Hacky Sack Tricks

Just as Cadbury or Jeep has become a generic term for a range of products in that category for some of us, Hacky Sack is something which is similar to that. The name of the activity is actually Footbag, though the equipment for this game and even the game is named after the inventors of this sport. The point is that Hacky Sack is a generic trademark for the actual Footbag or the game played with it. Classically this game is played by opposing players trying to keep the ball off the ground by only using their feet. The bag is small, round, and many times it has a design like a soccer ball. But it is not as simple as it sounds. Unless you have a good number of tricks up your sleeve, it is not a cakewalk to play the game.

Easy Hacky Sack Tricks

Okay, we will start off with the easier tricks because probably most of those reading this might be reading about Hacky Sack for the first time.

Clipper
In this trick what is done is that a player kicks the footbag using the inside of your foot, from behind his support leg. In other words the catching leg has to be tucked behind the supporting leg and the supporting leg has to be bent well for balancing.

Flying
There are a couple of variants of this trick. One is flying inside and the other is flying outside. In the former, there is an inside kick while the player is in mid-air, in the latter, the player performs an outside kick while in mid-air.

Toe Delay
This is for beginners. If you learn hacky sack, this is perhaps the first thing you would learn. In this trick, what you need to do is just stall the footbag on the top of your foot. Yes, soccer players also do this sometimes!

Some More Delays
Yet another very common footbag trick is the inside delay. Simply stall the hacky sack on the inner portion or inside of your foot. Simple? Try it! A complete opposite of this is the outside delay. In this one, the player stalls the hacky sack on the outside of his foot. Another variation of the delay is the knee delay. The player simply stalls the Hacky Sack on the knee. That is all it is to the knee delay. Talk of some more delays and you have another delay, called the forehead delay. Stalling the footbag on the forehead is involved in this trick. I think if done properly, this can turn out to be really cool.

Tough Hacky Sack Tricks

The above tricks were some of the really easy tricks one can try out. However, those who are regular players and practice these tricks and tips, from them difficult tricks are expected. A look at such tricks.

Clipper, with a Change
Also known as Jester, this trick requires the player to kick the footbag with the inside of the foot. The catch is to do it from behind your support leg in mid air.

Back Stabbing
No no I am surely not telling you to betray someone! It's just another trick. A player kicks the footbag with the sole of the shoe, behind his back, blindly.

Stalls
Then you have a number of stall tricks - neck stalls, sole stall, clipper stall and the like. Neck stall is stalling the Hacky Sack on the back of your neck and sole stall is stalling it on the sole of your foot, behind your back.

In addition to these, there are many more tricks like Hewy, Hat Brim Stall, Rainbow Kick, Spin and Pendulum. Try these out but with an expert even though there is nothing too dangerous in trying these out! Have fun!