Table Hockey

The game of table hockey is another table sport that takes its inspiration from the original sport it was derived from. While its sister game, air hockey, is a game played on a huge table with a huge puck and two people controlling the puck using one paddle each, the game of table hockey is actually a true miniature version of the sport of ice hockey.

The table hockey game is played on a small piece of equipment that is either placed on top of a coffee table, a waist high table or any table that allows the players easy control of the knobs used for controlling the characters on the board. Some people actually use the term “table hockey” to talk about the game of air hockey. While it is basically applicable to that game, the game of table hockey is actually a table top hockey game that resembles a foosball style table.

You can purchase this table hockey set from some of the leading manufacturers of table games. Some of the more famous table hockey equipment includes the Stiga table hockey set, the Eagle table hockey set and the Munro table hockey game. Aside from these table top hockey sets, you can also purchase a dome hockey table or a bubble hockey table, which is a table hockey table that plays the same table hockey sport, but in a plastic dome covered assemblage that comes with a built in stand or table legs. This kind of hockey tables represents the best table height for table hockey since it allows for freedom of movement when controlling your hockey players, as compared to those sets that have players sitting down as they play. You can find all these different kinds of table hockey games sets from various table hockey suppliers and shops online.

There are also people who indulge in a game of table hockey as a competitive sport. In fact, there is an existing table hockey league known as the ITHF or the International Table Hockey Federation. This organization holds the most important table hockey tournament in the world, the World Championship, which occurs only once every two years. This competition is often participated by teams from countries like Sweden, Finland, Germany and Russia, mostly European countries. This organization also takes the game on the road on a world tour to help increase the public's awareness of their existence.