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[@dovxy9662]

Hello Jimmy

[@reejer]

Love the vid. Not trying to hate, but when are you going back to pk/free running vids??

[@britishfoosballassociation8656]

Hey Jimmy... the British Foosball Association here... thanks for making this great video. Brilliant research! You're completely on the button as to what happened in the 1970s with Tournament Soccer but actually these days there's a whole lot more happening in world table football than perhaps you made out in the film - and yes these days there's loads of stuff on social media too. Would love to have a chat and even better get you along to some of our events. Will.

[@3D_foos]

agree, the world cup comes to mind :) still a great job from someone not in our "group"

[@wads80z]

Question for the BFA - it has always bugged me that Foosball as a sport has such a handicap for left handed players. In tennis, bat and ball sports like cricket/baseball, golf, boxing etc being left handed brings a twist to the game but its never a true advantage or handicap. In Foosball though, it absolutely sucks having your dominant hand on the goalie or 5 bar compared to on your 3 bar.

[@britishfoosballassociation8656]

@@wads80z that's not the case at all. The most important rod is the 5-bar which most used to control and pass the ball. And this is done using the left hand. So lefties actually have a huge advantage! Scoring with the 3-bar - for which right-handers would have an advantage - is easier in comparison.

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

I hope your channel makes it big one day youll be on ESPN OCHO LOL (it's actually real!)

[@Werevertumoto]

Someone decided to put a foosball table at the cafe area in my work... we didn't really payed attention to it, it took a lot of time to gain some traction, but little by little we started finding how fun it was to play, we got a little secret club of employees and would meet to play in between breaks, all of the sudden it started becoming truly passionate and competitive, our skill level increased a lot, our style became more technical and strategic, we started having our own little championship, some of the older folks noticed and they joined us, they showed us their advanced techniques and skills, one of the guys in our group is an absolute unbeatable beast... turns out he was the foosball champion in his village in Algeria when he was young, we are now obsessed with the game, we take it very seriously, there is a lot of competition and we play at every chance we have, the table wore down a lot and is falling to pieces, we have been repairing it but I don't now how much longer it will hold, specially because some other coworkers started noticing out little foosball club and everyone wants to play now... 😁

[@TangoDownGaming]

Ah, I know this is from a while back, but recently, I have had somewhat of a similar situation. The warehouse I work at has a nice Tornado Elite. I became fascinated by the game, and we had some amazing players there. Me and my friend started from the same level and our games are always heated, and only get more technical as time goes. I constantly even keep up with maintanence on the table, making it the best it could be. Needless to say I am obsessed with the game and am on the hunt for my own table, its hard not to be playing constantly!

[@foosnews]

Nice mini-doc! I'm one of the modern generation of foosballers. Currently ranked top 10 in the world and one of the best in England. If you want any follow-up about the European scene I'd be happy to chat! I think the sport is due a revival but it's really hard to break through without corporate sponsorships and media coverage.

[@speedster0009]

Rich is legit!

[@rg-cb2wd]

Deutsch meister

[@arturdobrzynski6531]

Hi Rich. Would you recommend and decent beginner level foosball table available for purchase in the UK? Which model of Garlando if any? Or maybe the cool looking Fireball tournament approved table?

[@foosnews]

@Artur Dobrzyński Any of the garlando tables with pinny style feet would be a good beginner pick. G-500 perhaps if you're on a limited budget. Fireball is also great for practice, but there are far fewer tournaments on that table type (assuming you're in Europe).

[@TGiFoosday]

