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Trick Tip of the Week: The Magic Hop

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Here it is, the secret to freestyle footbag: The magic hop! Sometimes the most subtle things can be critically important. The footbag “magic hop” is one such thing. Learning the magic hop is critical to leaning freestyle footbag because it is an inherent component of most footbag tricks. Succinctly put, the […]

Trick Tip of the Week: Full Hands

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Every week I’m going to be putting up a simple tip that may help with your game. Two weeks ago I posted about a simple ankle stretch.
This weeks tip is: Keep your hands full. And by that I don’t mean you should keep objects in your hands (though I often end […]

A Simple Ankle Stretch For Footbag

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

One of the key components to performing the clipper stall trick successfully is having flexible ankles. It can be difficult to find the time for stretching, but the it just so happens you can practice the stretch for clippers and insides while sitting down. Whether it’s watching TV, or sitting at a desk […]

Choosing a Footbag: The Panel Question 1, 2, 4, 8, 14, 32, 42, 64, 92, 122… more?

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

When selecting a freestyle footbag, there are several important factors to consider. Among these are intended use, size, material, fill, panels, kickability, stallability, and stitching type. Many of these factors are covered in our “Footbag Comparison Table“. This article will focus specifically on panels.
The first footbag ever invented was the original Hacky […]

Great Advice

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

I haven’t been reading the forums much these days, but yesterday’s post about the Footbag Comparison Chart had me posting on modified, and I got to reading a few threads. I stumbled across this one on Footbag Worldwide. Colin Kennedy is a really intelligent person, who always posts in a helpful, thoughtful manner (and […]