Sports Table Football "Subbuteo"
Sports Table Football attempts to replicate the game of Association Football on a table top with action figures. The sport is based on the game of Subbuteo, and is often referred to using this name. Sports Table Football requires dexterity and skill on the part of the player to flick the playing figures, which stand on weighted bases, across the tabletop towards the ball.
The rules of sports table football correspond closely with association football. Players maintain possession as long as the figure they flick makes contact with the ball, and the ball does not subsequently hit an opposing figure, although there is a maximum possible of three consecutive flicks for each figure.
Shots at goal can be taken only once the ball is over the 'shooting line', a line mid way between the goal line and half-way line. The goalkeeper figures are maneuvered using an attached rod that passes through the back of the goal.
Similar Sports
- Association Football
- Table Football — also called Fußball or Foosball, a table top version of the game of soccer which uses figures mounted on rows of rotatable bars to hit a ball.
- Footpool — novelty version of billiards using an oversized table and soccer balls.
- Air Hockey — played on an air-hockey table, participants try to hit a puck elevated on a cushion of air into the opponent's goal.
Related Pages
- About football (general)
- Football Decoder — what is called football around the world?
- Complete list of sports
- The Encyclopedia of Sports
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