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Foosball Table Safety
Keeping your kids safe is a priority for every parent and is always considered when purchasing a game for your children. Just like when you buy any toy, you want to make sure it doesn't pose a risk for injuries. We believe that getting kids away from the screen and working on their hand eye coordination and fine motor skills is important in our society today. That's why we seek to make the game in your home the safest it can be. While the game is very safe compared to many other activities, there are still precautions you should be aware of as a parent to keep them out of harm's way.
Foosball Rod Safety
Perhaps the most obvious and largest risk involved in owning a foosball table is the rods that can protrude from one end of the table to the other at a high speed. More importantly, those bars are often times at the height of a child's head, face and neck area which can be frightening for adults. Luckily, there are things you can to do protect your kids and help keep them safer when playing on and around these tables as outlined below.
In order to avoid the risk of serious injury caused by the most common problem with tables, we recommend you have rubber caps on the end of your rods. This will not completely prevent an accident from occurring, but it will reduce the risk of injury that could occur compared to direct metal hitting someone. The nice thing about this is even if your table didn't come with these out of the box, you can purchase aftermarket replacements that will fit on the end of your bars. An even more protective way to prevent injury is to purchase a table with telescoping rods. This manufacturing technique will prevent the rod from sticking out on the opposite side and hitting someone on accident.
Perhaps the most obvious and largest risk involved in owning a foosball table is the rods that can protrude from one end of the table to the other at a high speed. More importantly, those bars are often times at the height of a child's head, face and neck area which can be frightening for adults. Luckily, there are things you can to do protect your kids and help keep them safer when playing on and around these tables as outlined below.
In order to avoid the risk of serious injury caused by the most common problem with tables, we recommend you have rubber caps on the end of your rods. This will not completely prevent an accident from occurring, but it will reduce the risk of injury that could occur compared to direct metal hitting someone. The nice thing about this is even if your table didn't come with these out of the box, you can purchase aftermarket replacements that will fit on the end of your bars. An even more protective way to prevent injury is to purchase a table with telescoping rods. This manufacturing technique will prevent the rod from sticking out on the opposite side and hitting someone on accident.
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1/2 Inch Diameter Rod End Caps
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Ball Choking Hazard
If you have small children in the home, choking on small pieces is something that you are always concerned with. The balls on a foosball table are just the right size that would fit in the mouth of a child and can run the risk of them choking on one. Since tables typically have a ball return that is lower than the table surface, it is common to have young ones that grab balls from the return and then stick them in their mouth. This common problem can be prevented if you simply have a rule in your home to put all the balls in a spot out of reach from small kids when the game is not in play. Since problems like this can happen so fast when you aren't watching them, this simple preventative measure can make you rest easy at night.
If you have small children in the home, choking on small pieces is something that you are always concerned with. The balls on a foosball table are just the right size that would fit in the mouth of a child and can run the risk of them choking on one. Since tables typically have a ball return that is lower than the table surface, it is common to have young ones that grab balls from the return and then stick them in their mouth. This common problem can be prevented if you simply have a rule in your home to put all the balls in a spot out of reach from small kids when the game is not in play. Since problems like this can happen so fast when you aren't watching them, this simple preventative measure can make you rest easy at night.
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Avoid Sharp Corners
Just like how you would protect your fireplace, coffee table or other things in your home that have sharp edges, we feel strongly that you should check the corners of your cabinet or legs for potential harm. This poses more of a risk for heavy tables that are made with construction materials that are not flimsy. Luckily they sell many different types of rubber adhesive kits that you can place around your table to add padding for areas that might cause an injury. Just simply measure the edge you want to protect, cut the rubber to that size and then remove the sticky backing tape and place it on your table. This will protect the edges and corners that could be sharp and cause accidents. |
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Keep Cleaning Materials Out of Reach
As part of our table cleaning and maintenance recommendations, we believe it is important to keep your table in top condition through the use of chemicals like silicone and rubbing alcohol. These can be toxic for human consumption and it is important to keep your cleaning supplies up and away where you don't have to worry about them. Even if they have safety caps on the bottles of these chemicals, it is better not to chance a potential interaction.
As part of our table cleaning and maintenance recommendations, we believe it is important to keep your table in top condition through the use of chemicals like silicone and rubbing alcohol. These can be toxic for human consumption and it is important to keep your cleaning supplies up and away where you don't have to worry about them. Even if they have safety caps on the bottles of these chemicals, it is better not to chance a potential interaction.
Hands Off the Playing Surface
It should be a rule in your house to teach children to keep their hands away from the table surface. Having experience with playing against kids, sometimes it is their natural reaction to stick their hands down into the table to grab a ball or move a player to a position they want it. This can be very dangerous if the other team is quickly spinning the rods and can hit their hands in the blink of an eye. We have also seen where kids stick their hands into the goalie catch to grab a ball. Their hands can get caught or pitched in the goalie box.
It should be a rule in your house to teach children to keep their hands away from the table surface. Having experience with playing against kids, sometimes it is their natural reaction to stick their hands down into the table to grab a ball or move a player to a position they want it. This can be very dangerous if the other team is quickly spinning the rods and can hit their hands in the blink of an eye. We have also seen where kids stick their hands into the goalie catch to grab a ball. Their hands can get caught or pitched in the goalie box.
