Thanks for your comments/questions!

Daryl is away at the IFPA World Footbag Championships at the moment, and, as such, will probably take a while to respond to you. Rest assured that he will respond, though

I can tell you that, for beginners, there is simply no replacement for the Mr. Sandbag Footbag.

Cheers.

I am a total newbie to all this… at 50 years old. I was introduced to footbag by a friend of my daughter’s… at the airport, as we waited for her plane. They had a circle going and I wandered over, hoping to get in, but never having touched a footbag before. Corey welcomed me in, by sailing me a pass… and now I want to get decent at this… and I want to give him a gift ‘bag as a thank you.

I am wondering a few things….
–what is your general advice for someone like me…
–what kind of bag is easiest to learn on…
–what do people think of the footbags being sold under the DragonFly label (footbagshop dot com) (how do they compare to other companies and where on the chart would they fall — I describe 3 below that I’m interested in)…

For someone who’s ok at circle (compared to me), what would be a good footbag to give as a gift? (sand? plastic pellet? metal pellet? type of covering? etc)

I already bought 2 of their other bags (before I found this website), the Circle 10 and the Pogo 8 metal.
The Circle 10 uses Plastic Pellets has 10 panels, is medium size and weighs 32-35gm. They say it’s their exclusive design, and is great for stalling and circle kicking.

The Pogo 8 metal is filled with a mixture of Plastic/Metal Pellets, is 8 panels, small, and weighs 60-70gm
They say the filling and weight helps with control and stalling. They say it’s a great footbag for the beginner.

Right now the one I’m most curious about is the Clipper 24, a 24 panel Sand bag. I was thinking that a sand bag would be easier to learn on, because it would be less prone to rolling off my foot as I try to catch it… I suspect that what I’m trying to learn is catching and stalling…

How would the Clipper 24 compare to Mr. Sandbag?

What I really want to do is give Corey a footbag as a gift… but when I give it to him, I want to do so with a pass… I want to start the bag, show ’some’ control (so he can see what I’m doing), and then pass him his new bag.
Towards that end I bought an extra bag to learn on (so I don’t give him a used bag).

Right now I’m trying to learn on the DragonFly Circle 10.
I’m finding learning to be very frustrating, because I can’t catch anything… The bag seems to be broken in (it’s not stiff), but everything that should be caught, is rolling off.

I can start from my foot, pass it to my knee and even get a couple of bounces on my knees… but to pass it to Corey, I’ll need to get it down to my foot (to better control the time and accuracy of my pass to Corey).

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That’s where I’m at, and that’s how I got there… Any feedback would be welcome.
Rick