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Every hacky sack trick,
easiest to hardest.
All 49 footbag freestyle tricks in the order real players learn them — from your first Inside Kick to competition-level 3-Add combos. Tricks marked VIDEO have a full tutorial.
BASIC KICKS
Where everyone starts — clean contact and control with both feet.
- Inside KickVIDEO
The foundation of everything - Outside KickVIDEO
Your second weapon - Toe KickVIDEO
Strike with your toe - Knee KickVIDEO
Use your whole leg
STALLS & DELAYS
Catch and balance the bag on your foot, knee, or chest.
- Toe StallVIDEO
Freeze time on your foot - Inside StallVIDEO
Stall on the inside shelf - Knee Stall
Balance on a joint - Outside Stall
Stall on the outer edge - Heel Delay
Hold it behind you - Sole Delay
Flat bottom, pure control - ClipperVIDEO
Cross-body, then hold - Far Clipper
Clipper, stretched further - Dragon
Behind-the-back clipper - Flying Clipper / Jester
Clipper in the air - Neck Stall
Balance on your neck
2-ADD TRICKS
Real freestyle: a set, an added move, and the catch.
- Around the World / ATWVIDEO
Your leg circles the bag - LegoverVIDEO
Step your leg over the bag - PickupVIDEO
Step under and kick back up - Reverse ATW
Circle the other way - Guay
ATW on the outside - MirageVIDEO
Legover on the outside - Hopover
Hop your whole body over - Fairy
Non-dominant leg steps over - Reverse Guay
Guay, the other direction - Bubba
Reach behind your back - Far Legover
Legover, stretched across - Far Pickup
Pickup swept further under - Inspinning Toe Stall
Spin inward into a stall - Spinning Toe Stall
Spin outward into a stall - Ducking Toe Stall
Duck under and stall - Symple ATW
ATW with a legover entry - Symple Legover
ATW into a legover - Symple Pickup
Legover into a pickup
3-ADD TRICKS
Competition-level combinations. The top of the ladder.
- ButterflyVIDEO
Spin and strike - Infinity
Butterfly, then back again - OsisVIDEO
Butterfly into an ATW - Whirl
Butterfly into a legover - Swirl
Butterfly with outside contact - Twirl
Butterfly into a toe stall - Drifter
Butterfly with a behind-the-back leg - Dyno
Butterfly into an ATW from a spin - Blender
Rapid legover-pickup combo - Torque
Butterfly with outside-foot circle - Eggbeater
Clipper and legover combined - DLO / Double Legover
Two leogovers in succession - Paradon / Double Butterfly
Two butterflies in a row - Pixie Legover
Butterfly entry into a legover - Spinning Mirage
Butterfly spin into a mirage - Ducking Butterfly
Duck under during a butterfly spin
GET SCORED ON EVERY TRICK
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