new to footbag and all

glitcher · Post by **glitcher** » 07 May 2006 17:41

hey my name's carlos and im new to this stuff, my budy at school started playing with a hacky sack and i wanted to try it out and now that i have it's prety cool and now i wana get beter at it but at the moment i kinda stink but hey im new so i was kinda hoping any of u guys had any tips for me.....the most hits i goten is 4

....so if i could get any tips or something it would be cool

zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 07 May 2006 17:58

Welcome to the world of footbag.

Probably the best thing to do is to keep kicking/practicing. It takes time and after awhile you'll notice that you can keep it up for 50-60 hits. Tell yourself that today I'm gonna get 6 hits, then the next day 8, and so on. Use both feet! than when you start hitting tricks you can get them easier with both sides. Also another big thing to know is, have fun. Hope I helped some, and again welcome to the wonderful world of footbag.

Drew360 · Post by **Drew360** » 07 May 2006 18:08

hey Carlos.... you are about to enter into a whole new realm

hacky sack is a game most people know about, it is basically kicking a bag aroung trying to see how long you and your buddies can keep it off the ground.... footbag freestyle is something much greater.... this site is dedicated to that greatness.... check out one of my first posts, it will answer some of the questions a hackysacker might have... also watch some of the videos in the video section to enlighten yourself and be in awe of what footbag freestyle is all about... stick around and do some searches... footbag is an awesome thing to get into... just gets better and better

my recommendation is to get your kicks down... then start learning the stalls (delays)... stalls are basically the building blocks of what freestyle is based on... you stall the bag then toss it up and do a trick, then stall it again (put into simple terms)

here was one of my first posts when i was a mere "hackysacker" :
http://www.modified.in/footbag/viewtopic.php?t=12700

glitcher · Post by **glitcher** » 08 May 2006 12:09

thanks i got 5 kicks today but cant seem to control it after the 4th one....im racing one of my budies to see who gets 10 first, winer gets 20 bucks

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zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 08 May 2006 12:18

good luck man

Zeb Jackson · Post by **Zeb Jackson** » 08 May 2006 12:37

i used to have the same problem starting out, all you gotta do man, is slowly work on both sides and visualize what you want. Your kicking the bag with an inside kick right? So when you kick it i want you to be able to kick it srtaight up, and memorize how it felt and were it hit. Then just repeat

kick> hand catch

op kick > hand catch

until you've mastered kicking it sraight up then start by going

kick> op kick> hand catch

op kick > kick > hand catch

after you have those mastered then start trying to link them together and you'll be able to kick good in no time flat!

just remember you want to kick it the same way everytime so that you get the same results. Hope this helps man

peace

- Zeb Jackson

glitcher · Post by **glitcher** » 09 May 2006 04:42

thanks but um whats an op kick and now i can move my leg faster than i did before so i think that helps dont it?

zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 09 May 2006 06:33

what he means by "op kick" is kicking with your other foot. moving fast is sometimes a good thing, and other times its not, all you really want to do is get a good rhythm with your kicks.

glitcher · Post by **glitcher** » 12 May 2006 15:37

i got 7 kicks this moring and now i can get 4-5 prety easy but i need me a better bag thingy the one im using right now is them lil footbudys from frosted flakes =p

zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 12 May 2006 15:53

thats kool man good work, I don't know about everyone else here but all I used for a long time was croched bags. You might want to keep using the one you have until you get a little bit better. If you really want a new bag get a mr. sandman from flipsider.com. They are the best for beginners!

Zeb Jackson · Post by **Zeb Jackson** » 12 May 2006 17:07

i could proabably hook you up with a mr. sand for free, i have like 10 of them lying around and i dont use them anymore

mc · Post by mc » 13 May 2006 08:24

did you win the 20 bucks yet?

zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 13 May 2006 08:36

Matt Cross wrote:did you win the 20 bucks yet?

I forgot about the bet. So, have you won yet?

glitcher · Post by **glitcher** » 13 May 2006 16:19

nope still havent won but i got me 8 a while ago and could u get me one of them sand man bags pretty plz

Zeb Jackson · Post by **Zeb Jackson** » 13 May 2006 17:38

PM me your address and ill send you one

glitcher · Post by **glitcher** » 14 May 2006 05:33

thanks zeb

Zeb Jackson · Post by **Zeb Jackson** » 15 May 2006 12:40

no problem

glitcher · Post by **glitcher** » 15 May 2006 15:20

grrrr duno if this is normal or if im tired but i can barely hit 4s now and after like 10 mins of play my leg starts to hurt think i should take the day off or sumthin???

Drew360 · Post by **Drew360** » 15 May 2006 15:26

well if you are just kicking the bag trying to see how many kicks you can get, make sure when you kick, you do it in a controlled manner... don't just fling your leg around... it's a good way to pull something.... i would take a day or two off to let it heal... always make sure you stretch for about 15 min before you shred... here is a link for some stretches...

http://hood.012webpages.com/Living%20Ro ... tness.html scroll down and there are pictures and explanations of each stretch...

glitcher · Post by **glitcher** » 16 May 2006 12:13

thankz ima start doin that