Getting to the next level may require improving your passing skills. The better the people you are playing against, then the greater your passing skills are going to have to be. Also, the better your opponent is, the more psychology you will need to incorporation into your passing scheme.

You may wish to start out using your most simpliest reliable pass to feel out how skillful your opponent is. If your opponent is skillful, then he or she will adjust their defensive scheme which means you will need to apply a better passing scheme if your wish to continue to pass the ball forward.

This may mean mixing up your passing scheme and incorporating a better psychological approach during the course of the game.  If you can pass  using lane passes, angle passes, wall passes and combination passes, then you should be able to get pass most anyone. The trick is to out guess your opponent. Never let them know which pass you are going to do. Most of the better well-experience players will bait you. They will look for tail-tell signs and do almost anything to get you to pass into their defense.

Most of the better passers, know how to disguise their passes, mix up passes, and to keep the other guy guessing.

Now comes the million dollar question. How do the better players know this?

This kind of skill comes from years of playing time and against skillful opponents. It also depends on the individual. Some people will play all their lives and never get it.

If you're serious about foosball and you are ready to advance to the next level, then:

• spend 80% of your practice time learning how to pass and shapening up your passing game
• master more than 3 passes. You can never have enough passes
• be able to do foward passes from anywhere on the table
• master the art of disguising your passes and always keep your opponent guessing
• never get impatient when passing, take your time and wait for the right opportunity, and avoid getting baited by your opponent
• If you tend to rush through your passes, you will turn the ball over most of the time, so take your time, read the defense and take what is there without getting suckered.
• finally, practice, practice, and practice...there's no subsitute for experience.