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