Hey Rich, do you know or played with Rob Atha (was England's youngest pro 20 yrs ago)? I met him and his Pops (Boris) in Las Vegas in 2000 & 2004 at the Hall of Fame tournament classics. Great guys and players both. My brother and I hung out with them every day playing warm up games waiting to be called for next matches, if still in and not doubled out yet. Even after being put out 2nd day we kept playing for the fun of it because it was so awesome to have high level players to play with and against. We entered a DYP they had the night before day 1 officially started after they had assembled 114 brand new Tornado tables in one conference room (what a sight that was!) and I drew a Vegas local (Marty) and played the best games of my life with him to go undefeated and win it. Sadly I must have used up all my foos juice doing that because I didn't perform very well in the real tournament afterwards (my brother/teammate still hates me for that lol). But we still play 2 nights a week at local Billiards hall for our #TGiFoosday get together that looks like either a geriatric club or Grateful Dead reunion.😅 Youngsters walk up to see what all these old grey guys are doing and thinking they'd have some fun kicking old asses and usually after a couple goals made say "F*ck that" pull their quarters back off table and go play pool lol. Kids just don't seem to have the drive in them like we did growing up looking forward to challenge whoever is holding the table. Foosball should be an Olympic event and I'll keep playing til I die, even if there comes a time I can't push the coin slide in no more, I'll get someone to do it for me, after that watch how I make the balls disappear in the goal hole 😂 I'm 64 this summer and most of the youngsters are still too afraid to try me, but we've picked up a couple new young guys last month that have realized that Foosball is Life, not something you need to get paid for and lessons cost a $1 each game, if you loose. 🔥#HOTSHOTS🤯 Shorts video examples of us living to play. Foosball isn't dead yet until we are. Got Game?

[@JamesWongLife]

How to make a Jimmy the Giant video: 1. Find a sport that was super popular and tell people about its history 2. Tell people that it got less popular because of XYZ 3. Say that it could be popular if their social media game was good 4. Finish with “peace”. Banging video though, I had no idea how popular fossball was! Seems criminal not to have a scene of joey and Chandler playing it though.

[@rmm302]

My brother was Jim Wiswell, miss him still till this day, hardest lost but watching him play at his house was amazing. My Mom had all his trophies downstairs. I have all his foosball newspapers, books and even a cassette tape with foosball songs. Foosball was his high and low in his life, contributed to the end of his life. Foosball went bankrupt and directly effected my brother.

[@TimeWillTellAll]

Will always remember your brother being gracious with his time. Went up to him (sheepishly) and ask him if I could get an understanding of how he controlled his passing series. He spent about 5 minutes explaining his thought process.

[@78tag]

I appreciate your loss. It takes a special type of person to be in the top ranks of that game. I'm sure the intensity of it was what drove your brother but the other side of that is there needs to be an outlet for that intensity. I can understand the loss you feel but the pride in a brother like that will last your whole life. Respectfully, TW - from a long extinct Tournament Soccer Table entity ...T-N-T FOOSBALL ENTERPRISES, San Diego, California.

[@TheAtoll]

Hey I just subscribed the other day! It's been fun looking at some of your older parkour content, but your more recent videos on obscure athletics (this video, the inline-skate video, and the g-tramp video) are what really brought me in!

[@RandoManFPV]

Agreed! I subbed for Parkour content a few months ago but these type videos draw me in for every second every time! I think it's really Cool that some is out here putting recognition to the more obscure sports and athletes!

[@3D_foos]

I've been playing Foosball for 35 years even had some of my matches on ESPN, you did a really good job covering the topic. i hope you find a local table and enjoy it half as much as i do.

[@TGiFoosday]

I've been and still playing now over 50 years because to me Foosball is Life, not something to be paid to do. I'm much better now than I was 20 yrs ago and still getting better than I was last week. We play 2 nights a week at #TGiFoosday get togethers that looks like a geriatric club or Grateful Dead reunion at Pockets Billiards hall where the youngsters say "F**k That Sh!t" and walk away to play pool instead. Foosball isn't dead while we live to play it. Got Game? 😅

[@speedysbarbershop]

Interesting video. I have two foosball tables at my barber shop so people can play while they wait

[@gustau4764]

In Spain it's called "futbolín" and it's still reasonavly popular as a pub game. It helps that the futbolín table design is, in my opinion, vastly better than the foosball tables I enountered in the UK. For one thing, the player distribution is 3-4-3, more reasonable and realistic than the 2-5-3 of foosball. The foorballin table is also a bit bigger and slightly concave so that the ball is never stalled in a flat area. And yes, you'll get your arse thoroughly kicked by regular fubolín punters.

[@caiusbaro3188]

The problem with the spanish funtbolin are the players : separate foot with arms, this design is pretty weird and makes it impossible to control the ball ^^'

[@smithryansmith]

every Spaniard ive ever met can play table football at a ridiculous level. even if they havent played for years. Its like its in the blood.

