Does it matter if the outer frame of my crokinole board is square, octagonal or round ?
Yes and no. The World Crokinole Championship recognizes the use of round crokinole boards in their annual tournaments. Similar to the ‘science’ of the game-as discussed above-a round side rail or rim has a definite advantage. The position of your lower palm or wrist is always the same distance from the start/5 line when you initiate your crokinole shot. With an octagonal or square outer frame or side rail, the rest position of the hand varies from the centre of the quadrant as you move further to the right or to the left. (Would your golf swing be uniformly effective if you had to use a slightly longer or shorter club on every swing?) The consistency of the smaller variable concerning palm or wrist placement when playing on a crokinole board with a round frame has long been noted by the world’s most senior and experienced competition players as being to distinct advantage.
