Shuffleboard Strategy with Shuffleboard Bob Segment No. 2

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Shuffleboard Strategy with Shuffleboard Bob
Segment No. 2

• Our thanks to all of you who responded to our
  first segment of Shuffleboard Strategy.
• This month Id like to focus on the first frame
  of a match.
• To review, please go back to Segment No. 1.

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Shooting First Strategies

• Im playing yellow.
• My opponent has the first hammer.
• The rule of thumb for going out first is to stay
  even with your opponent for that frame.

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Four methods to stay even

• 1. Putting up a block.
• 2. Going on a number.
• 3. Scoring a high 10, 8, or 7.
• 4. Blocking the board by placing a block on
  opponents preferred hammer path.
• We will only look at methods 1 and 2 in this
  segment.

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Putting up a block

• Once the block is placed, if there is a miss or
  stick by your opponent, hide behind it.

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Blocks in shuffleboard

• The St. Pete

The Tampa
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Practice is key to setting blocks

• A stick or miss on either of these by your
  opponent will give you an opportunity for a hide.
• There is a real art in setting a block.
• Practice, practice is the key to performing a
  proper block.

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Going on a number

• Once on a number, you can hope for a miss or
  non-stick by your opponent.
• Western Style courts (because of their speed)
  lend themselves to this strategy.

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Which strategy to use?

• It depends on what your four practice shots told
  you
• (a) If you were able to read the court properly,
  and it looks like you can hide, then put up a
  block so that your opponents mind set has to be
  to hit and clear. This can be hard to do early
  in a match.
• (b) There are (many) times that your practice
  shots go no where close to where you want them,
  or the speed of the court is way off, now you
  should go on a number. Possibly trying different
  shooting positions into the number.

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Conclusion

• Ill be honest with you, on very difficult
  courts, I am happy not to have the first hammer.
• This gives me four more shots to try and find my
  route into the house--I know my hammer is coming
  up!
• Segment No. 3 will deal with the remaining two
  methods of staying even.