2022 Texas State Championships of Foosball - Open Singles - Tony Spredeman vs Todd Loffredo

[@echosevanz2590]

Very entertaining to see both of them putting there skills on display taking a variety of different shots instead was of their standard game.

[@Chonchey]

I stopped here after work and the atmosphere is something else. World class.

[@ZenofNow1]

😳This is the best singles match I’ve ever seen. 😳

[@jeremypierce9059]

This is a must-watch for anybody that's into foosball.

[@rickygarcha1311]

Riveting

[@ameliaperticarini5427]

No wonder the game dyed. What happened to proper rules.

[@jeremypierce9059]

@@ameliaperticarini5427 The screen killed foosball along time ago. What change in the rules are you writing about.

[@equinoxshadow7190]

Dang gum! Loffredo is still playing foosball. The guy is going to be 100 years old soon.

[@ZenofNow1]

60?

[@dangielfrauk8484]

The documentary "foosballers" on youTube, behind a paywall, is top 20 films I've seen in my life.(to be clear. I wasn't a foosball fan prior to watching it but damn I think about that film all the time so I've become a fan of foosball.

[@recordednowhere]

thanks for the rec, just watched it.

[@finnhaai8011]

This was a hell of a game where tony was better upfront but todd was more dangerous from behind and both where fenomenoul in the middle

[@tinatomaszewski6473]

Damn I miss playing foosball. I'm happy to see Todd's still at it!

[@ragemarci]

14:40

[@ericbrogen8080]

I'm not taking away from these guys, they definitely have some skill at foosball. After watching these guys, I just can't believe how good we were when I was a kid. Thank God the adults taught us how to play without spinning, brought back some fun memories of the skating rink.

[@russ8233]

Honestly I played in many tournaments, mostly doubles because there were so many of us, and these dudes wouldn't have lasted long at all against us. There are so many more shots without "hacking" and calling it passing.

[@vanillacokedeala]

The guy on the left would beat you with just his left hand and you would not score a single point.

[@spike--]

I used to play tony in the 90's(Waterloo, Wi). He would own you! 😂

[@ppbuttocks2015]

@@russ8233passing is cheating?

[@recordednowhere]

​@@russ8233 their titles kinda make your claims sound funny

[@shamimyousefi3361]

Tony You are warrior 🙏🏻🏆💚✌🏼

[@MasseMo.]

the 2nd goal of Todd was more then 360° or?

[@HH-ez6qc]

I could play with these two. Do they allow shooting from the goalie in these tournaments??

[@FoosballSportsNetwork]

You can shoot from anywhere on the table. Although shooting from the goalie isn't very smart.

[@HH-ez6qc]

@ Yes, I normally shoot from the 2 players. I use bank shots, pull and push. I can push the ball and score with an opposite side bank shot. I will occasionally shoot from the back to surprise people. It has a lot of force, probably the hardest shot I have. You can’t see any of my shots when I hit them.

[@TidesGate]

Did Todd retire his pull shot ☹

[@ZenofNow1]

Can you add slo-mo replay?

[@FoosballSportsNetwork]

I have replay live on stream. I stream on twitch under the same name.

[@ZenofNow1]

@@FoosballSportsNetwork slo-mo = slow motion?

[@TNels]

You can change playback speed with the little gear on the video player here. Down to .25 speed, but edited into the video would be better.

[@GoDDamnHosTile]

How is the guy in blue not DQ-d for spinning?

[@spike--]

Because he's not spinning.

[@bradsmith1189]

i grew up playing foos since 1970-2000. i loved going to these tourneys but just got uninthused with the game and did other things for a few several years. after about 10 years i started watching and going to these games. but alas it was the same tourneys, same shots, different players. Got boring all over again quick. So we got us a group together and had our private tourneys and rule number one was you cannot do same shot twice to score. makes everyone have to learn different shots. Revitalized our games anyway.

[@oceanborn05]

Sounds awesome. I think that rule makes sense to make things less repetitive. Sadly in Israel we only have like 1 bar with a pretty bad table, but I met some guys there and we used to meet for beers and foos. Flew to Berlin once and visited this Foosball-centric bar, and was blown away with the level. Some 60+ years old guy with a custom glove destroyed me effortlessly. First time seeing snake shots in real life, I was totally geeking out since the best we could on our table were some shoddy pullshots. Really makes me feel like playing again

[@ryanriley4301]

I'm confused... they don't serve the ball? They just set it down in front of their own guy?

