Outdoor shuffleboard is played on an outdoor court that is 52 feet long. Discs that are 6 inches in diameter and weigh about 1 lb. are slid down the court into scoring areas. Each end of the court has a scoring area in the shape of a triangle. The tip of the triangle is worth 10 points, the next two zones are worth eight points, and the farthest zones are worth seven points. The first team to 75 points wins.

Behind the seven-point zone of the scoring triangle lies the bane of the outdoor shuffleboard player: the penalty zone. Discs that land in this zone receive a penalty in the form a point deduct–by 10 full points. Because the goal of the game is to reach 75 points, you must avoid the penalty zone at all costs. On offense, therefore, you must slide the disc down the shuffleboard court with enough speed to reach the scoring zone, but not so much speed as to travel into the penalty area. The best way to accomplish this is to practice frequently. Also, try to knock your opponents’ discs into the penalty zone. If a player has a disc that touches the penalty zone, that player must deduct 10 points from his score.

In outdoor shuffleboard, the scoring does not occur until each disc has been played. Each player has four discs to slide toward the scoring area. If one or more of a player’s discs is in the scoring area, she can use her remaining discs to protect her scoring discs. To do this, slide the discs so they remain on the court and travel past the dead line. The dead line is a line on the court marking where discs must pass; if a disc fails to pass this line, it is removed immediately from the court. Likewise, if a disc tips off the edge of the court, it is removed immediately. Clearly, defense will not work if your discs are immediately removed. Therefore, carefully slide your discs so they block the scoring area, but are past the dead line. This will force your opponent to either knock your discs out (which could backfire and result in your discs entering the scoring zone) or work around your discs.

The penalties for shuffleboard include:

• 5 points off – for a disc touching the 10-off area line before being played
• 10 points off – for a disc touching sideline or side of the triangle while being played
• 10 points off – if any part of a player’s body goes beyond or touches the baseline while playing a disc
• 10 points off – for shooting an opponent’s disc

Shuffleboard Points

The regulation shuffleboard is 53 feet long and 6 feet wide. There are two large triangles marked out at each end, with the points facing to the middle of the board.

The larger triangles are divided up into sectors, each with a number assigned to them.

Scoring for outdoor shuffleboard occurs once all 8 discs (4 from each player) have been shuffled onto the board. Points are only awarded to discs of the same color that have traveled the furthest. The various points you can receive in shuffleboard are as follows:

• The small triangle at the tip of the point is worth 10 points.
• The next two sectors below this are divided into equal spaces, each worth 8 points
• The sectors at the base of the triangles are worth 7 points. Directly below these, are the 10-off sectors of the board.

Game play continues, with players or teams, until someone reaches 75 points. If both players or team of doubles have scored beyond 50 at the half-round point of the game, then the higher score of the two wins the game.

If there is a tie at this point, play one full round (or two for doubles) and the high score of that round determines the winner.

What Is The Winning Score In Shuffleboard

The players determine what the winning score will be before play starts. Shuffleboard games can be played to 50, 75, or 100 points. Typically, the first person, or team of doubles, to reach 75 points wins the game.

The game is played in half rounds and scores are tallied at the end of each half round. Scores cannot be counted until all 8 discs have been played.

Once a player reaches 75 points (of 50, or 100 if that was agreed upon), play continues for that half round. If the second player or team ends up reaching 75 points, the one with the highest score achieved during that half round is the winner.

Shuffleboard Scoring On The Line

Players will take turns sending their discs out onto the shuffleboard. The goal is to get your discs into as many of the scoring zones as possible.

Discs must be completely within a section in order to be counted towards the score. Discs touching a line do not count.

This is important to remember in outdoor shuffleboard as it differs from the ‘on the line’ rules of table shuffleboard. When playing on a table, discs that land on a line are counted, but are only awarded points for the lower scoring zone. In outdoor shuffleboard, discs touching the line are ignored during scoring.

Do Points Cancel Out In Shuffleboard

Points are earned when discs land in a numbered section of the board Points do not cancel out in shuffleboard.

However, players are allowed to aim their shots towards another player’s discs. You want to do this to knock an opponent’s disc into a lower scoring zone or out of play completely.

This is more of a playing strategy than a part of the scoring guidelines.

Do You Have To Score Exactly 75 Points In Shuffleboard

Before play starts, players decide to use 50, 75, or 100 as the predetermined points for winning. Once this is determined, this is the number you need to win, so you need to score exactly 50, 75, or 100 points.

These are much higher scores than those used in table shuffleboard, but the numbered sections on an outdoor board are worth more too.

These higher scores is also the reason that most games of outdoor shuffleboard are played in teams. Once this score is reached, the game is over.