ya i tried a few different things, but settled on using a spray on 2nd skin. It worked really well and i shot snake the whole weekend pretty successfully. I didn't have to switch to a pull shot except for 1 shot (i shot a strait from a pull set to close out a game). Either way thanks for all the suggestions everyone
Sounds good, .... and expensive. You're talking about the spray-on skin that Emergency Medical Techs (EMT's in the emergency ambulances) use, right? The institutional extra heavy one that not only disinfects but protects with a temporary dermal replacement? Most of them have that pungent, acrid smell, even long after it dries, so you must have gotten used to it. However, especially in the enclosed, cramped "cubbyhole" environments or "corner" settings of many bar or venue tables, that reek can really assault everyone's senses, and might be a valid complaint in calling a distraction. Foosball is such a close-quarters game, everyone must have one or more stories about certain players that just ruined the setting for everyone.
I'm thinking of trying out a cutoff part of certain bycicle inner tubes. Not the thinner, extremely taut ones that seem to be in use throughout the foosball world, but a diameter that's just tight enough not to move. With the right type of tube material, putting wrist pressure for a rollover, or a closed hand grip w/ fingers, should be sufficient pressure to "lock" the segment in place. Most of the bycicle tubes I've seen in use would slip without the tightness, because of the smooth inside surface. Leads to nicely cramped and stressed fingers and hands, often a real problem in extended and hotly contested matches. Not to mention the tire black that gets on the hands and wrists after a day of play. If I find a nice one with grip on the inside and outside, the right diameter, and perhaps a color that doesn't rub off at all, I'll be the first to put the info on here. Hopefully something inexpensive but convenient enough, using material on the outside surface like the rubberized overgrips that came on the last set of Dynamos or on the Kicker or other Euro tables, back in the 80s.
I've also used over the past 2 decades those "What-A-Grip" tennis and racquetball overgrips readily available in any sporting goods sections at department or specialty stores. Right idea, but they're designed to be snug over larger tennis and racquetball grips. They have that "locking" feature of both inside and outside friction with just a little pressure, but they are way too thin and saggy for most foosball handles, which leads them to ripping and tearing after a day or two of hard use. Besides the spongy soft and tacky outside surface, these have a diagonally crisscrossed rubberized tread on the inside, which create the "locking" friction when pressure's applied. They work better as the overgrip they're designed to be, when one wraps these "What-A-Grips" over a non-sticky or non-too-tacky grip to make the diameter bigger and better fitting. I tried that, but then I realized I might just as well have gotten a tackier and thicker roll-on wrap.
I've also tried those weird, grainy, bright dayglo orange overwraps, but they are quite a bit too snug and unless one is a pipefitter or works all day with extrusion products, are quite a major major pain in the *ss to put on. Nice, spongy and grippy feel, however, one it's put on. Those would be perfect if their inside diameter were slightly larger to allow easy installation, and had something like the much-too-thing and fragile "What-A-Wrap" crisscross rubberized gripping lines on the inside surface.
Anyone else with other tech or artifices for a decent grip allowing reliable friction and/or closed hand grip that also protects the wrists of rollover shooters?
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