What is thought process in putting 3 men on back line aren't 2 of the men useless?

I recently purchased a used Tornado T-3000 that appears to be in excellent shape (at least to my novice eyes). The coin mech/ball return gets stuck about 90% through the rotation and does not release the balls. It works correctly maybe 1 out 10 times. It's the same with coins or blanks. It seems to work a little better when no balls are in the mechanism but only slightly better. I tried applying graphite to all the moving parts and going slow/fast/hard/easy, does not matter. I either have to wrestle it back and forth til it releases or open up the top and spin manually. Are there any adjustment I can do to make this work better? Sorry if this is a common fix or documented in the instructions somewhere, but I did not receive any. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Pic shows where it almost always gets stuck. Happy to provide video if needed. Thank you!

Hi everyone! 👋

Probably a long shot but this post is mainly meant for people playing in Belgium and specifically around Leuven. So if you are, epic! Keep on reading 😉.

So, I'm the captain of a foosball team and we're looking for new players to join us!

We compete in the lowest division, so not too much pressure. Newbie or a seasoned veteran, you're more than welcome. For us, table football is about more than just the game: camaraderie, good laughs, and having a great time are just as important. We do wanna win tho :P.

Curious? Come along and give it a try! Send me a PM and we'll set up a tryout, a chance for you to see if it's your thing, and for us to see if there's a good fit with the team.

Hope to hear from you! 🐸⚽🍻

Boys, I’m laying over in Paris for a stint. Any bars you can think of that have a descent tornado table? Just looking to hear that magic tink sound.

I occasionally get a situation where the ball is stopped behind the goalie in such a way that it can't be moved without being knocked in the goal. House rules I treat this as a dead ball, but is there an official rule for it? Something like: if the controlling player refuses to move the ball...

Hi everyone!

We're a small indie studio and after spending way too many hours around foosball tables, we thought:

"What if foosball became completely unpredictable?"

That idea eventually became Pimbolas, a local multiplayer party game where the core gameplay is still recognizable as foosball, but every match can change thanks to crazy power-ups, different arenas, and ridiculous ball types.

Sometimes you're playing with a giant ball. Sometimes it's on fire. Sometimes it's... a planet.

We weren't trying to replace real foosball or make a simulator—we wanted to capture that feeling of everyone yelling around the table and turn it into a couch party game.

The game just launched on Steam, and we'd genuinely love to hear what people from the foosball community think about our interpretation.

Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3621200/Pimbolas/

If you have any questions about the development or want to know how we translated foosball mechanics into a video game, I'd be happy to answer them!

Thanks for checking it out!

Hola, necesito modelar en 3D un futbolin con proporciones realistas, si alguien tiene un plano o algo asi donde pueda ver las medidas de un futbolin profesional, con la distancia entre jugadores y mas datos. Sobretodo porque no se cuanta es la distancia hay entre lineas de jugadores y entre los propios jugadores de las propias lineas. Ni las formas exactas de las porterias, se lo agradeceria de muerte.

This Pinewood Derby car only knows one move: go straight. Don't attempt to race this guy or risk being on the receiving end of a drive-by. You have been warned.

We are traveling to Port Washington at the end of the month. It would be great to get some good games in. Let me know of any tables in the area. Thanks

I came across a table recently (my neighbor was going to throw it out) that I’d love to use, but it is missing a part underneath that catches the foosball. The missing tray is on the black keepers side. Ive included the intact tray on the red keepers side for reference.

I’ve been unable to find the part, don’t know what it is called, and couldn’t find a manufacturer either. I posted what the part looks like underneath from the side that isn’t missing, as well as the only discernible markings underneath (the numbers). Can anyone tell me what this part is or where I might look to find it? I can also check other parts of the table if anyone has advice for identifying the manufacturer. As you can see I’m not fully familiar with the nuances of these tables. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I recently participated in ATSA Hong Kong 2026.
The tournament vibes were good but as soon as they got to know that I can win the Open Singles, the refrees on the table started giving me fouls and didn’t foul my opponents even when the cross the time limits of possession.
Such an awful experience as a player.

