Suggestions for Experienced Birkball Players

General Suggestions:

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.
Vary your use of three scoring angles (straight into goal, off a barrier, and off the side wall).
Use the fact that a target ball goes faster toward your opponent’s goal, and is harder to defend against, if you hit a target ball coming at you.
Seize the moment to score if you can tell when the opposing goalie does not have a steel ball ready to launch.
Anticipate where the target will be and get there first. Guess where your opponent will hit the ball.

Typically it’s advantageous to hit the target ball to the left, where your wing can score.
If you have only one steel ball, it’s best to try to hit the target far to the left, where opponents don’t have a good shot at your goal.
When taking final aim, as the ball rolls down your chute, to defend against a target, look at the direction of steel balls coming from opponents, to avoid hitting the target into those balls.
If the target is in the goal area, behind your barrier, and has not yet scored, position your chute so your wing can attempt to knock the target out of the goal area.
When opponents have a wave of steel balls approaching the target near your goal, launch multiple balls to counteract the power of the wave.

When the target is in front of your goalie, collect steel balls between your chute and the chute of the opposing goalie, in order to: prevent that goalie from getting too many steel balls, prevent random balls from interfering with downfield progress of the target, and have enough balls for a serious attack when the target moves to your side.