Pull Kick

Information about the Pull-kick for Beginners

The Pull Kick has always been a shot that is easy to execute on any foosball table, but depending on whether you use wrist or palm technique, the accuracy and speed varies. This shot is mostly used as a secondary backup shot rather than a primary shot. There are two ways of executing the shot: palm or wrist. I would suggest you choose wrist for mastery, as you can control the speed of execution and speed of the ball. All you need is practice... :-) Advantages: easy to setup and learn for beginners there are 5 holes opened to a pull-kick shot at any one time as suppose to 7 scoring opportunities depending on the defense. natural ability to transform into other shots like tic-tac, pull shot, etc. Disadvantages: compared to the push-kick, the pull-kick depends on the palm technique to control the "squaring-off" or "spraying" of ball shot on a goal very tough to recoil on a "deadman" (but then again, do you need to?)

Push Kick

Information about the Push-kick for Beginners

The push-kick is one of those most basic and straightforward shot. It is easy to learn but tough to master. Technically, there are many ways of scoring a goal with the push-kick and is hard to explain without watching how it is done. Suffice it to say that it should be executed in one single movement. There are two ways of executing the shot: palm or wrist. I would suggest you choose wrist for mastery, as you can control the speed of execution and speed of the ball. Advantages: easy to setup and learn for beginners there are 5 holes opened to a push-kick shot at any one time as suppose to 7 scoring opportunities depending on the defense. natural ability to transform into other shots like tic-tac, pull shot, etc. the ability to control the "squaring-off" or "spraying" of ball shot on goal the ability to control the speed of execution and speed of the ball. Disadvantages: very tough to recoil on a "deadman" (but then again, do you need to?)

Push Shot

Information about the Push Shot for Beginners

The Push Shot, alter ego of the Pull Shot, was also one the most scary shot used by experienced users. The fact that it is hard to "recoil" using this shot, prevents it from being chosen as a primary shot by player. Advantages: easy to setup and learn for beginners, and on any foosball table there are at best 4 holes opened to the push shot at any one time depending on the defense. natural ability to transform into other shots like tic-tac, push shot fakes, etc. the ability to control the speed of execution and speed of the ball. Disadvantages: very tough to recoil on a "deadman"

Pull Shot

About Pull Shot:	At one time the Pull Shot is THE shot to use! Deadly on any table. This popular shot is used by various world-ranked players such as Todd Loffredo, Tom Adkisson, Tony Bacon, Dave Gummeson, Cindy Head, etc.
Variations:	Roll fake, roll and push kick & snake pull shot.

Snake Shot

About Snake Shot:	This popular shot is used by various world-ranked players. Popularise by Terry Moore (King of Snake), in the World Championship.
Also known as:	Rollover, Wristrocket, variation of Front-toe or Front pin.

So what's new?

There's a DYP coming up in Breakers Ampang, you know the one in City Plaza, KL. Check out the Events section for more info. FM has postponed the Player's Championship to March 2001. And our friends from Japan will be here. Well, this site is new for one thing.

	DYP	Forward Shootout	Women Singles	Mixed Doubles	Rookie Singles	Rookie Doubles	Pro-Am Doubles	Open Singles	Open Doubles
1st	50%	50%	Trophy	Trophy	Trophy	Trophy	$600	$1200	$2000
2nd	30%	30%	Trophy	Trophy	Trophy	Trophy	$300	$600	$1000
3rd	20%	20%	Trophy	Trophy	Trophy	Trophy	$150	$300	$500
4th							$70	$150	$250
5th								$75	$125
6th								$35	$60
Entry Fees
Pro	15	10	20	30			80	80	80
Semi Pro	15	10	20	25			70	70	70
Rookie	15	10	20	20	40	40	60	60	60

Please note that all figures are in Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) or Ringgit Malaysia (RM).

Schedule of Events
27th April (Friday)		28th April (Saturday)		29th April (Sunday)
8pm	Hall Opens	11am	Rookie Singles	11am	Rookie Doubles
9pm	DYP	2pm	DYP	2pm	Open Singles
10pm	Forward Shootout	4pm	Mixed Doubles	4pm	Pro-Am Doubles
		6pm	Women Singles	10pm	Prize Giving
		8pm	Open Doubles	11pm	Goodbye

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Early birds who register before 7th April 2001 can take advantage of package deals below :

Package Deals
Category	Open Singles	Open Doubles	Pro Am	Rookie Singles	Rookie Doubles	Total	Actual Savings
Pro	x	x	x			150	90
Semi-Pro	x	x	x			120	90
Rookies	x	x	x	x	x	150	110

Wasteland Revisited

Wasteland Pub, why is this name synonymous with foosball in Malaysia? Well, for one thing, not only was it a place where a lot of foosers gathered but it was also the breeding ground for new foosers.

The first time I heard about Wasteland was in 1997 through my friend, Nirvanic. Nirv was a close friend of Junior, Richard and Robot, three of the few shareholders of Wasteland. Since, I knew Robot through my RPG and table-top gaming days, I decided to pay a visit to Wasteland. To my surprise, I met a few familar foosball players - Ah Boy, Bernard Teh and Alex Chong; whom I met in Time Out Sports Pub. Turning regular, I got to know many others players like Terence, Kenny, Ronnie Kok, Ben Tan, Ray Ng, Sean Yeap, Kevin Chang, Mohan, Calvin, Albert, etc. Just too many to name.

During that time, the Mild Seven National Championship was underway and the winners were sent to the World Championship in Dallas, Texas. Well, you can say that all the winners were Wasteland regulars. And naturally, after the Worlds, those players came back with new ideas, techniques and tactics. There was a big buzz and players were exchanging ideas and telling unbelievable stories from the West.

From then on, the player-base increased, skills improved. But unfortunately, Wasteland was sold and turned into a non-foosball establishment. T'was a sad day.

I still remember what a friend of mine once told me, he said, "When I go to another pub to play foosball. All I need to do to gain a psychological advantage, is to say that I am a regular at Wasteland."

What a great place!

Note: The name I used, "countryman", originated from Wasteland. How that came about was that I used to blab and yak a lot when playing a game. Always jesting and yakking away and annoying the hell out of the other player. And my favourite quote was from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, when Mark Anthony makes his speech after the death of Caesar. It goes, "Friends, Romans (I substituted Malaysian) and country man..." I would use that phrase when they score a goal on me. Later, I just called my opponents, "Country man, why you like that... blah, blah, blah". And since then I have been tagged as such... a countryman :-)