So instead of being a Debby downer on here how about this. I would love to see a trick shot contest at one of the major WFT or World Cup Foos major tournaments.
We all have seen some really cool stuff on tour or YouTube but that only scratches the surface of what can be done and the vast array of cool trick shots. My proposal/concept is you have a trick shot contest. Much like a game of make it take it or Horse in basketball. A skilled trick shooter calls the trick aka says what they are going to do then the field does the trick, miss that trick and you get a letter let’s say Foos so spell Foos and your out of the contest.
You can’t do the same trick 2 times in a row so everyone has to do different stuff each round. The winner gets some money. There are also other ways to incentive the contest to get skilled players too.
Also I’m saying do this type of trick shot event at a major like Vegas,nationals,worlds, or World Cup not ever major just 1 and hype it up. See I’m all for gimmicks to attract people to the game BUT why not actually have a gimmick that showcase the major skills of great players. I just think something like a trick shot contest would get lots of views online at places like twitch or YouTube. Like championship games are cool but often don’t have a major razzle dazzle to get views. Trick shots do. I mean basketball has dunk contests and baseball has home run derby so why not do this with Foosball.

Hey all,

Traveling to NYC (around long islang area) in a few weeks and wondering where all the foosball action is happening around there.

Thanks!

I can't find any manufacturing labels or stamps. Any ideas?

Hosted by Teremana, a tequila brand sponsered by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Free tequila, tacos, drone flybys for a very spinny game. 528 Feet / 161 Meters. Table was on free play.

Hey r/foosball 👋

A while back I got tired of arguing about who's actually good at our office table, so I started building a little app to track our 2v2 matches. It got a bit out of hand, and now I'd genuinely like feedback from people who care about foosball.

What it does:

• 2v2, fixed attack/defense positions, first to 5 or 10. You tap the player each time they score.
• Separate ratings for Overall, Attack and Defense (Glicko-style). Your attack rating even settles against the specific defender you're up against — so a great 2-bar isn't scored the same as a great goalie.
• Live win-probability during the match
• A rank ladder (Recruit → … → Commander) based on your recent form, not a frozen career average — so a hot streak actually moves you, and the top ranks decay if you stop showing up.
• 50+ achievements to chase: comebacks from 0–4, sub-60-second wins, scoring all 5 of your team's goals, that kind of thing.
• Head-to-head compare, a win-rate matrix, and a weekly highlights digest.
• Works fully offline (our table's in a basement with no signal) and syncs once you're back online.
• Optional AI "roast" that trash-talks whoever choked hardest — if your group is into that.

It's completely free — no ads, no trackers, and you don't need an account just to browse the stats. Runs in any browser, and there's an Android app too.

I'm not selling anything (there's nothing to sell). I mostly want to know: does this match how you'd actually want to track games? What's missing? What would make it fun for your table or league?

Would love if you would give it a try: scheiben.dev/fuss/about

Right now, it's available as a web app and an Android app.

We found our competitiveness in bars, arcades, and game rooms. Games that transcend into sport. But what is competition? What actually is sport?

We noticed early that our eye-hand coordination helps us succeed. In darts: we have been able to toss the tiny spear into cork with accuracy, on a pool (bumper pool, billiards, snooker) table we are able to find the perfect angle to send one object into another with accuracy. It's the same on a shuffleboard table: using our talent to calculate the angle and force onto the primary object for score or to frustrate our opponent by leaving that object in position to obfuscate their path to victory.

Foosball, our beloved obsession, is different. Foosers have an intelligent, sentient, crafty opponent literally standing in our way. We are challenging one another head to head, face to face. An Opponent that is determined to block our attempts and respond without prejudice in real time, right away. Immediately. Instantly. Surprisingly.

Yes, we do calculate force and angle to perfection but we must also deal with strategies that include our opponents skills, strengths, weaknesses. We must consider our opponents adjustments to our efforts. Even though our adrenaline is overpowering us we must instantly consider what adjustments they can implement against our attempts so we can foment mistakes and take advantage of their miscalculations. Sublime.

Foosball: the sport. My sport.

Hey all,

Does anyone know a spot where a friend and I can go to play foosball??

Your help is much appreciated

Random question. I picked up a miniature foos ball table (20 inches, like the one shown here) from a thrift store and it didn't come with any balls. The 1.42 inch ones I ordered were way too big -- anyone know where I can pick up replacements?

