Tips from the experts to improve your Shuffleboard skills
For cryin out loud I don’t understand why it’s so hard to grasp that principle! So many players insist on shooting hide blocks for the kitchen and all they do is leave a hide and even if they get the opponent in the kitchen, the opponent blasts it out and still has the hide. Get [...]
If you’re at the head and the other team is in the 60’s or you’re at the foot, need two blocks and the other team will get the next two hammers and most certainly win. You need to get two blocks, most players just try to play kitchen and don’t make it and just lose. [...]
I got trashed the other day. That day belonged to my opponent; he reversed shot after shot, drifted around blocks and canned me like he owned the board, made every double and drained my confidence right away. My partner was great, he made enough shots to carry us to victory and there in lies the [...]
You’ve heard it many times but I don’t agree! If you go to a draw tournament and draw a known weaker player you better play both ends or your going home. Play aggressively, do everything you should and any other thing you might get away with, It doesn’t matter if you feel foolish or look [...]
There is no such thing as good criticism after a match. I always try to say encouraging words to my partner after the match but I’ve heard many a player come down the court after a match and start telling his partner all the things he did wrong, end of relationship. You just can’t do [...]
Ever sit down next to an opponent and all he did was carp about his partner. It happens all too often. Sometime when that happens, try this: the next time his partner misses a shot say “your partner really is having a bad day isn’t he” and the next time say “it just isn’t his [...]
This section deals with general tips about playing shuffleboard.
You’ll hear me say it’s the wrong shot almost every time. High 10’s have a way of being low 10’s and that translates into a block and a half for the other team. Remember when you are trying to steal the opponent’s hammer there are a lot of lines to get next to and they [...]
Some times you do everything right clearing the board and then you miss your hammer because you can’t get the speed right, that’s why so many players play more on the board or clear more with a controlled speed. Don’t lose your hammer speed. If your opponent is good at shooting something high to take [...]
How many times have you said that under your breath when your partner has chased a block, how many times have you said it to yourself! If you want to see the proper use of the hammer, go watch Glen Peltier and his partner play. Unless game point is on the board, he’ll score his [...]
