Which Came First: the Ground or the Table Shuffleboard?
Posted by Servscen on July 23, 2009
I was asking my husband the other day about the difference between shuffleboard played on the ground and shuffleboard tables. I really thought that the game was mainly played on the ground in the outdoors. That’s how we played it when we went on a cruise out of New Orleans seven years ago. But if you really look into it, the care and concern that go into shuffleboard tables makes me think that that is the primary game the way is played.
But he said no. He said it was kind of like street hockey that is played with longer sticks and bigger pucks on the pavement versus the air hockey you can play on a table, but I don’t know. I used to have an air hockey table and they just simply did not require the adjustments and waxing that a good shuffleboard table does. However, I do see why they adapted the game to the indoors, seeing as how popular it is in senior centers and rec centers, even in areas where there is snow on the ground much of the year.
But which came first? Which is the pro sport played upon? I’m kind of interested because I know the size of pucks and the space of the play is very different from the ground to the table, and I want to make sure I practice on the right size field, primarily.