time! app.