Dragonfly Footbags

How many footbag tricks exist? This question is particularly difficult to answer given that there are hundreds of footbag tricks throughout the world today. Since footbag often provides more than enough room for player interpretation, the combinations and possibilities that players come up with are mind boggling. Still, some footbag tricksters contend in a competitive manner, and these footbag experts are within a realm of their own.

Most footbag tricks fall under the category of “footbag freestyle” – a sort of competition that has gained a lot of ground lately.

Footbag freestyle can be quite technical, and some players can even perform their tricks in time with to music. Competitive freestyle tricks are judged according to presentation, difficulty, variety, and execution, (along with creativity and risk) though there are other freestyle tricks in existence as well.

A favorite form of footbag freestyling includes “shredding” in which players attempt to go through as many tricks as possible during one turn.

If a player is performing tricks competitively, the difficulty of a trick is rated, divided by the number of complete tricks, and then scored.

The goal of most footbag tricks is to remain fluid while keeping the footbag off the ground … not an easy task.

Extreme Footbag Tricks by Jorden Moir:

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