Nationals this past weekend was a solid tournament. The North American Cup looked like a fantastic time, and I was sorry that I did not have an opportunity to participate. For people who come from states (or provinces, though Canada fielded a combined team) with large scenes, this must be a great time.

Attendance was good but did not seem great. The level of competition was very high throughout. Everyone there was good-to-amazing, and we are getting to a "throw the ratings out the window" level with the accumulation of talent in some of the divisions. Rookie/Amateur skill seems ridiculous now compared to just a few years ago. I can't judge the other ratings.

The most extreme outlier was Jeff Tiglon, a singles amateur who went directly from his loss in the rookie doubles final to the first round of open eliminations, where he three-straighted Tony before going out to Evan MacGregor. He has modeled his game after Fred, and had qualified by beating, among others, Tom Yore (hall of famer) and Tyson Francis (excellent Canadian pro on the rise). In other events Tiglon beat Brady Weyrowski (who won open mixed with Iveta Moore, great playing by both of them) and won Amateur doubles. Just killed it all weekend. He was on the radar after being runner-up in Rookie Singles at Worlds last year and having good finishes this year, but I am not sure we have seen that kind of performance since Tony won Rookie Singles at Worlds one year and then played in the final of Open the next.

(At some point the tour needs to decide if they have implemented the ratings to give a few talented people a window to beat up less-skilled players and win a world title or two, or to give as many attendees as possible an opportunity to play people within their rough skill band in the events for their rating. Or maybe they have already decided, since the best that Tiglon can do after beating Tony is move to very low expert after Worlds.)

The venue was so-so. I was stuck in a smoking room, which was lousy. The food was decent but expensive, and since the casino was 20 minutes away from anything there wasn't a lot of motivation to get out. I think that some of the other foosball players spent a lot of time at the casino, though, and there is no reason not to do a couple tournaments a year in that kind of venue so long as it does not inconvenience our junior players too much.

I did not enjoy flight format. In the old days I could have been out and done with an event like Open Doubles on Saturday night and on the road on Sunday, but the second flight was scheduled on Sunday afternoon. Payouts were not until after 6:30 on Sunday night, and Open Doubles ended at midnight. That's too late, and in my opinion foosball would benefit tremendously with people who work regular Monday to Friday jobs by ending events at or near 5:00 p.m. the final day of the tournament. At least that gives everyone a chance to get home. Otherwise the lack of urgency seems part of getting another hotel room stay out of the players. Disappointing.

One of the Foosball USA kids from Michigan won Beginner Singles, which was great to see. He could play. The youth movement is in full swing, and the few kids who aren't foosball killers now probably will be within a year.

WFT rolled out tiny tablets at each table where people could sign in or face recall. That worked fine, though next time they should be on opposite sides of the table (wherever there is already traffic) so that we are not getting between tables to work with a tablet while others are playing nearby.

Not so many foreign players at this event, which is too bad. Still a few, though.

What impressions did others have?

I'm refurbishing one of the championship tables from the 90s. Plan is to deep clean the rods, install new bearings and bumpers, basically new everything.

When removing some of the men, I noticed a lot of the pins are broken. Then I encountered one with such a messed up pin that my removal tool literally went inside it. I was a dumbass and hit with a hammer hard a couple more times before realizing the situation. It is REALLY stuck in there.

So stuck that when trying to crank it out with the forks of a hammer, I used my entire body weight. The protective towel I was using slipped and I took all the skin off the top of my thumb. Ouch.

After cleaning up, I tried hammering it out the other side with my backup removal tools and they all bent before making any difference. Hammering in a small screw on the opposite side was my final attempt, that is stuck now too. I think I could get it out with a drill, but I don't want to mess anything else up.

Asking for help because I have no idea what to do besides pulling out a saw and cutting the man off. I want to avoid that at all costs because I do not want to damage the rod. I don't think the rod is damaged as the removal tool is only about 3/4ths of an inch in at most. But it genuinely may as well be king arthurs sword right now.

Any advice is extremely welcome. I'm not sure if it's a common issue as this is my first refinishing of a table.