how does freestyle affect your hacky sack ability

Guest_1 · Post by **Guest_1** » 14 May 2008 12:35

I've found that my hacking skills have decreased. My passes aren't as smooth and I can't do as many flyers.

Anyone else experience this phenomonae?

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 14 May 2008 12:39

Anyone else experience this phenomonae?

no.

sen · Post by **sen** » 14 May 2008 12:47

Yes. My kicking has improved and I have much better control, but all other hack abilities have faded. Freestyle is more fun anyways.

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 14 May 2008 12:56

gMoney wrote: no.

Frank_Sinatra · Post by **Frank_Sinatra** » 14 May 2008 13:20

Yes, at first, but it comes back pretty quickly.

ObArA'BaRs · Post by **ObArA'BaRs** » 15 May 2008 18:19

duffelbag wrote:
gMoney wrote: no.

calemccoy · Post by **calemccoy** » 15 May 2008 18:49

ObArA'BaRs wrote:
duffelbag wrote:
gMoney wrote: no.

Grade Zero · Post by **Grade Zero** » 15 May 2008 21:14

calemccoy wrote:
ObArA'BaRs wrote:
duffelbag wrote:

Sergey · Post by **Sergey** » 16 May 2008 06:40

With footbag skills you will be able to replace your flylers and kicks with a lot more fun tricks.

professor · Post by **professor** » 16 May 2008 06:56

EVERYONE wrote:
Grade Zero wrote:
calemccoy wrote:

mc · Post by mc » 16 May 2008 08:04

For years, freestyle affected my hacky game negatively, but not in the same way as you.

It made me forget why 99.9% of people play hacky. They want to PASS it, not see someone try and show off freestyle.

Once I realized that hack circles are for hacky, and that freestyle circles are for freestyle, I started to use my freestyle skills VERY sparingly, or even better, functionally, like catching a blind osis for a pass that is accidentally going behind me. Hackers LOVE that.

They also love hat catch, temple stall, ass stall, repeated rubber knees and double around the world, if used SPARINGLY.

Zeke · Post by **Zeke** » 16 May 2008 08:34

Great post!

There is very little freestyle elements when I hack and I don't think freestyle took anything away. Maybe the the occasional ducking/diving move, Really high jumping flyers/eclipses and many of the moves Matt mentioned. I favor flashy martial arts-esque kicks and hustling for that seemingly impossible save.

They want to PASS it, not see someone try and show off freestyle.

Word. While hitting a 50 contact string is impressive, shredding just a few contacts then giving a good pass seems far more effective because it keeps the rest of the circle engaged in getting the hack as opposed to them just being spectators.

Tsiangkun · Post by **Tsiangkun** » 16 May 2008 09:01

I don't like it when people disrespect the hack circle with their BS freestyle crap.

They hog the bag, and destroy the flow of the circle with their selfish styles and constant drops.

sNale · Post by **sNale** » 16 May 2008 10:59

professor wrote:
EVERYONE wrote:
Grade Zero wrote:

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 16 May 2008 11:32

i can't really kick any more, well not nearly as good as when i solely kicked. But it takes me a while to get back into the flow of kicking, but around that time i get bored and run back to freestyle

TheLast · Post by **TheLast** » 17 May 2008 14:44

sNale wrote:
professor wrote:
EVERYONE wrote:

Wasabi · Post by **Wasabi** » 17 May 2008 16:00

TheLast wrote:
sNale wrote:
professor wrote:

I have to agree with Matt that hackers love rubber knees, if used sparingly.

Also, ducking rubber knee immediately wows hackers to no extent.

stephanos · Post by **stephanos** » 17 May 2008 18:16

TheLast wrote:
sNale wrote:
professor wrote:
EVERYONE wrote:
Grade Zero wrote:
calemccoy wrote:
ObArA'BaRs wrote:
duffelbag wrote:
gMoney wrote:

no.

idk if did that quote thing right....what are rubber knees now?
yah i definitely did that quote wrong lol

BuckRuckus · Post by **BuckRuckus** » 21 May 2008 20:58

I love hacky sack. I'm waaay better at it than freestyle. Jorden is a fantastic hacker to play with. His hack moves are arguably more creative than his freestyle inventions. But where are you guys finding hack circles? I haven't seen a genuine circle since the late 90s. The scene is nearly dead here in Toronto. Seems to have been replaced in our highschools by smoking and standing around.

Freestyle helped my hack game. I kick evenly on both sides now.

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 22 May 2008 09:11

my friends and I revived hacky sack at Temple U last year, when I lived on campus

.

I got all my friends into it, and then they got all their friends into it, and then I got into freestyle footbag, and then there were even more hack circles around! Great impact

At different hours of the day we had nothing better to do than hacky sack outside freshman dorms, so random people walking by would join constantly. We must've had at least 12 people circles every other day, with what we called a 'nipple,' someone in the middle to catch the bag if it fell.

Ahhh those were the days. Too bad haven't seen many circles this year