# Everybody Plays!

# Showdown

Showdown is played on a table that has 6-inch, raised sides all the way around and a pocket (goal area) in the middle of each end. Each player stands on the end and protects his pocket. The ball is plastic and has small beads inside that make noise when the ball moves. Each player wears a thick glove to protect his hand and holds a wooden paddle that is a foot long. Both players wear blindfolds to make sure they are evenly matched. The paddle is used to hit the ball across the table and under a raised screen that divides the table in half. The object is to get the ball in the opponent's pocket for points!

A boy wearing a blindfold and a red hand and arm guard swings his paddle forward.

A boy wearing an arm and hand guard holds his paddle over his table pocket.