Any active UK players?

the_8_bit_kid · Post by **the_8_bit_kid** » 25 Apr 2009 11:47

From what I can tell me and my friend Matt Bailey seem to be the only active UK players on here?! I would love to be proved wrong cos wed both like other people to shred with!

footjam_heger · Post by **footjam_heger** » 27 Apr 2009 04:41

Hej there

Welcome to the forum first of all.
This question was posted in the past a few times as far as I can remember and it looks like there are not that many active players in the UK. However it seems that the scene is slowly about to grow in the UK.
On footbag.org there is a topic (or even more than one) regarding your question
http://www.footbag.org/forum/viewtopic. ... c&start=30
Thats all I can say.

Keep it up!

the_8_bit_kid · Post by **the_8_bit_kid** » 27 Apr 2009 07:03

hey!
Just checked out the thread on footbag.org, the only recent post on there was my mate matt! Starting to think it may just be the 2 of us

mc · Post by mc » 27 Apr 2009 08:09

start playing in covent garden, there's a real appreciation for it there. I made 20 quid playing there for an hour last summer! maybe you'll make some new players that way, just by being nice and having fun in public.

good luck!

the_8_bit_kid · Post by **the_8_bit_kid** » 28 Apr 2009 10:25

Thats a good idea Matt! We went down to the local shopping centre on sunday and played a bit. We got a bit of interest but mainly from the local security! Matt has posted the vid of him playing here actually http://www.modified.in/footbag/viewtopic.php?t=20219.
Once the weather is better here well hit more public places and try and get some interest.

maverick-morley · Post by **maverick-morley** » 09 Jul 2009 08:58

yes there are a few footbag players, though few and far between!!!! though im a newbie so i could benifit from the experiance of others!!!!!!!!!

im in east sussex!!!!

the_8_bit_kid · Post by **the_8_bit_kid** » 09 Jul 2009 11:04

Hey dude! First,welcome to the sport! and second, do u know of any other players? as far as i know there are me and my mate here in leicester,and a couple of new players in mablethorpe,and now u! Good see there are starting to be a few more of us popping up!

maverick-morley · Post by **maverick-morley** » 09 Jul 2009 12:03

i love the sport tho im abit naff, i can do a few basics, mainly because i used to play footie, but i wanna learn the harder ones, but im stuck on the clipper, it seems i cant crank my foot enough.

anything i can do?

what did you do when you first started?

the_8_bit_kid · Post by **the_8_bit_kid** » 09 Jul 2009 12:24

Have u seen the David clavens tutorial on YouTube? If not search it and do everything he tells u! Clipper is actually a pretty hard trick to learn. I'd got inside stalls down, and things like legover and mirage before I even tried it! I still have a bit of a hard time setting straight out of clipper but spend atleast half an hour a day practicin them! Good luck and remember to practice everything on BOTH sides. If your worse on one side then practice it twice as much! Also, remeber to keep it fun, if u start getting frustrated then give it a break, that's a problem I make far to often

maverick-morley · Post by **maverick-morley** » 09 Jul 2009 14:19

thanks man,

i appreciate it. i will work on it. someone suggested the wrap transition before going into the clipper. that what i bin doing. i can do it nearly every time on my left foot, it the right that is bad. it keeps falling off before i can pop out. still i will keep trying.

btw you were looking for brits who played, i just got a friend invovled, he was ace at footie tricks but stopped, i told him to look up footbag on youtube bout 30min ago, so with abit of luck we could have another footbagger!!!!!!!!

ThisIsFate · Post by **ThisIsFate** » 09 Jul 2009 21:21

the_8_bit_kid wrote:We got a bit of interest but mainly from the local security!

That is so true LOL, I got some too when i played in hong kong.

the_8_bit_kid · Post by **the_8_bit_kid** » 13 Jul 2009 02:25

ThisIsFate wrote:
the_8_bit_kid wrote:We got a bit of interest but mainly from the local security!
That is so true LOL, I got some too when i played in hong kong.

we were filming a video. They said they didn't mind as long as we didn't film any customers. We were in the middle of an outdoor shopping centre on a busy Saturday! Fuckin idiots, lol

maverick-morley · Post by **maverick-morley** » 17 Jul 2009 13:14

i have got 2 of my mates to start up playing footbag!!! both love the sport so that 3 in east sussex alone!!!

i think footbag isnt a widley known as it should be, so im planning on advertising it abit, see if i can sturr up some intrest.

collges i think are my best bet, see if i can get the numbers in east sussex to double!!!

mc · Post by mc » 18 Jul 2009 11:03

yo nick!

matt just picked up a new bag for you

enjoy it when you get it! thanks for the support.

matt

the_8_bit_kid · Post by **the_8_bit_kid** » 18 Jul 2009 11:15

Awesome, thanks matt, can't wait to shred with it! Had my eyes on an mc bag for a while

uzzzi_t · Post by **uzzzi_t** » 28 Jul 2009 03:42

just thoguth that i would give this a bump as i've started playing again as a wise man pointed out i'm probably in the top 100 foot baggers in the UK

just orded a few new bags should be withme soon

gonna start shreading at work during my lunch breaks as never have time at home at the moment

i'm in Essex by the way guys

WyrmFyre · Post by **WyrmFyre** » 28 Jul 2009 04:05

So there are a few of us

Im th one in Mablethorpe that 8_bit mentioned.

We should organise a big get together....

the_8_bit_kid · Post by **the_8_bit_kid** » 28 Jul 2009 06:22

Good idea Ian, might be able to turn shred mablethorpe into a full on jam! maybe the dream of a uk champs isnt as impossible as me and matt thought!
And Alex, welcome back to the sport

Good to hear there are more and more uk players coming out of the wood work!

matt_bailey · Post by **matt_bailey** » 28 Jul 2009 11:33

Glad to hear you're back Alex, I hope you can find the motivation to stick at footbag and keep it fun!

uzzzi_t · Post by **uzzzi_t** » 29 Jul 2009 01:28

cheers guys, yeah i'm def back for good this time.

it's so good to see some UK players around here.

having a UK jam some time would be epic!

Any active UK players?

Any active UK players?

2 more players starting up!!!