[@ellebelle2507]

In Germany it's HUGE too! :-)

[@Werevertumoto]

En Mexico "futbolito"

[@juliancoenen4917]

Huh interesting here in the Netherlands it is 2-5-3 but still popular, especially at schools amd pubs

[@randallbenton6906]

I played during the 'Glory days' of the late 70s/early 80s. I even appeared briefly playing next to Leif Garret in the movie, "Longshot." There was a tournament held at the MGM Grand Hotel in Reno, NV that was billed as the "First Annual $50k" I'm certain the MGM Grand expected this to be a money maker for them as hundreds of players would attend. I suppose they assumed they would make money on hotel rooms, the restaurants, and of course some of their own gaming in the casino. And while the top-tier players were adults with ample maturity and means, a large portion of the foosball players were under-aged kids who could not afford the luxuries of a fancy casino. Many packed four to five into a single hotel room, ate at more modest restaurants elsewhere, and were simply too young to gamble. I don't mean to disrespect the younger players, I'm just saying this age group was probably not the casino's target demographic. This tournament also drew no spectator traffic beyond the players themselves. IMO these were some of the reasons the MGM Grand in Reno never hosted a "Second Annual $50k" foosball tournament. Nevertheless, I loved playing and I miss the spectacle of those big tournaments. Thanks for the video!

[@78tag]

I agree, for the most part, foosballers at a tournament where a pretty cheap bunch. I know it was always "economy class" for me and my partner. We were there to take advantage of the bargain basement prices for the tables at the end of the event to take home to our little "Tournament Soccer" enterprise. We would buy a couple at each of the West Coast tournaments. We never made much money at the business but we got to play some pretty good competition and had a lot of fun.

[@Better2burnthanFade]

Hell Yes my man, Keep up the deep dives. Also more interviews from first hand accounts would be swell

[@JimmyTheGiant]

Biggup, got a cool interview in the next one

[@ninjabear17]

What you said about Prague is true, I went there 3 months ago and every pub/bar that young people went to had a table (if not several) and I got my ass absolutely handed to me by the locals

[@smithryansmith]

Ive lived in Prague for 20 years. Every Czech man can play well. Its like table football talent gets issued with a Czech passport.

[@smokecigar]

Are there any locals left in Prague? It's all French erasmus teens

[@chickensmack]

I worked at a software company in the late '90s and early aughts. We had a foosball table in the breakroom and it was very popular with nearly all who worked there. In 2001, we had an in-house tournament. My partner and I made it to the doubles final. We lost to the Senior VP and his partner. I'm going to call that a wise career move. :)

[@78tag]

Discretion over ego - smart duo.

[@williamcarey4172]

Thanx for the memories bro...me n my buds would travel all over the place to compete in tourneys....awsome times

[@78tag]

I hear ya talkin' :) :)

[@guilhermeruon2879]

Really enjoying the series on various sports history that entered mainstream, but fell out of grace! As you've mentioned beforehand on the inline skating video, our generation is very nostalgic. Talking on sports from our childhood brings back fond memories of the good'ol days. Pogo sticks, yoyo's, scooters, the classics really bring a ring to it.

[@78tag]

Absolutely, old-school kids grew up competing at everything in a physical way just because it was fun. It was outdoor stuff mostly. I think it rounded out personalities and character. It gave a basis for the development of a moral compass and an outlet for the pent up natural energy every kid has. The keyboard warrior lifestyle has robbed kids of that. I feel sorry for the kids that haven't chosen to take the opportunity to experience the childhood of an outdoor, active life style.

[@YODA-wx3uv]

Hi, here in Italy we have a fooseball table in every oratory, and sometimes in Summer there are Little tournament in the Village. But It's not competitive at all. It's feel strange to know that in England there aren't any of them !

[@curlyfm]

Usually in bars/pubs we will have pool tables instead. That’s much more popular.

[@leob4403]

@@curlyfm they should have more variety, many pubs these days bring in table tennis, darts, boule, shuffle boards, bowling and so on

[@julianfischer2341]

Definitely a movie could be made about this, probably with actors like Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, and Owen Wilson.

