Foosball is a very popular indoor game in the world, especially with the football fans which are very easy to come by. It is played on a small table with wooden players attached on eight steel rods which can be moved forward, backwards and rotated to hit the ball. At any time two players play against each other. The aim is simple, the one scoring more goals wins.

Normally the game is played with preset number of goals required to win, normally it is five goals or seven goals, and the matches are best of three or best of five. This is true pertaining to serious players. It is very common to see friends playing at informal gatherings, in such cases they decide the winning criteria.

You would also see the friends getting serious once the game starts as it generally gets you in the mode of wanting to win. It is a great indoor game as it requires very little space and gets the adrenalin going and to the surprise of many gets one to sweat it out a bit.

The game has reached new levels with many serious tournaments being held worldwide with large sums of prize money being offered, in some cases as much as US$ 100,000. These tournaments usually last for anything from five to seven days involving at times up to a 1000 players. These are quite stressful for the players as they end up playing up to 12 hours a day during the course of the tournament.

It is surely a game you must try, but beware, it has full possibility of making you an addict of Foosball.