| Bubble hockey has become quite popular today and | | | | bubble hockey table gets them all hyped up, and we all |
| because of that, there are now a lot of bubble hockey | | | | know how kids can be boisterous. |
| manufacturers around the world. In 1969, three | | | | · Interactive game play - Because it gives |
| Brunswick engineers named Bob Kendrick, Brad | | | | them a chance to actively interact with friends and |
| Baldwin, and Phil Crossman invented air hockey in their | | | | family and it rouses a friendly competition which |
| attempt to come up with a game involving a | | | | makes the game even more exciting and fun to play. |
| non-friction surface. However, it would be several | | | | · Magic - Kids are easily fascinated and the |
| years before air hockey was revived and later finished | | | | sight of the puck floating on air, across the bubble |
| thanks to Bob Lemeuix. | | | | hockey table, is magical to a kid. |
| Because of air hockey's immediate success, | | | | · Easy to Learn; Hard to Master - Whether |
| tournaments were organized which eventually led to a | | | | you're young or old, beginner or advanced, you can |
| bubble hockey World Championship. The game is most | | | | have fun playing it. Beginners may take more time to |
| popular in the U.S.A. and most champions came from | | | | learn and get the hang of other sports, but with it, there |
| America although Jose Mora, who is from Venezuela, | | | | is not much skill needed. You just knock the puck back |
| was a three-time World Champion. | | | | and forth and hope it gets into your opponents slot |
| Later air hockey moved into the arcades and the | | | | while you protect your own goal. Of course when you |
| tables were covered with plastic domes creating the | | | | set out to become a professional player, there are |
| modern bubble hockey table we all know and love. But | | | | skills and techniques to be learned, but for those who |
| why do we love it so much? Here are a few reasons | | | | just want to play the game for fun, it doesn't take a lot |
| for popularity: | | | | to learn to play hockey. |
| · Fast-paced gaming action - You don't have | | | | Obviously, there are lots of great reasons to enjoy a |
| time to get bored here! Kids especially enjoy it since it | | | | bubble hockey table. Just remember that there are a |
| allows them to be active and make as much noise as | | | | few differences between air and it games. In the latter, |
| they want. | | | | you play with a simulated hockey team while in air |
| · Did we say noise? - Noise is another reason | | | | hockey it's just two opponents, two goals, and a puck. |
| why people, mostly kids, love playing it. The click-clack | | | | But you don't have the nifty plastic bubble. The choice |
| sound the puck makes as it is knocked across the | | | | is yours but it never goes out of style. |