[@TGiFoosday]

Very good story about the game I still love playing for over 50 yrs now. For me Foosball isnt dead, Foosball IS LIFE and not something I need to get paid for doing. That would just ruin it. We play 2 nights a week at #TGiFoosday gatherings at Pockets Billiards hall because we love playing the game. Granted it looks like a geriatric club meeting or a Grateful Dead reunion going on, until the balls hit the table and the youngsters playing pool start moving away to get clear of all the shooting going on. The tournament scene got me playing the game at a much higher level than I thought was possible when the Million Dollar tournament happened and I wanted to enter it, but enlisted in the Army 2 months before it happened and forgot all about Foosball until I got out in '92 and my younger brother took me to Pockets Billiards to show me the 1st Tornado Table in town expecting to kick my ass since I hadn't played in a long time. I had to remind him why I used to beat him at it, I was good and still was even though there 2 more men on the goalie bars now. It took him a few months to get a win on me and since we were playing alot, we got 2 different vendor leagues going so every bar in Idaho Falls had 2 teams per table they sponsored. This went on for 10 years or so with weekly DYP tournaments and puttered out finally around 2005 or 06. We went to Las Vegas in 2000 & 2004 for VIFA league finals and the Hall Of Fame Clasic tournaments that run consecutively back then. In 2000 after they had 114 New Tornado tables set up for the tournament next day (What a sight that was!), they announced there would be a DYP 2/3, 7 points match, double elimination tournament if enough people were intersted. Entry was $7.50 per person. They had to limit it to 3 different tournaments so they would be done by real tournament start time next day because there was so many people there early that wanted to play. I entered the 1st DYP and partnered with a Vegas local (Marty Braun) that was ranked as a Semipro then and didn't shoot the Snake Shot, but had a wicked power Pull Shot. I wasn't ranked at all. I played Goalie and we went undefeated to win it and $350 each. Best games of my life and still amazed at how well we synced together. I didn't shoot the snake shot either back then, but I am really good at blocking it and shooting from the back and 3 bar, no skills on the 5 bar enough to play the 3 bar much when I did play forward. This imbalance in my skills led to not lasting more than 2 days before being put out of every event I had entered and with my brother teammate for doubles. He hasn't forgiven me yet for using all my foos juice up before the tournament started. Now at 64 yrs old, I'd smoke the younger me easily even though I finally beat my cancer last summer after spending most of the summer before in the hospital thinking I was going to die and being told I would have a month, maybe, left to live because the Melanoma kept popping up and doctor couldn't cut any more off me to stop it. That's when I decided I wanted more Foosball still and prayed the chemotherapy they hoped would work on me did. Im still playing baby and better at it than ever before, even though it looks like they chopped my wings off my back with a chainsaw.😮 Im not dead, Foosball is not dead. Foosball IS LIFE. I've seen death and he doesn't want any of this. Got Game? No? Better get some....

[@maybeoptify]

I expected literally anything but a video on table football

[@jeremybr2020]

table soccer or foosball. Don't know many that call it table football.

[@sonwig5186]

@@jeremybr2020 I've never heard it be called foosball or table soccer before this video.

[@jeremybr2020]

@@sonwig5186 Never heard it called table soccer? Interesting. The ITSF is the name of the international organization that regulates the game. They're responsible for establishing rules and the technical specifications for the tables. They also organize all the major international competitions. And they keep and maintain all the players rankings/points from rookie/amateur to pro masters. And if you are curious what ITSF stands for......International Table Soccer Federation. So if you've never heard it called table soccer before, then you either live somewhere pretty odd, or you haven't been paying attention.

[@sonwig5186]

@@jeremybr2020 In the UK and Spain (and probably most of Europe) it is called table football because we play football and not soccer. Maybe the people really into table football call it something different, but for my entire life I have only heard it be called table football. I hadn't heard of the ITSF before this video because where I live it's just a game that people play in pubs and not taken seriously. I'm really glad you enjoy playing it but if you want to expand the sport you could stop being so snarky.

[@jeremybr2020]

@@sonwig5186 I think you're missing the point. The ITSF was established in France. NOT AMERICA. I understand if you have never heard it referred to as Foosball, being that is a particularly American thing. But never hearing it called Table Soccer just seems odd to me because that is most certainly something that is not exclusively American.

[@keeskoole919]

I can't say I ever cared much about foosball, but when I see you ulpoad a video about it I know it's going to be a banger. Love the deep dives into obscure sports man! Would love to see some more parkour though!

