Grab the ball and drag it (clicking empty field does nothing) — on release the nearest man slides himself into position for the best shot from that exact spot (or the best would-be bank if defenders block everything, shown blocked in red with who's in the way). Other options appear as numbered paths; click a row to set one up instead. Grab any man by his head or body (never the foot — that's ball territory): drag up/down to slide the rod, left/right to tilt it; the selected rod shows a grip and a rotate symbol at the head, and arrow keys nudge it (↑↓ slide 0.05″, ←→ tilt 5°; Shift = 0.005″/1°) · click a numbered badge or a dashed shot line to set that shot up · release a shooting man near a green window and he snaps into it · ↩ Undo (Ctrl+Z) restores the previous ball and rod positions. White dot on the ball = contact point. Each man is one solid piece — head dome at the back, foot block at the front — with his shadow thrown toward his heel; the pink line on the shooter is the striking face. Faded + dashed = lifted clear of the ball.
Your shot: goal
Your shot: dies
Recommended #1 (from a ghost ball — click its row or “Snap” to move there)
2nd
3rd
Other scoring options
Pass / clear (no goal, no opponent contact)
Blocked by a man
Rods (yellow men shoot right, black men defend)
Shots from this ball position
| # | Man vs. ball | Margin | Shot · which man · rod motion |
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Every shot the nearest rod's men can make from this exact ball position, ranked by margin (how precisely the man must be placed). "Man vs. ball" is where the man's center sits relative to the ball (+ = above). Click a row to slide the man into position.
Table specs (inches)
Edit — replace with your own measurements
Playfield, goal, rod pitch and heights from Tornado / Valley‑Dynamo build specs. Goal width, dot spacing and D chord measured by Damon; rod pitch, man spacing, boxes and dot position scaled from the top-down Tornado photo (~30 px/in); foot wedge proportions from the Tornado man profile photo. Man spacing and foot footprint are approximations — measure yours and edit above.