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Thanks for the kind welcome and the 'lifting' tip Eric, I'll get practicing right away.
Also, I am using standard Zeugo figures - they are apparently based on the original Subbuteo heavyweight figures - and I have noticed some of the figures lean back slightly and those particular ones are harder to flick in straight lines. I'm tempted to try and straighten these players out somehow - their behavior is too unpredictable and is causing dissent in the squad. Any suggestions as to how to bend the plastic back to true without snapping?
I live in Bolivar, Ohio (between New Phila and Canton) so if there are any locals out there I'd be glad to hear from you....
Cheers,
Bill Bradford
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----- Original Message -----From: Walton Eric S CRBESent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 9:15 AMSubject: RE: [tablesoccer] Lifting?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
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> Subject: [tablesoccer] Lifting?
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> Hi,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Clues anyone?
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> If not, any idea where I could find an online forum where gameplay is discussed?
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> Thanks, Bill Bradford
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