Unreal Foosball Bank Shots Tutorial

[KamakaziGeorge]

Very nice! Where I'm from we call this the Pythag shot :P Whether acute or obtuse

[Jinkinzzz]

First, great lessons...thanks for posting. A question - why should you shot this shot open-hand? Does the technique give some characteristics to the shot? I lose a lot of control when I go open-hand. Thanks again!

[zekefooser]

@Jinkinzzz Shooting it open handed gives you a much quicker downward motion which gives you more power. This is the only time I do open handed shots. For any other shot out of the goalie area I use a closed hand grip. But open handed shots take a lot practice because of the control issue. 

[playmale2003]

you are such a great player, why aren't you world champion yet ?

just beat Collignon with all that talent !

he's from Belgium just like me, but I guess you are just allot better @tornado.



[woo2fly18]

dude , how do you hit them with such power? , when i try them the ball moves so dam slow. i can hit some really powerful straight shots though , im doing something wrong!

[zekefooser]

@woo2fly18 Just keep practicing. Those same powerful straight shots, will be powerful banks if hit at the right angle.

[gigapus35]

got too banks in today.

[gigapus35]

nice im going to try that one.

[sean9820]

Just so you know this table is a piece of GARBAGE!!!

[seangerrymusic]

Awesome! Great videos! You are a very impressive player!

[CR37S]

100% presision

[tulsatwindad]

Man, thanks for all your videos. I learned to play like 17-18 years ago, long before youtube and now we have a tornado table at my office. I was a little rusty, but have loved playing. I then thought "let me check youtube for some skills" and holy crap - your stuff is great.

Thanks again.

[HUNrobar]

niice! but I've never seen a table with 3 players at the goalkeeper bar. :D

[zekefooser]

@HUNrobar Sounds like you havent played much foosball then :)

[HUNrobar]

@zekefooser

I live in Europe, the table soccers are different here. Is this an american type foosball, or just the Tornado tables have this structure?

[zekefooser]

@HUNrobar Yea, it's more of an American style, mainly influenced by Tornado. But typically the style of table that doesn't have ramps, have the 3 man goalie rod. There are American tables that have 1 man goalie (Warrior table for example).

[Kamamaster18]

@zekefooser i haven't either seen a 3 man back rod. Maybe cuase im dutch? ah well. I usually play as a goalie and i really need to get some points going.

did you ever had that when you shot the baal the ball comes back in play? we have that a lot. We even have a whole list of those kind of balls. the #1 has 125 lol.

[voidofambition]

This is so much hardeer to do on a Fabi. For me at least...

[Trixiekitsch2008]

I play league in NE Iowa tri state area. Amazing video, but hugely inspiring tutorial. Thank you

[f0rn9]

Nice tut, a shame we have other types of tables here in Belgium :p

[Kayko2000]

Wow, great vid. I've never been able to do the bank, and I think it's because I'm shooting it in a closed grip. Does it always have to be an open hand to get the most out of it?

[zekefooser]

You can hit banks with a closed hand grip but you wont get the same power. It's also harder to hit closed hand banks when the ball is moving.

-zeke

[Murphy98112]

@Kayko2000 When you crank it with your wrist you are using the little muscles, when you roll it over your palm, the big muscles are doing the work. Double banks are a hoot too - I'd love to see a video of double banks.... It would also be cool to do it in slow-mo! It's been about 32 years since I played regularly, but it's fun watching this to remember the sound! Also, we used "Pledge" furniture polish as a lubricant for the rods, and it was really fast.

[SulphurOfPerfection]

Hey zeke nice vid again! I recently bought a cyclone table. Its the new one with cup holders lol. I'd like to see a tutorial whereby you show steps on how to perform a seven shot from the 2bar. Anyways great vid again!

[sku36]

great. like allways, nice vid zeke.

[smokinpush]

how about the okey dokey dead bar bank from the back!

[dickyvman]

Great tutorial Zeke!! Thanks! A lot of the skill shots I've learned have come from you.

[amfutbolin]

Ok. Thank you.

[rknapton3]

Hell yeah Zeke! Great video. Thanks for taking the time to make and share it!

[amfutbolin]

Good video Zeke, one question.

I have not seen this shots in tornado videos, in Tecball, P4P yes, but in tornado table not, why?

[zekefooser]

It's not as easy to bank on a Tornado table as it is in other tables. The shape of the man do not make it ideal for banking, and also the white playfield trim that runs along the sides of the table field make the ball lift and bounce out of the table. But the newer tornado table (T-3000) has a thinner playfield trim that doesnt cause the ball to go flying off.

[spooncvc]

love it zeke!

[pokeryfoosy]

it's always nice to shoot the bank shot when the score is 4-4.

[IrJebus]

Zeke! Always amazing stuff. Keep em' coming!

[08nessh]

this is a great video could u maybe do a video on 2-5 and 2-3 passing video, ur the best man keep on making videoz