As the name implies, table football is the sport of moving a huge football field to the table to play. It originated in France in the 1950s. Concentrate the essence of football, with rapid conversion of attack and defense and fierce confrontation. It can exercise the coordination ability of people's hands, eyes and brain to the greatest extent, make the brain quickly enter an excited state and promote the activity of brain nerve cells. Therefore, this sport is also called "brain sauna". Often engaged in table football, can enhance people's physique, improve teamwork ability, help teenagers to develop their intelligence and enhance their memory, improve their attention and prevent myopia; For the elderly, playing table football often can prevent Alzheimer's disease, stroke and so on. In addition, table football also has the characteristics of small floor space, unlimited space, convenient use, high safety, strong interest and good appreciation. Therefore, this sport is deeply loved by the public and has now developed into a national fitness sport popular in Europe and America.

The International Table Football Federation (ITSF) has been committed to the global promotion of table football since its establishment in Nantes, France in 2002. At present, there are more than 80 member countries that hold the table football World Cup every two years. Intercontinental events are held on all continents every year, and national events are held two or three times a year.

Table football has been introduced to China for more than 20 years. With the vigorous promotion of the State Sports General Administration, it has developed rapidly in recent years, especially in large and medium-sized cities, table football clubs and table football associations have been established one after another. In the Spanish "20 19 Table Football World Cup", China won 1 Silver 3 bronze, which achieved a breakthrough of zero medals in the World Cup. Table football has been included in the 16th National Games of Jiangxi Province in 2022. Across the country, more than 200 schools, including Shenzhen Xili Primary School, Lanzhou Wan Li Primary School, Zhangjiagang Fu Qian Primary School and Jiujiang College, have incorporated this sport into the physical education curriculum, and the trend of popularization is about to take shape.

At present,  Hehu School, Xunyang Primary School, Jiujiang Primary School and other 10 schools have also incorporated table football into the physical education curriculum. 2065438+September 2009, Jiangxi Sports General Association awarded Jiujiang Hehu School the honorary title of "Jiangxi Table Football Characteristic Base"; Jiangxi Table Football Association and Jiujiang Table Football Association were established in Jiujiang on September 20 19.

20 18 165438 10. In October, Jiujiang team (representing Jiangxi) led by "Nine Planets" went to Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province to participate in the "China Table Football Open" for the first time, and achieved good results of 1 gold, silver 1 bronze.

The "Nine Planetary Cups" 20 19 National Table Football Championship was held in Jiujiang on September 20 19. Jiujiang * * * sent 10 team, 123 players to participate in the competition, * * * won 4 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze. At the opening ceremony of this competition, a table with a length of 137.756 meters was specially made by "Nine Planets Sports", which successfully set a Guinness World Record, which was more than 12 1.4 meters longer than the Italian record and became the longest table football table in the world.