![]() In order to become the grand champion of shuffleboard tables, you have to be an excellent player. This is due primarily to the fact that the level of play is not determined by physical strength but rather relies almost exclusively on the player’s ability to direct the puck with the greatest amount of control and accuracy. When you want to up your game, brushing up on some basic shuffleboard tips is a great first step. Holland Gameroom is proud to offer this professional quality, Officially Licensed Shuffleboard table. Playing on tables that use correctly sized pucks and table sizes will go a long way in developing your skill and consistent play. Shufflepuck recreates the experience of bar room table shuffleboard in 3D on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Table shuffleboard (also known as American shuffleboard, indoor shuffleboard, slingers, shufflepuck, and quoits, sandy table) is a game in which players push metal-and-plastic weighted pucks (also called weights or quoits) down a long and smooth wooden table into a scoring area at the opposite end of the table. Larger pucks allow for more competitive strategic play on the wider surface. Tournament approved tables have playing surfaces that are twenty feet eight inches long and have a width of twenty inches. The table is surrounded by a gutter, called the alley. If the puck does not pass the foul line closest to the shooting player, it is considered to be in the ‘illegal zone’ and removed from the table. ![]() Smaller pucks are best suited for tables that are shorter, typically nine to fourteen feet in length and are usually around eighteen inches wide as measured on the playing surface.Ĭonversely, the larger pucks with diameters of two and five-sixteenths inches are best suited for the longer and wider tables. The center of the table is divided from each end by two lines called the foul lines. Two and five sixteenth inches and two and one-eighth inches. There are two specific sizes of pucks that are generally accepted for recreational and tournament use. The puck size itself is most often determined by the size of the shuffleboard table that is being used. Our all weather shuffleboard playing surface is constructed from the same marine grade aluminum as our outdoor pool tables.
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