McKINLEYVILLE — The bocce ball courts at Pierson Park have been converted to a decomposed granite surface. When the courts were first installed, the McKinleyville Community Services District ...

Processed Oyster Shell Many bocce players consider this to be the best surface. The fine, platelike shape of the ground shell helps it to self-level after a rain.

Courts must be constructed on a level area and require three layers of material — usually a combination of rocks and a top coat made of crushed oyster shells, tennis court clay, sand, crushed ...

John Paul Vyborny and his family discovered bocce ball while vacationing in the Bahamas many years ago. When they returned home, they looked for bocce courts near their house in Tucson, Ariz. They ...

Tony Coco has been playing bocce ball most of his life, and knows what makes a good court. Growing up, he played on one his father built in their backyard in Tucson, Ariz. He’s now part of a … ...

A proposal for two bocce ball courts to be built on a patch of land bDuygu Takar (right) of San Francisco reads while sitting on the perimeter of a patch of land at the south end of Justin Herman ...

The bocce ball court features crushed oyster shell. Park hosts will put out equipment for daily use, Brown said. A storage shed, picnic tables and propane barbecue stations will be installed in the ...

Don’t attempt a regulation bocce ball court, which is fairly enormous at 91-by-13 feet. Aim for a smaller court modified for a home setting. Courts can be any size.

Don’t attempt a regulation bocce ball court, which is fairly enormous at 91-by-13 feet. Aim for a smaller court modified for a home setting. Courts can be any size.