[@FoosballSportsNetwork]

Yes, the governing body for foosball is based in Europe and European tables don’t have a serve hole. So they start the ball like they do in soccer.

[@jonblack6624]

ya stupid rule

[@crivatz]

What is Lofredo’s shot style called? It looks like a snake, but with a normal grip…

[@FoosballSportsNetwork]

That is called a flippy

[@devin-5679]

@@FoosballSportsNetwork flippy? lool ive never heard that, only front pin

[@FoosballSportsNetwork]

@@devin-5679 became popular among players over the last few years when you catch your opponent being lazy when setting up a toe shot.

[@ikechicoreralation]

The guy wearing blue is nice!

[@samuelmadden6811]

I started watching these Foosball videos of modern day play and one thing that I keep seeing is that people just don't know how to properly defend a goal, whether singles or doubles. I did see one video where the guy was defending properly about 70% of the time, but then would switch and get hammered. That was a doubles event where Tony Sprederman was on Offense and his partner D'Moto was playing defense. I grew up in the days of TS (Tournament Soccer fame), and my specialty was goalie, and I am just not seeing the skill at goalie that we had in the late 70's and early 80's.

[@laurenthautier4643]

Wich skillsets are you talking about? Any video of somebody you know? Always happy to learn something from the past and apply it in the present. Greetings from belgium

[@mmahunter]

Yeah Dude, you probably right. World class players dont know how to defend tge goal 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@samuelmadden6811]

@@mmahunter Today's players are not world class. They can't make money at it so there isn't much incentive for the players that are or could be a lot better to do the circuit. Take a look back at the mid to late 70's when players were making 6 figures playing the game. That is when you truly had World Class Players. People are not going to spend the time perfecting a game they can't make a living at or support a family with.

[@Silenced_by_Utoob]

I didn’t think it was legal to spin the rods

[@thomashaddock3023]

They aren't spinning the rods more than 360

[@Fyre19]

bet these guys are really good at hjs

[@jeremypierce9059]

On the first drop Tony only hit two guys before he advance the ball

[@longj33]

He put a shot on goal and didn’t try to advance a pass.

[@ndnballin]

Nobody cares who sponsored the video. We skip that part. 🤣

[@Slick-Jay]

Wtf do they have 13 players each?

[@FoosballSportsNetwork]

Yes, traditional US tables have 3 man goalie rods and no ramps.

[@uz16]

I can't even see the ball when they shoot it

[@JamesHubbs-g9r]

James Michael Hubbs Christian interested in playing the game with family hugs love kisses handshakes and got to buy a foosball table

[@Foozefighter]

8:54 ... wow, nice fail

[@EarthSurferUSA]

I only played a handful of pro's, top being a guy named Bob Kurtin from Michigan, (I played him, and pro friends at a bar for a few weeks in Grand Rapids Michigan around 1993ish.), but I can make my shots as much or more on these guys as they can on me, (We built a bigger menu of shots). My problem is, they are a lot better than me with the 5-man passing. I could never get the left hand coordination down. Simple. If you can't get the ball up front, you can't make the shot. I prefer serving the new ball than just giving it to the guy. If there is a good reason for that, I would love to see it.

[@phred8078]

Weak 😂😂😂😂 There is no spinning in Real foosball

[@quadrinkwalizeddba9081]

Challenging all foosball players do you want my address? Lol was do this

[@Chadazzle1983]

First dude in the hat wouldn't make it, he would be disqualified. Man in making 360° rotation

[@Foozefighter]

definition of sleeping at the wheel ... how is this a state championship?

[@tiriaqstreasures650]

I don't know if anyone else knows about these rules, in a place in the Netherlands we played with 4 and no goals were allowed from the middle or indirect touching any other player in the field including the keeper :)

[@EarthSurferUSA]

No 5-man shots and only clean shots counted. Yea, we played that way. But after a bit, we got better. :)

[@lilsabin]

Same in where I was born in West africa , middle man goal wasnt considered a goal or it was half point

[@David-q2c2w]

We called it a center hack. No score ,but the next goal was worth 2

[@quadrinkwalizeddba9081]

Do y'all want to see some real shots this is stupid s*** right here

[@ameliaperticarini5427]

Lol seriously what are they doing! This is not how to play this game.

[@FoosballSportsNetwork]

How are you supposed to play this game?

