Foosball

Table football, or alternatively foosball, is a table-top game that is based on association football (soccer). Table football is normally called foosball in the United States and Canada.

To start play, the ball is served through a hole at the side of the table, or simply placed by hand at the feet of a figure in the middle of the table. This is usually the red player (or the side of the player where coins are thrown in). Players attempt to use figures mounted on rotating bars to kick the ball into the opponent's goal. A ball may travel at speeds up to 64 km/h (40 mph) in competition.

Ball control
Some rules consider "360-degree shots" or "spinning" (using the palm of the hand to rapidly spin the bar all the way around, instead of using wrist action to kick the ball with a bar-mounted figure) illegal, although this is not always the case.
The winner is determined when one team scores a predetermined number of goals, typically five, ten or eleven in competition.
Foosball tables can vary in size, but a typical table is about 120 cm long and 61 cm (2 ft) wide. The table usually contains 8 rows of "foos-men", which are plastic, metal, wooden, or sometimes carbon-fibre figures mounted on horizontal metal bars. Each team of 1, 2, or 3 human players controls 4 rows of foos-men.
The arrangement is standard. Looking from left to right on one side of the table;
Row 1
Goalkeeper
1 foosman (sometimes 3)
Row 2
Defense
2 foosmen
Row 3
Opponent's attack
3 foosmen
Row 4
Midfield
5 foosmen (sometimes 4 or 6)
Row 5
Opponent's midfield
5 foosmen (sometimes 4 or 6)
Row 6
Attack
3 foosmen
Row 7
Opponent's defense
2 foosmen
Row 8
Opponent's goalkeeper
1 foosman (sometimes 3)
Foosball can also be played with four people in "doubles" style, in which there are teams of two people on either side. In this scenario, one player can control the two defensive rows and the other team member uses the midfield and attack rows.