How To Play The Game
The game is played by 2 players, on an oval, or rectangular table with goal pockets on both short sides. In the middle there's a net, which is a hard screen, either wooden or transparent. The players have to wear goggles, ensureing that they won't be able to see the ball. Their job is to use a racket to keep the audible ball out of the goal pocket on their side of the table, while trying to hit it in a way so that it'll pass under the net, and end up in that of their opponents. A player score two points for a goal and one point when their opponent hits the ball into the screen, hits the ball off the table, touches the ball with the bat within the goal area, or touches the ball with anything but the bat. The matches are usually played in 3 sets, and the first player to reach 11 points, leading by 2 or more points wins the set. The exceptions are semifinals, and finals where it's 5 sets instead of 3.
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