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Air
Hockey Table
7ft real air hockey table.
2 Player with goal counter and game timer with sound.
Suitable for Adults and children
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A typical air hockey table consists of a large smooth
playing surface, a surrounding rail to prevent the
puck and mallets from leaving the table, and slots in
the rail at either end of the table that serve as
goals. On the ends of the table behind and below the
goals, there is usually a puck return. Additionally,
tables will typically have some sort of machinery
that produces a cushion of air on the play surface
through tiny holes, with the purpose of reducing
friction
Game Rules
A face-off or coin toss decides which player gets the
first possession of the puck.
The first person
to score 7 points by shooting the puck into the
opponent's goal wins the game. When the puck breaks
the horizontal plane inside the goal, a point is
counted, whether or not captured by the electronic
scoring device.
Once the puck is
on a certain player's side of the center line, he/she
has 7 seconds to hit the puck back across the center
line. Otherwise a foul is committed and the opponent
receives possession of the puck.
Placing one's
mallet on top of the puck, known as topping, is a
foul. Here the opponent receives possession of the
puck.
A player cannot
touch or strike the puck with any part of his/her
body or with any object other than the mallet. Doing
so causes a foul and possession changes hands.
If the puck is on
a clear path into the goal and the player stops it
with anything other than the mallet, this is
goaltending. Here the opponent receives a free shot.
Hitting the puck
when it is on the opposite side of the centre line,
or crossing the centre line completely with one's
mallet causes a foul. Here the opponent receives
possession of the puck.
If the puck leaves
the table, a foul is called on the player that caused
the puck to go out of play due to offensive motion
and the opposing player gets possession of the puck.
Generally, when a player causes the puck to leave the
table with a forward motion of the mallet, even
defensively (known as charging), the foul is charged
on them. An out of play foul results in the opponent
receiving possession of the puck.
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