This was a really well made video with thorough explanations. I hadn't really understood that awkward-looking wrist placement for the snake shot before you explained the 360 degree rule.
Great video and great job on video. I used to play lots of foosball back like 30 years ago. I'm 60 now. Just recently started getting my kids (14,14 and 17 yrs. old) involved in foosball and billiards. So excited to see this video and this technique. Don't ever remember seeing this technique back years ago when I played. Can't wait to get home and practice. Exciting stuff!!
Hey Chase, great vid. I really liked the two balls exercise. I'll be using that example to train a couple of beginners playing with us now. Probably try it myself too, but like you the snake shot isn't my go-to shot either, I like the euro-pin for front toe and rear toe shots. But thanks for the tip series Bro.
Great post up ! Never cared to learn that roll over shot . Being a 70's player when I got back into it in 2000 I tripped when I saw it done at a tourney and thought not legal but its within the rules after a closer look .. Took me a bit to adjust to stop the shot for sure . Especially since I don't hardly move when playing goalie for physical reasons . lol .
Chase, When you want to do a cutback snake should you get the "cutback" from hitting 1/2 the ball causing the ball to angle in? Or do you get the "cutback" from the actual recoil motion? Do some players do it one way and others do it differently? Both seen like they might be effective. Pro's cons? Love your tutorials! I'm grinding on my game.
Over the past month I have been practicing basic drills, the 5 man wall pass series, the snake shot, and the pull shot from goal for about 10 ish minutes during my break. 3 days ago I started challenging the best foosball player at my work. He beat me 2/0. The next day he won 2/1. Today I won 2/1! I scored the most from the pull shot from goal probably because I was rarely successful with my wall pass series and wasn't able to take a ton of offensive shots. I am having a really hard time speeding up my wall pass series.
In Italy the rules are different, but as far as I know they should be the official European rules: it is not possible to shoot with the same player with whom the ball stopped, if the ball has been stopped you have to pass it or let it bounce, don't make a direct shot on goal. And you cannot pass to another player on the same line and shoot directly, if you stop the ball you must first bounce it laterally against a bank.
Thank you so much, nice tips indeed! Can you tell me what is that thing you roll on the bars and is it necessary (to avoid scratches and sores on the hand and fingers, I guess)
when one doesnt have the tornado table... where roughly is the ball position on the left and right where it should be when beeing shot... like compared to the goal? in line with the post? a bit more to the goal? a bit further out?
I am really interested in getting better at foosball. Great video. But... if you listen to the audio as if it’s a urologist explaining other urologists what to do during an exam, 100x better XD
do you put any substance on the rods to make them slide easier? I was experimenting with different types of greasy substances, but most of them become adherent after a few matches and it ruins the experience. also, what you do in the case the rods become bent due to putting force onto them?
@@ChasePennell my table has metal rods with a really thin cromium shield, but people have been putting their weight on the bars when trying to make pull shots and not only did the bent the bars a bit but also scratched off the cromium. we used marmelade to make it slide and it slides like mad, but after a few matches it thickens. will try silicone based oils tho. Thank you for the tip
The rollover ruined the art of shooting the ball, kinda like computers ruining chess. According to several different people and at least one former World Champion I had the fastest loudest closed hand pull shot they had ever seen. When this shot first came out we called it the "Monkey Toe"
fooser the pressure on the ball is pretty light but enough to rock the ball, for fireball I didn't make any adjustment really for a snake. The adjustments were mostly for anything in a back pin.
Gonna try this. The girl I'm seeing now is a professional foosball player and met all the top dogs, and she won the junior championship for singles in 2012 and played for team USA. So I need all the help I can get. Actually her and her family all play. Mike Stahl, Angelina Stahl and i can't remember her dad's name. Lol
@@ChasePennell ok ok. So then you know who I'm talking about. Actually just getting into it, but I like it and Angelina is teaching me some along with other people she knows
im about to start play anyone have any recommendations I wanna solid table so how much the table need to weight and true dimensions for tournament table and if anyone know which are budget friendly to buy in Europe and where any info appreciated
I have a good toe shot, that seems better than a roll over. Back. In the 70tys everyone used that shot, now You hardly ever see it. What advantage does the roll over have to a toe shot?