[@zosterinski]

here are some other niche things you might explore: bike trials (sort of like parkiur, but with a bike), drift trikes - going downhill on a tricycle for grown-ups

[@ninjaempire9093]

Only cycling tho

[@Shin280891]

We have one in our office and we had great times playing it even if only for 20 minutes a day :)

[@ProdRapid]

Love this Topic Jimmy, great how you are becoming a documentary channel, not only focusing on parkour!

[@tonyhawksunderground2]

i love the direction this channel is going and your editing is getting great!

[@user-hu3xc2pq4l]

foosballer here, you did fantastic job mate

[@JohnPretto]

Well done. I've played since I was 10 years old in the 1970's, and also on the tour on the 90's. But the glory days are long gone. We've been scratching our heads for decades. UGH.

[@78tag]

Thanks for the bit of nostalgia - owned/played the Tournament Soccer tables in the mid 70's. My partner and I won some fair money playing in SD & LA promoting tournaments on our tables in establishments in the San Diego area. I was already out it by the time the complete collapse happened. Good video, thanks again.

[@ruzzaruzza]

"in every bar, as they call it, they don't call it a pub for same reason." haha

[@wixom01]

Good Lord, I haven't seen a foosball table in 40 years, lol!

[@pkfan2085]

Every time I watch your videos it makes me feel so happy and motivated. Thank you for all of your content und your incredible Bucket list.

[@ZillMob]

My dad and uncles would play the shit out of their super deluxe Foosball table. It was semi frightening to watch them play

[@78tag]

People who aren't familiar with competitive foosball can't grasp the speed and reflexes combined with patience and concentration involved. I remember a Japanese/Hawaiian kid back in the mid 70's that had a Push/Kick shot that was invisible it was so fast. You heard a noise but you never saw the shot. It was a martial arts move with the bang of a gun. It was not fun playing goalie against that. In the era I played I never saw anything close to it.

[@get-r-done1497]

Hey Jimmy, great video. Currently a tour player and have 3 Foosball tables at my sons middle school & currently running an after school Foosball club. Trying to keep it alive!

[@stevencordes]

Keep it up! I came here following your parkour content and absolutely love it but the content lately has captivated me opening my mind to all of these sports! Your channel will go far! I would love to see your take on skydiving, base jumping and all of that!!

[@silverswitch1998]

Oh! We had a Foosball table at our church in Montana. I didn't realize that it had hit off so well in Montana decades before! I miss playing it with my brothers.

[@drewt1717]

Love all the obscure sports content on this channel.. earned my subscription!

[@78tag]

I'm new here so I don't know if you have considered covering an old fart's game called INDOOR BOWLES but the skill involved is of the charts. On the other side of the scale is a sport that had its start at Mission Beach in San Diego. It's called Over-The-Line. It was originally a game for outstanding athletes who hung out down at the boardwalk, drank beer and played a version of softball in the sand - three man teams - a bat and a ball - no gloves - no bases - and a rectangular court to hit ball into. The team names are not for PG public consumption but they are as creative as the game is. I think it started in the 50's ? Still drawing massive crowds, the skill level is awesome, still for beer drinkers/athletes and fun.

[@MarkPurcell]

Loving the wide range of topics!!! Happy to support!

[@bradleyennis3730]

Wasn't sure about straying from the parkour based content on this channel at first but after this and the ninja warrior vid it is super insightful to find out about the history and current situation of other niche sports.

[@KOMMKICKERN]

thanks for this nice video, Jimmy 🙏 we still love table soccer today 😅😍 and your video motivates us even more to make foosball great again 😅 we are working on developing the hobby sport and collecting public locations and foosball stadiums.

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

I used to have a foosball table. When a frat closed up, I took the table to hold for a while until someone else wanted it. It was fun having a foosball table in my apartment in NYC, though it was never going to be practical long term. I even did some repairs on it.

[@robertfassbinder3263]

Great videodoc! Lived those days. I remember going to some of those big tournaments! Giving away Corvettes and Porsches! Fury and Wiswell were like rock stars!!!

