The Footbag

A footbag is generally a ball (or sometimes, a sack) that is made of leather or fabric and filled with beads,rice, etc. The aim of the game is to keep the ball in th air maintain it while trying to perform a various range of tricks.

The footbag is not just a pass time, but also a sport.  Played competitively in the United States of America, footbag - or popularly known as "hacky-sack" - is also a great way to keeep fit and have fun solely or as a group.

Following are various tricks, listed in difficulty order by the IFAB.  The more "adds" to a move, the greater the difficulty.


Adds come from any of the following five categories, listed in parentheses for each move:

  delay                               - stalling or delaying the footbag using a foot or leg
  dexterity                         - circling or crossing the footbag with a leg
  cross-body                       - using a leg on the opposite site of the body
  body                                - spinning, jumping, twisting the body
  unusual surface                 - using any surface on the body besides the
                                         toes, insteps, outsteps, and knees

Note that the add count for a move counts the final delay of the move (if any) but not the delay (if any) involved in the set for the move. This convention ensures that sequences of linked moves are properly counted.

In the names for the moves below, the terms "stall" and "delay" are synonymous.  In other words, some people will say "toe delay" instead of "toe stall". 
 

Add One moves
Add Two moves
Add Three moves
Add Four moves
Add Five Moves
 
I put the above in (mainly) plain text should you want to print them out

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