| Air hockey is one of my favorite things to | | | | they're made of plastic but there are ones |
| do. I swear it helped make me who I am today. | | | | made of wood and metal. Air hockey is a |
| (No snide remarks, please.) In all | | | | fast-paced, fun game that anyone can play.Air |
| seriousness, it really did provide a way for | | | | hockey helped me open up because, as I said, |
| me to become more sociable. I made quite a | | | | I wasn't all that good at pool, and darts |
| few friends over the air hockey table. When I | | | | wasn't really my game, either. But get me at |
| was a child I wasn't all that competitive or | | | | an air hockey table, and I'm unbeatable! |
| especially athletic for that matter. I wasn't | | | | There's nothing like enjoying a couple beers |
| a dork, and I always had at least a few | | | | and battling it out with some air hockey. |
| friends, but I was never one of the popular | | | | Because I enjoyed it so much I was willing to |
| kids, either.Things stayed the same through | | | | play anybody, and if there were no opponents |
| high school and into college. It wasn't until | | | | at hand I'd just go up to someone at the bar |
| after I turned 21 and started hitting the | | | | and ask them if they wanted to play. Yep, |
| bars, that things began to change. I'd played | | | | some of these people were women. I was never |
| air hockey before I turned 21, but I didn't | | | | good at just going up to girls I don't know |
| get into it until I started frequenting a bar | | | | and talking to them, but air hockey gave me a |
| that had a table in the back. While most | | | | way to start the conversation. A girl would |
| college bars feature darts, pool, and | | | | much rather hear, "Would you like to play |
| foosball, this place had an air hockey table. | | | | some air hockey?" instead of, "Hey baby, come |
| I was never all that good at pool, plus it | | | | here often?"I made lots of friends over air |
| requires a lot of space. It's pretty easy to | | | | hockey games and met a bunch of girls. I left |
| fit an air hockey table into almost any bar. | | | | that college bar behind some years ago but I |
| My favorite bar had a table and I quickly | | | | never lost that love for air hockey. I |
| became almost consumed by it.Air hockey is a | | | | recently purchased an air hockey table, and I |
| simple game. You're just trying to get the | | | | can't express how happy I am with it. If |
| puck into your opponent's goal, which is a | | | | you're thinking about getting one, just |
| slot at the end of the table. It's called air | | | | figure out what you want to spend and go from |
| hockey because the playing surface is | | | | there. Tables are available for every budget. |
| perforated and air is forced through the | | | | It's a great wholesome game that anyone can |
| holes causing the puck to glide effortless. | | | | play.Gregg Hall is an author living in |
| The object you use to push and block the puck | | | | Navarre Florida. |
| is called an air hockey mallet. Usually | | | | |