Air Hockey is a game interesting and popular. Originally, this game was the idea of having a surface that was not invented to generate friction. While Games like table football were very popular, was always very difficult to get a ball to a halt. Thus, a group of three engineers, Crossman, the second Kendrick and Baldwin, who was known Brunswick began with the idea, finding a technique with which they could create a "frictionless surface."
The three engineershad patented the idea, but after working on it for several years, they can not get anywhere and gave up. That's when Bob Lemieux took the challenge and tried to go one of his original concept. Tried with success the first disks and sticks, and finally found a table by using the air hockey streaming low and consistent ventilation openings used to create the hard surface without friction.
The air hockey table has an overwhelming response to enter the market. Its popularity mayits call to all bars, clubs and arcade are evaluated. In fact, the game was so hot that started quickly, the focus of the tournament in 1970.
Until 1975, created the Air Table Hockey Association govern the rules and regulations for the annual tournaments and championships began. So far, a dozen players have been named World Air Hockey Champions.
In 1970, when there are other Games like soccer and swimming, the enthusiasm among people, nobodyI never thought that a game has no friction. But, three engineers and a man named Bob thought outside the box and developed an instant classic environment.
Sure, the game has developed more than the sport itself. The rules and regulations that hockey is played today, and rules differ from the original. Players have new and different techniques for the use of equipment discovered hockey, too.
"Drift", another name for a picture, get moredifficult. There are patterns in the flying disc in hockey table, raises expectations and the opponents score a goal. The shoots and stems from a certain pattern to confuse the enemy are located. This is the disk in a way that they fly out and give him the opportunity to hit it again and again sends short sequences hit. There is still a game plan as a "combo", where the disk is known in a way that the opponent feels you are to hit,drift and a specific direction, but the puck is going in different directions, by rotating or moving fast.
Clearly shows the game, there's always something new that can be created with a little inspiration and perseverance. Without the two, we would never know the excitement of air hockey.
