Foosball Tips, Tricks and Skill Shots To Improve Your Game
Updated November 23, 2018
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Anyone off the street can walk into a bar and try their hand at foosball. If you’re ready to take your game to the next level, however, there are some key table soccer moves that will separate you from the masses.
Advanced Foosball Shots
After watching some instructional videos, here are the most important skills to practice.
Tick-tacking
Tick tacking involves passing the ball between your players along the same rod, from side to side.
Catching
It may seem easy, but gently stopping and controlling the ball with a player’s feet as the ball arrives requires practice. Elite foosball players can catch the ball and then move it to the foot from the side, front, or back.
Pinning
Being able to pin the ball quickly can help with controlling loose balls - no one likes loose balls! Pinning refers to clamping the ball between the player’s foot and the floor, out in front of the player, or in back of the player.
The Snake Shot
To make a Snake shot, start by pinning the ball in front, then move quickly to the left or right, spin and shoot (ITSF rules allow for 359 degrees rotation before impact with the ball, and 359 degrees rotation after impact).
Wall Pass
Passing to yourself off the wall (same player to same player, or between different players on the same rod) is a helpful skill to navigate around an opponent.
Angle Kick
Mastering kick angles: shots into the side of the goal, passes between opposing players, and bank passes/shots will help you accurately move the ball up, down and around the foosball table.
Flicking block
Flick the defender rod quickly when on defense so that any successful block causes the ball to be fired back in the opposite direction.
Further Foosball Tutorial Reading/Watching
Here are grips, strategy, and an impressive display of skills: Tornado World Singles Final of 2009 (6 min 48 seconds).