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How to do the Inside Kick

The inside kick strikes the bag with the flat shelf on the inside of the foot, just below the ankle. It is the first contact every footbagger learns and the surface most freestyle tricks are built on.

STEP BY STEP

1. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, knees soft and weight centred, holding the bag in one hand.
2. Drop the bag from your hand so it falls just inside your dominant foot.
3. Rotate that hip outward and lift the knee so the inside of the foot turns up toward the sky.
4. Strike the bag with the flat shelf below the ankle bone, not the arch and not the toes.
5. Send it straight up to about chest height and catch it to check your contact.
6. Once that is repeatable, keep it up with inside kicks only.

TIPS

• Turn the hip out, not the ankle - a flat surface comes from the hip.
• Strike through the middle of the bag so it rises straight instead of spinning away.
• Watch the bag all the way onto your foot; looking up early is the usual miss.

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