Bocce might be known for older people but Parker Robertson sure makes it look young. Most people at the age of thirteen normally are playing backyard football or soccer, but Parker is playing bocce–and loving every minute of it! Parker loves bocce mainly because it is a very unique sport ,and he loves that he is hanging out with his family. The best thing about it is that it doesn’t matter how old you are. He started out by watching his dad play bocce when he was about seven years old, and he has played for two years now. He is the youngest on his team at the age of only thirteen years old. Parker does not just play for fun; he is in a competitive bocce league all year round in Lorenzino’s Bocce Club in Campbell, Oh. This club is a huge league broken up into many teams. Parker’s highest achievement in bocce was when he won a tournament against thirty teams in Struthers and the prize was two hundred dollars! 

Parker doesn’t just play when he has a game. He likes to practice at least once a week at Lorenzino’s. He even likes to practice where he plays. Parker explains, “ The courts are different everywhere so I like to practice at the one I’m familiar with.”  When speaking of what he actually does with his position at bocce, he feels he is best as the “hitter”; that means he throws the ball and “ hits” the other balls out of the way to get a point. Parker plans on making bocce a life long sport and activity. He loves the social aspect of it as well as the competitiveness too.  Every year Parker plays, he falls more and more in love with this sport. Who knows, by the time he is in his “senior” years, Parker Robinson just might be a world renowned bocce player. That’s awesome Parker; glad you are having fun!