Thursday, May 26, 2011

The world is full of great resources: SoccerROM




If your anything like me, the wintertime tends to be that magical season where your priorities shift from "Be Healthy" to "Stay happy!!". Even with holidays, snowball fights and a plethora of indoor activities we all still tend to let go a little bit during the coldest and darkest part of the year. Even our friends in more tropical climates find the shorter days impacting there sanity and waist lines, which is how I stumbled upon SoccerROM!

SoccerROM is a soccer coaches resource for all the materials a coach would need to keep their team sharp and organized. They also help make sure your stocked up on ideas with over 700 training exercises and even full practice plans! Even as an Individual, some of the simpler activites posted there are more than capable of whipping my currently sad state into a lean mean soccer playing machine. Even if your only interested in the more 'hands off' side to life, theres a great forum to go with a small but concentrated and interesting links page chock full of sites who cater to every varying aspect even the most agressive soccer fan could have.

There's way more to SoccerROM than I'm detailing here, but it would take me at least a month to write this post if i crawled the site to my hearts content, so go look for yourself and get back to me!

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Looks like the "if you have to ask..." rule is still alive: 11 the beautiful game


Alright, I could tell you how insane this table is, or I could just show you.













For the record, this table costs more than a used porsche 911 turbo... yeah.....

Check it out thou, I know I might buy one given the means hahaha

If your ever in switzerland: Flash 2000


So in my foosball related obsession last night I stumbled onto a straight forward little site with a friendly lion on the front. Not knowing very much french, I just kind of kept clicking until I reached the pictures and before my eyes was paradise!














With at least 5 foosball tables and several dart boards in view, this place is truely wonderful! They also retail a wide variety of products for our swiss friends, Have a great forum to discuss most indoor hobbies AND hold league events!!! Honestly I'm picking up a copy of Rosetta Stone®
and a second job just for a friendly visit!!

I could rave about this place forever, so while im out cutting some neighbors grass and selling my video game collection, give you french a try and stop by Flash 2000


Monday, May 23, 2011

The Michigan Foosball Association: check them out!!!

A really nice Grass roots Community of hard core Foosball players, The Michigan Foosball Association is a vibrant part of the national Foosball community and definitely deserves to a visit!
Posting everything from Proper etiquette at the table, to "Table sightings" and Meetups, These guys definitely channel the Spirit of true sportsmanship into a less commonly raved about past time. Be sure to stop by the "Mifoos" website, they have a great layout thats easy to read and wonderfully set up! Just navigate your way threw and tell them what you thing!

Monday, June 28, 2010

Foosball Games aren’t Just for College dorms

Foosball games are typically connected with colleges, mainly frat houses and college pubs. If the games aren’t connected to colleges, then they’re connected to Joey and Chandler on Friends. The truth is, however, that foosball games are good excitement for youngsters and adults of any age.

Foosball is a game of fate and talent. Both genders are equally able to play foosball and it’s suitable for kids ten and up.

Foosball and Reaction Times

Foosball games could help expand your reaction time in addition to your hand eye coordination. Foosball is not a sport of power. It’s a pastime of responses and speediness. The game can help people improve their hand-eye coordination and speed up their reaction time.

If you wish to help someone perfect their hand-eye coordination or their reaction time make sure you contemplate playing foosball with them on a regular basis. It’s important to remember to try to keep the game competitive and fun. If someone loses at once and often they will likely lose interest in the diversion completely.

Foosball Games and Training

Foosball games are entertaining but they are also an opportunity to teach children and teens how to be a good victor and a good loser. Many kids need help learning how to handle winning and losing.

Many children have learned about being a sore loser and foosball games can reinforce that. Not a lot of children are taught how to be a courteous winner. Foosball games can give mother and father the chance to teach their young children this valuable lesson and help them turn into pleasant winners.

Friendly Rivalry

Countless families are looking for family fun that does not incorporate a video game. Parents frequently struggle to find fun games that are both competitive and aid the family in becoming more energetic. Foosball games are energetic and fun without being too much. Adding a foosball game to your house will help advance family competition and even moving your kids away from the TV and doing something a little more active. Most parents create certain rules about foosball games including when they can be shared, who can use them and what is and isn’t proper behavior. It’s usually a very good plan to talk about these things and establish family rules. You might even consider printing out the rules and posting them next to the foosball table.

Friends and Foosball Games

Foosball games are also a fantastic way to keep teenagers at home. Many parents try to discover ways to keep their teens and “tweens” at home rather than out and about. Foosball games can turn your house into “the” house to be in. This will help you know where your family is and give you a little peace of mind. Of course depending on the kids you can expect to have to supply drinks and snacks greater than you ever dreamed you would have to.

The bottom line is that foosball games are really great additions to nearly any home. A foosball game can promote family competition, give teens an area to hang out and even help you and your family increase hand-eye coordination and reflexes. You might have thought foosball games were for college dorms and Television sitcoms but now you know foosball games can be great for kids of all ages!

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Foosball Game for Your Computer

I found an online Foosball Game. It is the perfect thing for when you are bored at the office. Be careful though, it is tricky!

http://www.mousebreaker.com/games/foosball/playgame

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Look At this cool Foosball Table.

Check out this awesome foosball table I discovered.