[@mikel2976]

Foosball in Spain is crazy, we have a curved field so the ball doesn't get stuck and the player distribution is 3-4-3 which makes every game extremely intense since the ball is at either the top or the bottom of the field all the time. It is also very common doing trickshots of any kind. The snake isn't considered a trickshot, setting the ball in the back of your players while at 90° to launch it to the other one is.

[@steffschmid]

Hey Jimmy, I'm from Germany and a World Champion in Foosball. Thx for this Video! That's just great! ❤️

[@Klos1neMN]

Are you still on the German National team?

[@catdespira2238]

You really kicked some solid history here. Loved it.

[@tiriaqstreasures650]

Took me back 30 years

[@78tag]

50 years here. I got in early, stayed about 10 and disappeared.

[@TSnead2010]

loving the new variety of videos, keep it up bro. the music as well! 🔥

[@rolandcarlile9568]

Great video, thanks for putting up. Had a Garlando table for years from year 1998 to 2007, brilliant only sold as lads grew up and sadly sat there. Thats it seeing this ,buying another, go a few mates that will play and need a whooping 😂.

[@jkingsley3656]

it's because the snake shot is so boring to watch for spectators lol. 80%+ of shots now are all just snakes.

[@78tag]

Agreed

[@akshaybhoendie]

I am very happy you covered foosball. In Suriname we still have this foosball tables and most kids play it after school. we have skilled persons here, but the sad thing is that there is no association here that hosts tournaments. So after a while the people stop playing and then another generation comes and takes over.

[@foosballcommunitymalaysia4504]

Thanks for covering this story.

[@lucgillibert4446]

Babyfoot is pretty popular in France. Not as a competition thing, but you can find tables in many places (bars, arcade, cafe area in workplace, cafe area in college and engineering schools). You see way more babyfoot tables than pool tables, or flippers.

[@BengalCatChilli]

It always cracked me up that the French call it 'le babyfoot' :D :D

[@rjaquaponics9266]

Nobody likes to talk about it, why foosball died. I remember reading a story about how a few tournament directors walked away with the prize money and sponsor's pulled their sponsorships. This and the video games destroyed big money foosball. Correct me if I am wrong.

[@78tag]

Every $ tournament/competition in anything ever invented had some shyster do that. It is in the nature of promoters.

[@ironleeFPS]

My biological father invented Table Hockey. It’s not this, but close.

[@atfirstiamhuman9183]

Here in Berlin you still find a table in every second to third bar :) But afaik nobody plays for money

[@jeremybr2020]

Foosball did have a resurgence in the late 80s and early 90s. That's when I started playing. You could go into any bar with a foosball table and the place would be packed with what I called weekend warriors. Basically pretty good players that didn't usually play in any of the tournaments. Which was great for players like me who at the time did play tournaments, because you could go in and lay 50 cents on the table and play half the night on just that, yet still be playing somewhat competitive matches. (When you won a game, you could stay on the table and the challenger would be the one who paid for the next game.) Unfortunately it kind of died off again and now it's only die hard tournament players who are playing the game.

[@jonblack6624]

I'm one of those players, smalltown USA, i never heard of any money or national tournament until 2006, it was always just local stuff , once in blue moon we'd hear of one in biggest city close to us, but nothing regular, most bars that had table didn't take very good care of it, times were good n i bought my table in 2000 always loved game, but there were no tables any where. I really don't see any type of growing or expansion of industry until table makers start to truly sponsor major events in every city of 6 digit population , and a rethinking of rules, that is its major problem, and why it will never grow any larger than what it is now, manufacturers like Tornado dont really sponsor small tournaments, sure they got name on a flyer, but thats bout it, which limits tournament size, place, participants , time constraints , advertising restrictions, and most important prizes, which is main attraction for all players, Q. is it worth expense of traveling 6hrs or more to a game that caters to only those at top of a manufacturers' league, when the LEAGUE shud cater to players at bottom and those beginner players, but it won't, GREED from top is keeping the sport from growing any bigger are afraid of losing their positions, Warrior makes good table , not on scene anywhere, manufacturers needs to load a semi trailer with diff. tables , rule changes on game play, NO MODIFYING OF TABLE PERIOD, every level of tournament players must play on diff types of tables to advance to next level, create a handicap point system where a pro can lose to a amateur player thus creating more incentive to play, eliminate accidental goals as a game point, speed up game by reducing zone time frames, tournaments shud be played with ten to 20 ft. between tables, limit spectators to seating and multiple overhead cameras and monitor on cell phone and particular match, table manufacturers need to put tables into local high school or rec centers for under privileged , not rely on private persons to do that for them , this is wat they are asking for you buy $3k table and donate it to unsupervise children see how long that table lasts. my thots on a game i still love but hate to see where is gone n going...