What about rolling your wrist down less than 360 degrees, as if you are winding up and then roll back up real fast less than 360 degrees to strike the ball? Is that legal?
Moving your wrist further down will not change it. The rule is "You cannot rotate the rod 360 degrees before or after striking the ball. So it cannot really happen.
@@ChasePennell I said less than 360. With the man in the standing straight up position, I roll the bar down with my wrist until the man rotates approx 3/4 of a rotation (approx 270 degrees) as if to wind up, then roll the bar back up with my wrist approx 3/4 of a rotation or approx 270 degrees to strike the ball. There is a little bit of a follow thru but well short of 1/4 rotation or approx 90 degrees. So I guess I am doing it legal. I hope this made sense. I have always loved playing foosball but I haven't play in about 10 years.
@@rockheadesq.8720 it's impossible to rotate more than 360 because the farthest down you can go into the back of the ball...farthest you can go up is on top...so 360° is not possible due to the size of the ... if you wound up to say the middle of your arm away from the ball slightly before hitting it and go 360° before hitting the ball...yes it's illegal...but while touching the ball...its impossible...since when you strike it at 355° ish maybe...it resets...so you're legal doing it the way you do it...follow thru more than 360 would be tough to catch unless you go up your arm and you'd spin or you'd lose the rod cause you don't have enough length to go farther with follow thru naturally...you'll spin when you can't catch it...hope this is understandable...sorry so long
Have you ever played a tournament where the snake shot isn't allowed? Your hand isn't technically on the handle. I'm a pull shot guy also, but have been refining my snake shot.
Yeah once you hit the ball...350° roughly...it resets...and now you have another 360° to work with...I'm not a roller guy....I shoot a backpin...and a euro front pin...and a slew of others...but a roller is something I am debating to learn...I have been playing since the eighties and I get bored doing the same shot all the time...but when Billy Pappas says..."l usually tell people to not shoot backpins...or pull kicks and such for their main shot...but you shoot the backpin too good to not shoot it so keep shooting it " ..it was somewhere along those lines...lol...but I may look into shooting this garter snakeshot...and give the Anacondabackpin a rest...(yes its been that name for years..lol...by others who've been bit by it...lol...nice vid my friend...hope to see you again soon. 😀
@@ChasePennell I started playing Foosball again after almost 30 years in May of 2019. I played on Dynamo's and I am getting used to the Tornado. I have messed around with the snake shot but I am trying to get my old game back and I am getting better but it is hard work. I am trying to overcome fear of injuring my right shoulder which I have had two Rotator Cuff surgeries and I didn't think I could ever play again. I am playing great competition at Mid South Foos. The guys have been very helpful and patient helping me. I have a lot of work ahead to being able to compete seriously with these players that never stopped playing. I am scoring pretty well but my 5 Bar isn't close to these guys. I once had a toe shot that could best pull shot shooters most of the time. I play on the heals and toes and do all kinds of combos off those set ups. No one really has my style and I once was very solid on Dynamo's with that style. The Tornado doesn't have the same action as a Dynamo. Also the table is slightly slicker than a Glass Top Dynamo. I have enjoyed watching you and you have been helpful. In a couple of years I plan on going to the Big Tournaments. Although I have to get better at the 5 bar.
So agree . Only shot I care not to do . First time I seen it i thought was cheesy shot for newbies that have problems moving the ball but some really good players that have no problem moving the ball use it .
Per carità bel tiro e tutto, ma napoletane, cinesi, fruste, tavolette, doppiette sono molto meglio. Se io dovessi fare ogni volta solo e soltanto questo tipo tiro in attacco, probabilmente non avrei mai iniziato a giocare al calciobalilla. È monotono.
