History
Air Hockey has only been around for about twenty seven years. There is an association, the United States Air-Table-Hockey Association (USAA), which keeps control of all of the rules. They also make sure Air Hockey tables are built according to the standard regulation size. The association has handled the World Championships in which there have been eleven champions in the past twenty seven years.
Equipment
Air
Hockey table: This special table requires electricity as it sends air shooting
out of small holes about every inch. This keeps the puck floating and
free of friction (just like on the ice) as it gets slammed back and forth
on the table. There are goals
at
each end of the table to score on.
The Puck: the puck is a thin disc made from plastic. This is what one tries to score with.
The Mallets: the mallet is a plastic device with a handle attached to the inside of a bowl shaped piece of plastic. This is used to hit the puck back and forth between contestants.
The Puck: the puck is a thin disc made from plastic. This is what one tries to score with.
The Mallets: the mallet is a plastic device with a handle attached to the inside of a bowl shaped piece of plastic. This is used to hit the puck back and forth between contestants.
Rules
The
person to score seven points on the opposite goal first wins the
games. To start the game players put the puck on center line
and
face off. The player who has the puck on their side has seven seconds to
hit it back to the other side or a foul is called. They players continue
to hit the puck back and forth until someone scores by hitting the puck into
the other persons goal. Then
they
have another face off and it starts again. Fouls can be called if someone
hits or blocks the puck with a body part, by placing the mallet on top oof the
puck (also known as topping the puck), by hitting th puck when it is on the opposite
side of the centerling, or by hitting
the puck off the table. If a foul gets called on someone the opposite player
recieves the puck.