[@alfiesworld123]

Loved this mate, so glad your venturing into stuff other than PK. Jimmy4pm! 🙌🏻😂❤️

[@Nielson_Memories]

Idk I've personally grown up with foosball being a thing, usually there was atleast some local establishment that had a table (as shoddy as some might have been). But I've never seen it been used all too seriously, mostly just people having some fun with it

[@magusd123]

I had a plastic version of this for about 5 years. Loved it immensely.

[@thrill-x6100]

I come from parkour but man, I love this videos. So interesting, all this underground cultures. 🙏Amazing work

[@YodaWithaSkoda]

I really love your new direction into underground sports

[@saturationstation1446]

i vaguely remember this game.. not sure how many times i ever saw a full sized table but it was rare. mostly miniature versions around when i was a kid

[@tuckerlivingston3697]

Do a video on the history of freestyle skiing!

[@foosinaround8648]

I'm at a $10,000 tournament as we speak...Lansing michigan

[@themadscientest]

Foosball is still a game room classic at swim clubs and community centers here in the US, if you find table tennis it is very likely you will find a foosball table nearby.

[@DrummerCam]

Lots of promoters *People who run local tournaments* are on twitch streaming games. I play foosball and love the sport because at the core of its game, its mental chess, backed by execution, like most sports but anyone who spends enough time learning how to play, can play. I will say, tournaments are getting bigger through all the grass roots efforts, but who knowns if it will ever return to something like it was in the 70s/80s. The snake shot/rollover, really leveled the playing field for new players, as its extremely less complicated than the standard pull shot that was so common in the early years. If you can put together a set of passes from the 5 bar to the 3 bar, the snake shot / rollover allowed you to compete.

[@jeremykonkle4571]

You have become one of my favorite people to listen to about random stuff of our world lol.

[@ratty5]

I played it at camp lodges where you had to buy the balls. It’s fun but players leave after they lose a few times.

[@mikel2976]

Foosball is probably the only game where I have ever been extremely good at, dribbling and powerful shots that sent the ball through the air where the usual where I used to play.

[@marctestarossa]

Here in Germany, tabletop football (or "Kicker" as it's known here) to me always was a niche sport, but it's starting to get some traction for the past few years. It has always been a very popular game and there probably is no youth club, no social institution and no co-working space without a foosball table. And of course there are a lot in pubs, billiard halls and bowling centers. But the professional scene is slowly growing and there are several professional players in Germany who make their living off foosball, but they can't do it with price money alone. They slowly get more personal sponsorships, work as brand ambassadors for table manufacturers and play at events. For example My Linh Tran gets booked for events where you can "beat the world champion" or for coachings or as key note speaker.

[@dangerkingston]

I play competition level foosball... Badly 😂... But I love it so much! That comment you made about it being a mix between boxing and chess sums it up perfectly 👌. I'm not even joking when I say some of the most fulfilling moments in my life have been behind the rods on a foosball table.

[@SSJPENGUIN]

This is the first KZbin channel I've binged watched in so many years

[@xenen9797]

love these videos really interesting and casual

[@mohammadaminrajabi1828]

Your videos are making me feel like that I'll be here one day watching a video titled why parkour died? It's sad. Nothing lasts

[@stanleyezepk]

Bruh 😂😂😂😂 Now I'd like to watch that video, as long as its Parkour content.😂

[@mohammadaminrajabi1828]

@@stanleyezepk yeah😂😂 It's never gonna die for us!!

[@seventhhusaria]

My aunt and uncle had a foosball table in their basement in the 1990s. My sister and I would have so much fun playing foosball when we would go over to visit.

[@HobbitNinjaWizard]

I literally played Foosball with some friends today, so that's pretty funny! XDXDXD

[@NicoLReino]

Here in spain foosball (furbolín as we call it) tables are still pretty common and popular in pubs.