[@jonblack6624]

there sure is bunch stupid rules , Todd is clearly better player, rules as they are, well go back and count CLEAN SHOTS, luck or slop shots, bank shots, rushed or hurry up shots, why this game will never grow any more than what it is today. If the shot isn't clean or planned, it shud never be counted, nobody wants to win on ball that ricochets off two guys n wall, n barely rolls in. wheres ref ? hitting on waitress . at least its quiet in whoevers basement they're playing in and not a crowded bar where ppl are bumping in players where championship game is being played, for the money organizers are making off participants, they cud a lot more for sport than the lil they do .....RULES N VENUE biggest problems

[@sf657]

Why would you only count clean shots? I dont know any sport where only clean shots count. In Football/Soccer there are deflected shots, same with handball. If it hits the target it hits the target no matter how. The players can ask for a ref if they want to, but normally it is based on fair play. If there is a ref for every game you would need to many of them even though they are not needed in most cases. Most foosball events, at least in Germany are played in pretty big locations with enough space.

[@jonblack6624]

@@sf657 ITS ABOUT TALENT, EXPERTISE , HONOR, obviously you have never been in a match with another opponent who was equally talented, then to win from not one but two balls that were meant to be passes , but you missed stop, ball angles off yours touches another and slowly rolls in , giving you win....something only you cud walk out and hold your head up and graciously accept. many ppl dissapprove of these rules not being what they are suppose be fair and impartial , NOT FINAL , OR JUDGMENTAL . HAVE YOU EVEN READ RULES. NO BLUE JEANS, NO BOOTS, WHAT DO THOSE RULES HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SPORT? SHORTS ARE OK. YOU CALL TORNADO A SPONSER? FOR WHAT ? DID THEY DONATE TO ANY TOURNAMENT , EXCEPT VEGAS, NOTHING BUT THEIR APPROVAL USE OF NAME, MANY OTHER TABLES OF EQUAL QUALITY, AND SHUD BE USED IN A NATIONAL AND GLOBAL TOURNAMENTS, WHY SPORT DIED ONCE AND WILL BE DEAD AGAIN, IT MEAN S NOTHING TO TORNADO ONLY TO ORGANISERS WHO REALLY MAKE MONEY

[@jonblack6624]

@@sf657 THEN USE 8 MAN TABLES OR 16 MAN TABLES, TABLES SHUD NOT BE MODIFIED FOR COMFORT OR MANUFACTURERS WUD PRODUCE THEM THAT WAY, HOW MANY TIMES IN DBLS CAN PLAYERS SWITCH POSITIONS ACCORDING TO RULES? QUITE A FEW MATCHES THREE - FOUR TIME IN ONE GAME NOT MATCH

[@ernestd]

have you ever sit down and learn what the world of foosball is about? its modalities across the world, its competitive history, etc? Before criticizing straight away?

[@jeremybr2020]

@@jonblack6624 Is this your first time to watch these 2 players? Todd Loffredo is an absolute legend in foosball. But to say he is clearly the better player against Tony Spredeman, who's considered the greatest singles player ever to play the game, is ludicrous. Now perhaps this match isn't the best one for you to gauge these players because they were playing a lot of unorthodox shots. If this was the world championships final match, neither would be playing like they are here. Not to say that what they were doing here wasn't impressive and a great display of skill. But in the bigger matches, they would be playing with a more serious style and more consistent shots. But you are right, no one wants to win by slop. But it happens. Especially in singles matches. Just like shooting and defense, having the ability to keep out some of that slop is a great skill in of itself. So instead of focusing on the few slop shots that go in, instead look at the many that they amazingly keep out of their goals using extremely quick reflexes and ball location awareness. "TABLES SHUD NOT BE MODIFIED FOR COMFORT OR MANUFACTURERS WUD PRODUCE THEM THAT WAY" What does that mean? Are you talking about the players using wraps on the handles. That must be what you're referring to because nothing else is added or taken away. Unless you count them putting silicone on the rods. And what's wrong with them using wraps? Golfers wear gloves when playing for better grip. Same with baseball and football (American). And who gives a shit how many times the players switch? First off, switching doesn't happen that much on average anyways. And when or if it does, it's usually a strategic tactic. Which only enhances the game, giving it more complexity. None of that is a bad thing.

[@srabonx]

Lol... I play so much better than them. Try me someday!

[@srabonx]

@lolotheking7189 No, I have been playing since 2012.

[@mmahunter]

​@@srabonxyeah, yeah. You probably better than the top world class players, cause you played for a couple years....😂

[@srabonx]

@@mmahunter ahaha

[@robcocco8648]

These guys are not the best. Best at a local bar maybe. Stop spinning!