Boccia as a competitive, recreational and inclusive game

Boccia is a type of hall boules for people with most troublesome types of cerebral paralysis and motor skill disorder. It is set in such a way that they can play it despite their disorder. Through this game people with a disorder satisfy their need to participate in sports and find a life purpose in the game as well as actively spend their leisure time. Although it is a Paralympic sport, boccia is known to few people, even to people with special needs. It has spread in some countries, but not in Slovenia. The first goal of the diploma was to present boccia as a competitive, recreational and inclusive game. The second goal was to prepare an adapted presentation programme of boccia for people of different age, physical and mental capabilities, test the presentation programme on these people and analyse it. I conducted the research in five different institutions with 77 people differing in age, physical and mental capabilities. I found out that all groups responded positively to the presentation of boccia and that boccia was set in such a way that it allows people to play it on different levels. I also discovered that boccia can be played by young and old people with mild or moderate disability in mental development. Unfortunately we face some difficulties with people with severe disabilities in mental development