Hello and welcome back to the game. Where are you located? We can help try to
find others in your area to play with.

The best thing I can say about lifting or chipping the ball is that it requires
that the figure be tipped forward when he hits the ball so he hits it lower and
forces it into the air. How you actually go about doing that is a little
tougher to describe. I try to think of the flick on a ball I want to stay low
as flicking through the player, keeping my finger near the pitch. On a chip, I
try to think of it as flicking up through the player where the end of my finger
ends up pointing up into the air. That way I lift the back of the player and
hopefully get the ball up too.

Even when I do it correctly, there's a pretty good chance that I will be picking
the figure up off the floor.

Hope that helps some.

Eric Walton
Mechanical Engineer
Survivability, Structures and Materials
Naval Surface Warfare Center

waltones@...
phone: 301-227-7351
fax: 301-227-1020

> ----------
> From: Bill Bradford
> Reply To: tablesoccer@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 7:52 AM
> To: tablesoccer@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [tablesoccer] Lifting?
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm playing Subbuteo again after a 25+ year layoff. I last played as a
schoolboy and not seriously back then. It's very exciting to be getting back
into this after all this time but I have a LOT of work to do to be able to
compete.
>
> Can anyone out there tell me how to lift the ball over a defensive wall?
> My attempts so far have resulted only in free kick takers having to be
recovered from other parts of the house and balls crashing brutally into
defenders.
>
> Clues anyone?
>
> If not, any idea where I could find an online forum where gameplay is
discussed?
>
> Thanks, Bill Bradford
>
>
> wsbradford@...
>
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