<P> Disks: Modern floor shuffleboard is played with 8 round, hard, durable 6 inch diameter plastic disks--New disks are about 1" in thickness, weighing 15 ounces . There should be four (4) discs of a light color, usually yellow, and four of a dark color, usually black . These eight (8) discs comprise a set . (Other colored combinations may be used, but black and yellow will be used here .) One player or team uses the yellow disks, the other player or team, the black disks . Cue - Sticks: Each player uses a cue (cue - stick) to push their disks down the court to the opposite end . The cue length is six feet, three inches (6'3 ") or less, with hard plastic feet on the end (metal would damage the court surface). Scoreboard: There are two basic types (1)--Resort Type uses two sliders that can move up and down a numbered scale, like a thermometer, with values running from zero at the bottom to 75 at the top (First to 75 points is a common shuffleboard game). Each team used their own slider to record their total score . The advantages of the Resort - type include simplicity, durable and weather proof, needs no other items such as chalk or eraser . The disadvantage is that scoring mistakes are impossible to determine, and a frames played cannot be tracked unless a separate recording method (e.g. pen and paper) is used. (2) - Blackboard (Whiteboard) Type is ruled with four or eight horizontal lines and each teams total score is written after each frame, yellow on the left and black on the right . When all the lines have been filled with scores the top lines are erased and scores are again written from the top . The advantage of the blackboard type is that mistakes in adding and recording the score are easier to spot, because previous scores should always be seen . As well, it is easy to keep track of frames played using small numbers written down the scoreboard . (Note that in western USA and western Canada, scoreboards (blackboards) run from side - to - side, but the principal is the same .) </P> <P> Courts are available for use on residential decks or on any solid flat surface, in the form of roll - out plastic mats, or adjustable arrays of plastic tiles . With the tile courts, the dimensions can be adapted to the space available; e.g. it is possible to play on a court 30 ft long (9.1 m) by 5 ft wide (1.5 m). The roll - out mats are available in two sizes, 39 by 6 feet (11.9 m × 1.8 m) and 27 by 4.5 feet (8.2 m × 1.4 m). The smaller mats are designed to fit on a domestic patio or driveway . The biscuit and tang are the same standard size, regardless which court size is used . </P> <P> The ISA was founded March 10, 1979, in St. Petersburg, Florida . The ISA was designed to make shuffleboard more popular in countries outside the North American continent, and to foster shuffleboard through international competitions . In 1981 in Muskegon, Michigan the first ISA Team World Championships were held, starting with teams from Canada, the USA and Japan only . Australia (1991), Brazil (1997), Germany (2006), Norway (2011) and lately Russia (2013) joined the World Championships, which take place yearly and last for one week . </P> <P> In addition to the ISA, Declan hosts an international competition biannually . </P>

The game of outdoor shuffleboard is played on a hard smooth surface