Floor Shuffleboard Rules Of Play

Shuffleboard more precisely deck shuffleboard and also known as floor shuffleboard is a game in which players use cues to push weighted discs sending them gliding down a narrow court with the purpose of having them come to rest within a marked scoring area.

Floor shuffleboard rules of play.

It is played on an outdoor court measuring 52 feet long by 10 feet wide although there are different dimensions available on new portable and indoor courts. If the other player also reaches or exceeds 75 points the one with the highest score at the end of the half round wins. Once that happens play continues until the end of the half round. Deduct 10 points for landing in the 10 off section.

As a rule of play a deck shuffleboard court is a rectangle. Points are awarded for landing in the 10 8 or 7 sections. There are different dimension options for new portable and indoor courts. New discs are not to be used in tournament play unless thoroughly broken in.

The national shuffleboard association maintains a long list of penalties for tournament play. As a more generic term it refers to the family of shuffleboard variant games as a whole. Play alternates yellow then black until all discs are shot. It has scoring triangles at each end with a further six feet for players to stand whilst playing.

An important objective is to knock the opponents disks out of the scoring areas. It measures 52 feet long by 10 feet wide. Shuffleboard is played by either two players singles play one against one or four doubles two against two.