text: There have been several instructional books on table football , including The Complete Book of Foosball , and Zen and the Art of Foosball .
simplified: Table football , also known as foosball or table soccer , is a table-top game and sport that is loosely based on association football . The name `` foosball '' comes from the German word for football , `` fussball '' or `` fuÃ ball '' .