I don't think I've ever played a tournament where the teams didn't do slow ball. In fact, I don't think we ever played anything but slow ball in the bars and taverns.
Please don’t get used too it Lol you guys have no idea . Teaching how not to play is or has killed the game. Good quality video bad game play recommendations.
Missed my calling. I’d smash all you pros. Too bad no tournaments are in my area. Would be fun. Watched some of the pro games and I have to say, I was not impressed. Speed and passing are the only thing I have seen. And speed wins, but not when you have someone against you that has finesse and knows how to play without raw power and speed. And that’s not saying I don’t have those either. I don’t use the power much, tired of replacing men. And why do the pro play with the kiddy tables? 3 man goalies??? And no ramps in the back. Lame. Million dollar table, old school. None of this 3 man stuff. Real old school guys know about the million dollar tables
Don't know why people arent into this game, lots of techniques and exercises though. Good explanation. Thanks a lot
Yeah I don’t know why too many people are into this
Same. And I've cut myself
This was a really well made video with thorough explanations. I hadn't really understood that awkward-looking wrist placement for the snake shot before you explained the 360 degree rule.
You have a good attitude and are great to watch. Thanks for the help!
You are an amazing teacher! Thanks for the lesson.
Loved all ur videos. Esp. your camera angles are perfect.
Great video and great job on video. I used to play lots of foosball back like 30 years ago. I'm 60 now. Just recently started getting my kids (14,14 and 17 yrs. old) involved in foosball and billiards. So excited to see this video and this technique. Don't ever remember seeing this technique back years ago when I played. Can't wait to get home and practice. Exciting stuff!!
They got a few guys where I’m from at the local bar who use the wrist rocket shot they call it. Kick my butt
Sounds like me, an old timer. I started back in 1976 and remember facing this shot.
Cool..welcome back! This shot wasn't around when I started back in 1972. My son is a master of the shot.
Love Foosball. Thanks for the tips and helping the game be more fun.
Great video I learned alot hopefully theres more videos at different positions
Hey Chase, great vid. I really liked the two balls exercise. I'll be using that example to train a couple of beginners playing with us now. Probably try it myself too, but like you the snake shot isn't my go-to shot either, I like the euro-pin for front toe and rear toe shots.
But thanks for the tip series Bro.
Great video. Just learning the shot and you have helped me understand it better.
Great post up ! Never cared to learn that roll over shot . Being a 70's player when I got back into it in 2000 I tripped when I saw it done at a tourney and thought not legal but its within the rules after a closer look .. Took me a bit to adjust to stop the shot for sure . Especially since I don't hardly move when playing goalie for physical reasons . lol .
I have had problems with the motion of this shot. After taking your tips with the 3 balls was able to get it. Thanks a lot
Chase, When you want to do a cutback snake should you get the "cutback" from hitting 1/2 the ball causing the ball to angle in? Or do you get the "cutback" from the actual recoil motion? Do some players do it one way and others do it differently? Both seen like they might be effective. Pro's cons? Love your tutorials! I'm grinding on my game.
I watched like 5 other videos on the snake shot and couldn't do it. After your video I did my first snake shot in 30 minutes. Thanks!
Jordan Gunther that is awesome!!! Thanks!
Over the past month I have been practicing basic drills, the 5 man wall pass series, the snake shot, and the pull shot from goal for about 10 ish minutes during my break. 3 days ago I started challenging the best foosball player at my work. He beat me 2/0. The next day he won 2/1. Today I won 2/1! I scored the most from the pull shot from goal probably because I was rarely successful with my wall pass series and wasn't able to take a ton of offensive shots. I am having a really hard time speeding up my wall pass series.
Jordan Gunther practice makes perfect! It is something you are going to have to keep doing and trying to get faster and faster!
Great video once again
Muito obrigado!!!
thanks Chase!
What's the best way to wrap the grips? And what's a good tape to use?
Thank you brother
Thank you.
This is an awesome video
I played back in the 80's and we just called it a toe shout.
