Turbo Bocce was invented in Syracuse and is specifically designed to be played here! Here are 10 more reasons to try Turbo Bocce …
#1) Playing Bocce is the absolute best way to be social and meet new people
Did you know that bocce is considered America’s most social sport? Think it over, and you’ll see why this makes sense. When you play bocce you’re standing right next to your opponents, interacting with them. In our league you’ll often find yourself sharing drinks and food with the people you are playing against. You can’t help but meet new people and make new friends. Now contrast that with other recreational sports, like kickball or softball where your team is in the dugout while your opponents are on the field, or volleyball where opposing teams are kept on opposite sides of the net, or golf where you are segregated into foursomes.
If you really want to expand your social circle, bocce is the best way to do it. There are hundreds of people in our league, and before the year is over you will be sharing a drink, a bite to eat, and a game with most of them.
#2) You get great food and drink specials
How does 2 for 1 at Sharkeys during happy hour sound? That’s just a start! We will be announcing new specials all season long.
#3) You Can Get Competitive
Turbo Bocce makes you the star of the show! We keep more team and individual stats than any recreational league in America! Every year we give out 12 individual awards and 4 team awards at an end of the season party. Team statistics include: regular season champion, playoff champion, toughest strength of schedule (yes we keep that!), Best rookie team and most improved. For every individual player we track five statistical categories and you can win medals in all of them. You can also win Rookie of the Year if you happen to be a rookie, playoff MVP, Indoor champion, and Best Bocce Player in Syracuse (for winning our one-on-one tournament).
After your games, check out your stats and our weekly recaps.
#4) Win Free Money
Who doesn’t love free money? Every week Turbo Bocce selects two teams at random to secretly serve as the Bounty team of the week. If you happen to beat them, you win prize! You also win a whopping $800 for winning the Turbo Bocce Championship (we pay out for second and third place as well as best rookie team). All total, Turbo Bocce will give away $3,000 this season. Wouldn’t it be sweet if you won it all?
#5) Bocce is just plain fun!
It really doesn’t matter whether you’re young or old, a woman or a man. Bocce is tons of fun for anybody at any age! There is a reason bocce is America’s fastest growing bar sport. .. actually this article lists 5 reasons.
#6) Turbo Bocce goes the extra mile!
We are always holding exciting events and parties. Check out our annual triple crown race which determines, among other things, the best bocce player in Syracuse! We have held bocce tournaments in fun places like the War Memorial, Hotel Syracuse, and City Hall. We’ve done fun activities like breaking the Guinness World Record for longest marathon bocce touranment, and putting a float in the St. Patrick’s Day parade. We’ve held Spring Galas, and big end of the season parties where everybody in bocce can come together, get free food and beer, and hopefully win some awards!
#7) Get outside
You are going to want to enjoy the summer and soak up all that sun. We make it so easy! We provide the food, the drinks, all the equipment, and the games. All you have to do is show up after work and have fun!
#8) Its easy on your schedule
When we invented Turbo Bocce, the main goal was to make it laid back and easy to play. Turbo Bocce has no set schedules. We have everything set up and ready to go by 5 pm, and we take everything down when it gets dark (around 9 pm). Your game will take about an hour to play and you can show up any time during those hours to play it. If you show up at a different time every day that’s not a problem – there are hundreds of Turbo Bocce participants so we will always find you a game. Just show up whenever its convenient and we will match you up with another team who is ready to play! There are also two make up weeks built into the season, so missing a few games is no big deal. And if that’s not enough we now have two leagues and a make up day going so you can come play your game on Monday or Tuesday!
#9) Turbo Bocce Innovates!
We found multiple ways to make bocce even more fun and exciting, starting with two genius innovations! The Starting Box and the Turbo Round. Traditional bocce is played in a court, but gets a little boring because you are basically shooting the same shot over and over. Backyard bocce offers a lot more excitement, but lacks structure. We play a version of backyard bocce where everybody has to shoot from the same spot – the starting box. It gives structure, and allows defense to be brought into play while giving you the freedom to vary your shot and the area where you play. Both traditional and backyard bocce suffer from too much measuring, which slows the game down. We have solved this problem too with a Turbo Round, which is a sudden death one-on-one shoot out to sett ties and disputed balls.
#10) We have the best trophy around
Win it and you keep it for a year. Better yet, your name goes on it for life!
If this article was a little too long for you, here is a quick video version:
After all that, I still have to say . . . don’t take our word for it! Come check Turbo Bocce out free of cost or commitment Tuesday during the summer starting May 25th at Sharkey’s Bar at 7240 Oswego Rd, Liverpool, NY 13090. Look to the left of the bar and you will see volleyball courts … look to the left of those and you will find our bocce field!
Or, if you’re absolutely sure you want to join the Turbo Bocce league right now, you can do so here.
Email paul@turbobocce.com with questions