[@TimeWillTellAll]

Enjoyed the content.

[@ajearlywine4622]

I used to play foosball at lunch all the time, 2nd best at my school and best at a camp I went to

[@plinyelder8156]

It’s funny how something doesn’t matter until America starts doing it.

[@78tag]

That isn't true but if a version of some skill is invented here, look out. Then the world catches up when the skill level equalizes.

[@kfjdsoihf8452]

Unfortunately I am quite pessimistic regarding the future of any mechanical games. Being 45 years old I have always loved foosball, played it a lot at the university, still play it nowadays whenever get a chance. But I know the young kids are simply different , hooked up on their mobiles, always online (having 2 daughters I see it first hand). Hopefully this amazing sport will never vanish, it will at least stay somewhere underground.

[@stevekeiretsu]

On the PK vs non-PK content debate in these comments, I like this diverse content, but I hope you still do some more PK stuff too in the future. On a totally different note, what the hell is that piano tune around 6 minutes, it's driving me mental :)

[@El-Tel63-Terry.]

Without a doubt you put together a great way of telling a story Jimmy. Very interesting, as a kid who had a table in the early 70s, and it was a top Christmas present at the time, I wondered in my later years what happened to the 'sport' 😉👍🏻

[@TheWesty55]

This would make a good Will Farrell film!

[@tonyhawksunderground2]

I like this channel so I wanted to give some feedback. - the audio work is getting much better! The song choices were excellent. Maybe mess with sound effects a bit more? I love how JJ McCullough uses sound effects on his channel. - I wished you dived into the skills involved in playing, had more footage of games being played, maybe went through a notable match in more detail or something instead of just focusing on the story of the overall fad (which is still very interesting, don't get me wrong). The bit of footage of play you had in there looked so interesting, I feel like there is a large gaming audience on youtube who likes hearing about esoteric talents. - keep going!

[@ccmTBradley]

Always found a table in a holiday home in france, loved them

[@SparkynAZ]

13:40 Terry Moore did not invent the Snake Shot. I was the 1st to shoot it in Cali and Terry was my BFF/partner back in Nov 1989.

[@tonybeatbutcher]

Turntablism (scratching) is also an interesting topic, that went the same way like fuusball and rollerblading.

[@thadonis.]

Jimmy, check out some 'Indoor League'. A programme from the 70's in England. They had foosball and a load of other obscure indoor/pub games. Classic shiz.

[@relevantbrother8964]

I love Foosball and have so since school days in the late 80s when I saw Sudesh Fakir "Speedy" playing at his peak in Durban South Africa. The game was still booming here at the time and people would play for money. But around that time pool became more popular and table soccer endured till the mid 90s.. nowadays a small core of SA tournament players play regularly but it's not a regular thing to find tables anywhere apart from a few mall game rooms.

[@dudestoked]

Awesome video, thanks for the excellent info. Could you do one on paintball? Would be interesting

[@MovementElements]

Portugal has foosball for the drunk geezers since 1346 lol

[@francinelef.martins4652]

Obrigado pelo conteúdo! Aqui no Brasil apenas algumas pessoas jogam, pois a nova geração não se interessa muito pelo Foosball 😥

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

Get them drunk! (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿/🇺🇸)

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

¡Deixe-os bêbados! (🇵🇹/🇧🇷)

[@marcelkurz134]

Every student residence, youth meetup and many pubs have them in germany. replace the obligatory pooltable in the uk with a foosballtable in germany and you got the big Picture.

[@alfiesworld123]

Btw for anyone wondering…. A million in 1977 is the equivalent to anywhere between 3.5 and 4.2 million dollars big ups Jimmy 🔥❤️

[@stevesantus4669]

Elitch Gardens did not used to be in the location you showed on the map, it was a few miles West of there until moving in 1994.

[@gallowpole9455]

Slippin in the comment to request again a video about street/free style unicycling.

[@baileyayyy5085]

raycon really out here putting 'only cheap headphones overcompensate w/ bass' 💀

[@shenysys]

Have you thought of doing a video on Subbuteo ? Oh yeah Lego released a table football set last year.

[@deadphishcheesespread]

Elitch gadens was in a diferent location.The whole park was moved in the '90s.