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Air Hockey Tables
Air Hockey Tables have become exremely popular over the last 2 years. The game replicates an ice hockey pitch where players use pushers to strike a floating puck. The aim is to use the angles of the table to direct the pucks into the opponents goal. The floating effect is created by a powerful fan blowing air through small perforations in the play surface. The feel of the game is quite unique and can be played by four people on the larger models.
 
Domestic or Family Air Hockey Commercial Air Hockey
Gameplay
A typical Air Hockey table consists of a large smooth playing surface, a surrounding rail to prevent the puck and mallets from leaving the table, and slots in the rail at either end of the table that serve as goals. The tables have a fan that generates a "cushion" of air on the play surface through tiny holes, which reduces friction and increases play speed.
 
Air Hockey Mallet or Pusher Air Hockey Pucks
History of Air Hockey
Air Hockey is believed have been invented by a Brunswick Billiards employee named Bob Lemieux in 1972, although it is also thought that a trio of Brunswick engineers - Phil Crossman, Bob Kenrick, and Brad Baldwin - were attempting to create a game utilizing a frictionless surface in 1969 and this project eventually led to Bob Lemieux's Air Hockey design.
Air Hockey was an immediate financial success, and by the mid-1970s there arose substantial interest in tournament play. As early as 1973, players in Houston had formed the Houston Air Hockey Association, and soon thereafter, the Texas Air Hockey Players Association, codyfying rules and promoting the sport through local tournaments at Houston pubs Carnabys, Damians,and the University of Houston.
Although the emergence of video gaming in the late 70s and early 80s saw interest in Air Hockey drop, todays new manufacturing standards that have produced hard wearing, and above all super-fast games, has seen Air Hockey's popularity rise to its highest levels.
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