Not actually the same shot. The Toe shot was a front pin.
it was always a pull kick/toe shot also the push kick/toe shot played the other way. played in many many tournaments in the 70s/80s
Good stuff brother! Can you help with choosing table. I want my first table to be my last thanks
thanks for showing, very helpful ...i am wondering, what kind of light you are using for your table? Did you make on your own? thanks
Tobias Häntschke yes, I did make it. I have a video on my channel on how I made it.
In Italy the rules are different, but as far as I know they should be the official European rules: it is not possible to shoot with the same player with whom the ball stopped, if the ball has been stopped you have to pass it or let it bounce, don't make a direct shot on goal.
And you cannot pass to another player on the same line and shoot directly, if you stop the ball you must first bounce it laterally against a bank.
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Thank you so much, nice tips indeed! Can you tell me what is that thing you roll on the bars and is it necessary (to avoid scratches and sores on the hand and fingers, I guess)
They are called Wraps. We use them similar to a wrap on a tennis racket.
Nice
Any thoughts on the stance? I've seen a wide variety, but tend to like a pretty neutral one as opposed to open like the pull shot.
Steven Jaconette when it comes to stance you want to have good balance. Almost square with the table
when one doesnt have the tornado table... where roughly is the ball position on the left and right where it should be when beeing shot... like compared to the goal? in line with the post? a bit more to the goal? a bit further out?
I have such a paraphrase table with flat player feet that it can’t do this, but still great video
So advanced
You are the best man in the world ,after my neck ,3rd back surgery and spinal cord surgery we will play together il, pay your way.cstch me a big fish
Newer tables are slick, not lie the older tournament soccer
It depends on the table. I think each table plays a little different. But some of the newer tables are TOO sticky.
good vidéo bug i get more ànd more good THX luv toi all
I am really interested in getting better at foosball. Great video. But... if you listen to the audio as if it’s a urologist explaining other urologists what to do during an exam, 100x better XD
In the old games the hands have to touch the grip. That was in the 1970s world tournaments. The Germans created Foosball and the rules
They did create foosball, but not the rules. The rules were made here in the USA.
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very very good thank you
I love this game it’s so much fun! Thanks for the tips!
I was neighbor to Don Swan, we practiced day and night in the 80-90,s
. I hate the forward pin
That must have been entertaining at least; Don was (and still is) an entertaining and talented player to watch.
Nice rug...
Paul Smith right?!
This is harder than i thought 🤣🤣
They need to back the cast iron men with the cork balls .. Ah whole other game...best game ever....
I am champions in city.from pakistan
do you put any substance on the rods to make them slide easier? I was experimenting with different types of greasy substances, but most of them become adherent after a few matches and it ruins the experience. also, what you do in the case the rods become bent due to putting force onto them?
Silicone is what you use on most tables
@@ChasePennell my table has metal rods with a really thin cromium shield, but people have been putting their weight on the bars when trying to make pull shots and not only did the bent the bars a bit but also scratched off the cromium. we used marmelade to make it slide and it slides like mad, but after a few matches it thickens. will try silicone based oils tho. Thank you for the tip
@@mvsebastian Not all tables are the same....
The rollover ruined the art of shooting the ball, kinda like computers
ruining chess. According to several different people and at least one
former World Champion I had the fastest loudest closed hand pull shot
they had ever seen. When this shot first came out we called it the "Monkey Toe"
You're the kind of guys I hated facing. Lighning quick pull (or push) shots, blink and it's CLUNK! in the goal. 😁😁😀
Chase,
1. how much pressure do you put on the ball?
2. What adjustments do you make when playing on the fireball table?
fooser the pressure on the ball is pretty light but enough to rock the ball, for fireball I didn't make any adjustment really for a snake. The adjustments were mostly for anything in a back pin.
help me
Gonna try this. The girl I'm seeing now is a professional foosball player and met all the top dogs, and she won the junior championship for singles in 2012 and played for team USA. So I need all the help I can get. Actually her and her family all play. Mike Stahl, Angelina Stahl and i can't remember her dad's name. Lol
Mike’s Dad is also Mike LoL but I know them well!
