Details of Quality

• Frame - Plywood for Strength; Stained Maple Veneer Finish
• Surface - Polystyrene to Quietly Roll Balls
• Chutes - HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) for Durability
• Barriers - HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) for Strength
• Steel Balls - Chrome Steel for Heavy Impact
• Target Balls - Polyester for Speed
• Bumper - EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer Rubber) for Bounce
• Shafts - Stainless Steel to Prevent Rust
• Edgebanding - 1 mm Thick PVC for Scratch Resistance

Play for Larger Groups

It's helpful to have enough players, so welcome people to play.

It's fun to play with different people and positions. After each game, players on each side can shift positions (for example: wing goes to goalie; goalie goes to wing or to a holding position if there are more than two players on a team; and a person in the holding position would shift to wing.)

Playing Tips

• Practice aiming at the target ball, not only to hit it, but control its direction. Avoid hitting a target ball into steel balls on the table, thereby blocking downfield progress. Look at the continuously changing pattern of balls and aim accordingly. Focus on scoring angles (straight into goal, off a barrier, off the side wall). Shoot to remove a target ball from the shooting lanes of opponents.
• Don't starve your goalie of accessible balls. Goalies need to manage their ball supply carefully to avoid running out of balls.
• Roll steel balls from the top of the chute to get more speed. A target ball goes faster, and is harder to defend against, if you hit a target ball coming at you.
• Wing players should be careful in hitting a target ball near their own goal since they might inadvertently score a point against their own team.
• Try to pick up more than one steel ball at a time.
• Don't spend too much time collecting steel balls, because just when you get a lot, you might lose.
• During active play, goalies should not leave their position to pick up a ball on the floor.

Scoring Against Skilled Goalies

There is no single winning strategy for all situations. To score against a highly skilled goalie, you may have to play differently.

• Bank target balls off curved barriers at the "magic angle."
• Wait for your primary attack when the opposing goalie is low on steel balls.
• Seize the moment when the opposing goalie is collecting or loading steel balls.
• Keep the target ball on the other side and let random action lead to a goal.

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