Over time, a rating system for bocce league players has been developed. The rating system is an important part of the leagues because it is the basis for forming balanced teams, determines the team captains, and is the basis for a substitution list of equivalent players.

This page describes how the system works and provides the ratings for the league players.

The rating system has the  4 descriptive categories below:

LEVEL 1 - Displays a high level of skill in playing the game. Uses a variety of shots (pointing, banking, hitting) at logical times. Consistently uses strategy in playing the game and planning shots. Very knowledgeable of the rules and how the game is played.

LEVEL 2 - Pretty consistent in rolling straight and being close to the pallina. Needs improvement in strategy and/or shot variety.

LEVEL 3 - Average player. Rolls straight balls more often than not. Somewhat inconsistent in scoring points and uses very little strategy.

LEVEL 4 - Scores points once in a while. Inconsistent in throwing the ball.

At the end of the season while individual playing skills are fresh in their mind, all the team captains must rate all the players on their team, captains in their league, and any other captains or players they feel capable of rating. Captains do not rate themselves. Ratings are based purely on bocce skills. They use the following process:

• Each player is given the rating for the category above that best describes their skill level, i.e., 1, 2, 3, or 4.

• Then within each category, the captains separate skill levels within the category by adding 0.0 for the best player(s) up to 0.9 for lower player(s). A captain's ratings for example for Level 2 might be 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 2.5, 2.5, 2.8, up to 2.9.

• The rating form is submitted to the committee.

Each captain's ratings are entered into a spreadsheet. The ratings by the captain for the players on their team are given double weight (C1 & C2 if a person is in 2 leagues). All the ratings for a player are then averaged and the average rating becomes that player's rating for the next season and are used to form teams and the substitute list. The rating is checked to see if someone's rating of a player is not typical and is affecting the rating too much. The maximum rating and the minimum rating is compared to the average rating. If any difference is a full rating level (1.0) from the average, the rating entry is reviewed and may be removed if it is the only rating at that value.

2010 LCC BOCCE LEAGUES RATING LIST

The Rating List for the 2010 league players was created as described above by the 2009 season team captains. The ratings are shown below in the above descriptive rating levels of 1, 2, 3, or 4.  The fractional part of the averages are only used by the computer to separate players to form the league teams and substitute list. Those in each level meet the basic level description but note that each level may contain a range of players, some who are closer to the level above and some that are closer to the level below.