@@ChasePennell ok ok. So then you know who I'm talking about. Actually just getting into it, but I like it and Angelina is teaching me some along with other people she knows
Actually, this video, I used my first snake shot on her on the table she has at home, lol. Maybe I shouldn't tell her where I learned it from. Lol
Thats great mate once u get good you can tour as mixed doubles partners together
im about to start play anyone have any recommendations I wanna solid table so how much the table need to weight and true dimensions for tournament table and if anyone know which are budget friendly to buy in Europe and where any info appreciated
Only... I repeated ONLY get a Tornado table.
Isn't it just a foward toe ,yep
Bruh that flex
This and Cornhole I know
Who makes those handles?
Tornado
I'm the single person who play this shot whole my Town . I didn't see yet snake shot player in my whole country wherever I been .
In my day I'll have block that shot all day long
I have a good toe shot, that seems better than a roll over. Back. In the 70tys everyone used that shot, now You hardly ever see it. What advantage does the roll over have to a toe shot?
The snake is faster and more powerful. Less of a tell as well.
Do you have your table secured from above?
I am not sure what you mean.
The metal angle iron holds his table light, not the table from the ceiling.
What kind of table is that.
Tornado
What about rolling your wrist down less than 360 degrees, as if you are winding up and then roll back up real fast less than 360 degrees to strike the ball? Is that legal?
Moving your wrist further down will not change it. The rule is "You cannot rotate the rod 360 degrees before or after striking the ball. So it cannot really happen.
@@ChasePennell I said less than 360. With the man in the standing straight up position, I roll the bar down with my wrist until the man rotates approx 3/4 of a rotation (approx 270 degrees) as if to wind up, then roll the bar back up with my wrist approx 3/4 of a rotation or approx 270 degrees to strike the ball. There is a little bit of a follow thru but well short of 1/4 rotation or approx 90 degrees. So I guess I am doing it legal. I hope this made sense. I have always loved playing foosball but I haven't play in about 10 years.
@@rockheadesq.8720 it's impossible to rotate more than 360 because the farthest down you can go into the back of the ball...farthest you can go up is on top...so 360° is not possible due to the size of the ... if you wound up to say the middle of your arm away from the ball slightly before hitting it and go 360° before hitting the ball...yes it's illegal...but while touching the ball...its impossible...since when you strike it at 355° ish maybe...it resets...so you're legal doing it the way you do it...follow thru more than 360 would be tough to catch unless you go up your arm and you'd spin or you'd lose the rod cause you don't have enough length to go farther with follow thru naturally...you'll spin when you can't catch it...hope this is understandable...sorry so long
Technically 390 degrees is more than 360 degrees.
Do it slow mo...
What table is that?
Tornado
@@ChasePennell omg thanx for respondong but what type of tornado table to he specific?
@@jothaman3555 Coin-Op. T3000
Have you ever played a tournament where the snake shot isn't allowed? Your hand isn't technically on the handle. I'm a pull shot guy also, but have been refining my snake shot.
Hi I've just got a table that's why I'm here
Can’t do a dead man. Only a pull or push can
You 100% can shoot deadbar snake shots....
They can twist the facts of the mechanics of the snake shot but it goes way past 360 degrees. I personally hate it and it's a bogus shot.
The rule is "360 Degrees BEFORE or AFTER Striking the ball." Which this shot does not. Now i have no problem with it, because i find it easy to block.
