Tony Spredeman

Tony Spredeman (born September 19, 1984) is an American professional table football player from Milwaukee, WI, USA. He is a multiple World Champion and often partners with Billy Pappas in the Open Doubles format.[1][2]

He has won several World Championships - including the Tornado Worlds 2008. Tony finished 2nd at the ITSF World Championships in early 2009 which is a multi-table tournament. Many people consider Tony to be the among best table foosball player's in the world, at least on the Tornado table.[3]

In April 2010, Tony Spredeman became the global spokesperson for the Fireball table.[4]

Spredeman believes the games are tougher today.[5]

In recent years, Spredeman has often partnered with Rob Mares, another of table soccer's greatest, to win many championships in doubles events. Tony plays out of Florida, though often travels. In terms of playing style, Tony has developed his push-side five bar to astronomical proportions. He is mainly tic-tac style on the five, though he often brush passes on the push-side similar to the legendary Tony Bacon. When he attains possession on his three bar, as he so often does, his style is most often a "Snake shot". This method involves cupping the wrist around the handle making the shape of an upside down cobra with your hand and wrist. Then, rolling the handle from wrist to fingers implements a legal half-spin as the kick. Tony shoots a "walking snake" in which he moves the ball quickly towards the push-side and pull-side of the table, tapping it around in front of the goal before picking a side to shoot at. Goalies are often troubled by the free flowing versatility of a snake shot, and since Tony is quite possibly the greatest of this form he has amassed multiple championships. As a goalie, Tony is extremely fast handed and uses a "two-to-five" passing series to move the ball up the pitch. Thus, placing possession back into his offensive game. Often, that passing series with the two bar is brush style on the push-side, but he also uses the push-side wall in his tic-tac quick passes back to the five bar. His point totals for winning tournaments usually place him in the top 3 players in the entire world, as he was when this edit was written in 2016.

References

  1. ↑ Jennifer Gish (2012-09-19). "Foosball played with passion". Times Union. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  2. ↑ Rupp, By Allison (2011-06-22). "Bearden 11-year-old wins national foosball title". KNS. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  3. ↑ Sarah Pixley (2012-02-15). "Foosball Championship Location: Not Your Basement". NBC4 Washington. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  4. ↑ http://www.foosballboard.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=6084
  5. ↑ Don Markus (2013-02-17). "Foosball isn't what it used to be". tribunedigital-baltimoresun. Retrieved 2015-09-08.

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