Outside kick

[gangsta]

Recently I've been doing tons of outside kicks (rainbow's are frickin awesome), and as a result one of my knees now hurts on the 'outside' (same side as the outside surface of the foot), right in the center approximately where a large tendon attaches.

I Believe the pain is from doing outside kicks really, really close my body, or possibly from doing excesively large rainbows

So, does anyone have any tips on proper form for ouside kicks? I'd watch my old TT1 DVD but sadly it was lost years ago... I know my homie Matt C. would like some outside kick-form tips as well

[Blue_turnip]

If its causing you pain, its probably a good idea just to take a break from doing outside kicks. Fortunately outside kicks aren't fundamental to a freestylers move repetoire, so it won't affect shredding much, however It'd still probably be a good idea to seek professional medical advice.

[Jack Stutler]

i'd still say its fundamental, its one of the surfaces on your foot you can use, it's just hardly anyone uses it while playing i think, because of how awkward the position of playing from that surface can be.

i can't remember who, but i remember watching a video of someone playing using dragon to start everything, and it was sooooooo fun to watch.

[Jeremy]

It's clearly not a fundamental because it's not fundamental to being able to do freestyle footbag. I can only think of one person who uses outside kicks with any regularity when freestyling (and that's Lotus).

You don't need to be able to outside kick well to able to do dragon stalls or outside stalls, or be good at freestyle footbag.

[Jack Stutler]

It's clearly not a fundamental because it's not fundamental to being able to do freestyle footbag.

Ok true, you don't have to learn out side kicks to play freestyle footbag. Yet when I was just starting, and looking up info on how to start learning the game and such, every page with that kind of info said exactly the same thing:

"Start by learning and mastering your basic kicks, toe, inside, and outside."

Now dragons may not be fundamental to your game, but it's still one of the fundamental things you should learn when you start, even if you never use it again.

[janis]

Outside kicks are really important because they are a great way to build up strength and coordination for tricks like whirl without just jumping in the deep end and trying those tricks.

Obviously they are essential for net and circle kicking (net is awesome btw).

[Pasquar]

I personally don't do much in terms of outside and it has little to no effect on my shredding ability. however, I feel that outside tricks ARE very important because it shows control.

I, for instance, can't seem to ever get a decent outside stall on my switch side, even though it's considered an easy trick.

Though they are important with (as I mentioned) control, I wouldn't work them as hard or often as you do if it's giving you noticeable problems with your knee.