| Contact: | Non-contact |
| Team: | Individual |
| Category: | Boules |
| Ball: | Bocce (balls) and pallino (jack) |
| Olympic: | No |
| Iwga: | Invitational 1997, 2001present |
Italian: Bocce volo ("flying boules"), or French: boule lyonnaise ("Lyonnais boules"), is a boules-type game.
In Italian: bocce volo, the balls are thrown or rolled overhand (palm down) or underhand (palm up) and are metal. In non-standard Italian: bocce, the wooden or plastic balls are tossed underhand (palm up) and rolled.
Italian: Volo, as it is called for short by the Italians, derives its name from the Italian verb Italian: volare meaning 'to fly', and refers to the technique of throwing a ball through the air in an attempt to knock away an opponent's ball.
Italian: Bocce volo is similar to French: pétanque in that the ball is thrown or rolled depending on the player preference and game situation. It is different from French: pétanque in that the ball is delivered with a run-up, but only during the throw. During the roll, there is no run-up. A Italian: volo players' run-up is athletic, even theatrical, as in French: [[jeu provençal]].