Air Hockey For Beginners

Air hockey top portion is perforated with minute holes allowing the flow of generated air

. The playing field is often decorated with blue and red lines like those observed in ice hockey.

How to Start

To begin, one player is considered as the server. The puck is placed on the other side of the table and the server has to be anticipated by the other player. The receiving player can return the puck the moment it crosses the centerline.

Air hockey players can't block shots with other body parts and just have seven seconds to strike the puck the moment it reaches their end. In air hockey, the most common strategy lies in waiting for the opponent to pull out of the position and establish a repetitive pattern.

Table Setup

The table is provided with side rails as trick shot reserve and also to keep the puck in play. The game play mostly depends on misdirection and deception. This makes rail and bank shots highly important to master.

Two slots are provided on either side of air hockey table. The game's main objective is to make use of special strikers called paddle or mallet that will help to force the puck into the opponent's goal. The person scoring first becomes the winner.

Some Basic Rules Defined By The USAA

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 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 side of the center line, the player 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 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 the 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 goal-tending. Here the opponent receives a free shot.

Hitting the puck when it is on the opposite side of the center line, or crossing the center line completely with his 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.

Strategy

Usually, a direct shot to the goal is successful. Other strategies include changing the pace for misdirecting the opponent or angling the puck to hit the corners of the goal. Air hockey tables used in tournament are larger and players use additional patterns to distract their opponents.

by: Wallace Willis

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