| The idea behind the invention of air hockey table | | | | the 1970s when football and pool was very |
| was to provide a surface that does not have | | | | popular, no one thought there could be innovative |
| friction. So a team of three engineers named | | | | techniques (Zero friction) for table games. Who |
| Crossman, Kendrick and Baldwin of Brunswick | | | | should get the credit for air hockey table - Bob |
| started working on this idea in order to create a | | | | Lemieux or the three Brunswick engineers - is still |
| frictionless surface and increases playing speed. | | | | a question. But at the end of the day, what really |
| Even after working hard for many years on the | | | | matters is the results. |
| idea, they failed to generate interest in their idea. | | | | As with most games, the present hockey rules |
| Then, in 1972, Bob Lemieux, a dedicated person | | | | and prototypes are different from the original |
| who himself had played air hockey with a puck | | | | because players have developed new and |
| and mallets, took the idea from the original | | | | different stances and grips over the years. The |
| engineers and picked up where they had left off. | | | | drifts have become more complex. The shots are |
| Lemieux finally succeeded in creating the first | | | | often hit out of "drifts," where the puck travels in |
| hockey table that was without friction because of | | | | set patterns designed to throw off the |
| its low flowing air vents. | | | | opponent's expectations and timing. Sometimes |
| Air Hockey was an immediate success. It is | | | | the drifts are grouped into sets such that the |
| became so popular among people that it became | | | | player can hit the puck in a particular manner to |
| the first choice of every bar, club and arcade. | | | | send it back and hit it number of times in |
| The game quickly led to tournament play and in | | | | succession to confuse the opponent. For more |
| 1973 the Houston Air Hockey Association formed | | | | confusion to the opponent, one can play the puck |
| the air hockey team. Two years later, the Air | | | | in a way to make it look like a specific drift shot |
| Table Hockey Association established the official | | | | in a particular direction, but the puck flies in some |
| rules for the game. Following that time, annual | | | | other way and direction due to spin or quick |
| championships and tournaments have been held. | | | | movement. |
| In fact, twelve players have won the title of | | | | Whether you want to get into the technical play |
| World Air Hockey Champion. | | | | mechanics described above or just have some |
| No one had ever imagined that a game like | | | | fun in your basement or game room, definitely |
| hockey would become such a popular pastime. In | | | | delivers. |