Actually, I´m the "kid" from the Video
So far, I know only 3 people who are shooting this as a main shot.
My doubles partner came up with it first. You see him enter the vid for a handclap at 18 seconds I think. I was shooting snake from the middle at that time. But I´ve always been a push person, so I never figured out how to shoot a good Pullside (you can ask Billy about it, he makes fun of my pullside at every opportunity he gets). So I played around with the long snake. I was into it before I could even shoot at 3/4 of the goal.
The long shot wasn´t what made me stick to this shot at once. Like you also figured out quite fast, is that the straight is the killer option. It´s the fastest, and yet easiest shot to execute on a foosball table. And you can hit it deadbar 100% of the time. And it´s the only shot you can hit deadbar on a Lehmacher constantly, something that most goalies don´t even know. Even better, is that the hole is really easy to see because it´s on your side. Most goalies guard it most of the time when defending this shot. By this, the rest of the goal get´s really huge.
I also added a John Wayne, a way to hit the straight straight or at an angle without moving the ball and some kind of dink.
I have the most problems with shooting a long really square, as you can see in the video. I´m now shooting one buffer holes quite constantly, but I´d like to get to one finger. But most of the time I´m using a spray to the corner like the pullshooters, cause most people won´t use a reverse D because it´s too easy to angle the ball in between from this setup.
If you practice on a Tornado it´s probably a little bit harder to start with, but it´s possible.
Just practice up
Greets,
Jonny
P.S.: Tim and I didn´t really want to compare snake vs. pull. But he was constantly making fun of my shot, so I had to call him out.
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