Yeah once you hit the ball...350° roughly...it resets...and now you have another 360° to work with...I'm not a roller guy....I shoot a backpin...and a euro front pin...and a slew of others...but a roller is something I am debating to learn...I have been playing since the eighties and I get bored doing the same shot all the time...but when Billy Pappas says..."l usually tell people to not shoot backpins...or pull kicks and such for their main shot...but you shoot the backpin too good to not shoot it so keep shooting it " ..it was somewhere along those lines...lol...but I may look into shooting this garter snakeshot...and give the Anacondabackpin a rest...(yes its been that name for years..lol...by others who've been bit by it...lol...nice vid my friend...hope to see you again soon. 😀
0 dislike tv bud
It sure made Foosball kinda boring. It is a illusive shot to block but we played a much more interesting game before the snake. Just my opinion.
I get it. But it isnt that hard of a shot to block. If you know the tricks you can block it pretty easy. (Against most people)
@@ChasePennell I started playing Foosball again after almost 30 years in May of 2019. I played on Dynamo's and I am getting used to the Tornado. I have messed around with the snake shot but I am trying to get my old game back and I am getting better but it is hard work. I am trying to overcome fear of injuring my right shoulder which I have had two Rotator Cuff surgeries and I didn't think I could ever play again. I am playing great competition at Mid South Foos. The guys have been very helpful and patient helping me. I have a lot of work ahead to being able to compete seriously with these players that never stopped playing. I am scoring pretty well but my 5 Bar isn't close to these guys. I once had a toe shot that could best pull shot shooters most of the time. I play on the heals and toes and do all kinds of combos off those set ups. No one really has my style and I once was very solid on Dynamo's with that style. The Tornado doesn't have the same action as a Dynamo. Also the table is slightly slicker than a Glass Top Dynamo. I have enjoyed watching you and you have been helpful. In a couple of years I plan on going to the Big Tournaments. Although I have to get better at the 5 bar.
So agree . Only shot I care not to do . First time I seen it i thought was cheesy shot for newbies that have problems moving the ball but some really good players that have no problem moving the ball use it .
Per carità bel tiro e tutto, ma napoletane, cinesi, fruste, tavolette, doppiette sono molto meglio.
Se io dovessi fare ogni volta solo e soltanto questo tipo tiro in attacco, probabilmente non avrei mai iniziato a giocare al calciobalilla. È monotono.
it is too late now, but i really wish the itsf would have banned snake shots long time ago using the no roll rule. it ruins the game imo
jochumsen87 it doesn't ruin the game ppl like you who can't learn to save it ruin the game
lol
easy to block
I hate this shot. It slows down the game.. no skill in slow ball
That isn't true. At a tournament this is the number 1 shot people use. Most people hate it because they cannot defend it.
Clasher, I agree. Stopping the ball and playing hocus pocus is kind of silly. Just shoot the ball on the fly, it's much more fun.
I don't think I've ever played a tournament where the teams didn't do slow ball. In fact, I don't think we ever played anything but slow ball in the bars and taverns.
@@Hamchunk1968 IDK i prefer this th-cam.com/video/u1-QK4VhzzI/w-d-xo.html . passing and draggin the ball is just too slow and kills the game.
Please don’t get used too it Lol you guys have no idea . Teaching how not to play is or has killed the game. Good quality video bad game play recommendations.
People say this all the time., but the best players in the world would still be the best players in the world.....
Missed my calling. I’d smash all you pros. Too bad no tournaments are in my area. Would be fun. Watched some of the pro games and I have to say, I was not impressed. Speed and passing are the only thing I have seen. And speed wins, but not when you have someone against you that has finesse and knows how to play without raw power and speed. And that’s not saying I don’t have those either. I don’t use the power much, tired of replacing men.
And why do the pro play with the kiddy tables? 3 man goalies??? And no ramps in the back. Lame. Million dollar table, old school. None of this 3 man stuff. Real old school guys know about the million dollar tables
Where are you from? I am sure I can find someone for you to play. :-)
@@ChasePennell Washington
@@surslaughter115 People 100% play there! You can find a game for sure.
But can you describe why the new tables are 3 man goalies and have to corner ramps? I think it took more skill to play goalie with the older tables.
@@ChasePennell I know people here play. I’m talking about tournaments
This has nothing to do with foosball !!!
Nice
Thanks