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How to do the Pickup

The pickup kicks the bag up, steps your kicking leg under the airborne bag from outside to inside, and strikes it again from the inside. It is the natural counterpart to the legover and together they form the core vocabulary of 2-add freestyle.

STEP BY STEP

1. Kick the bag upward with your dominant foot to about waist height.
2. As the bag rises, swing your dominant leg under and past the bag from the outside toward the inside.
3. Your foot passes beneath the bag in a scooping under-arc.
4. As the bag begins to drop, your dominant foot is now on the inside ready to kick again.
5. Strike the bag a second time with an inside kick and resume play.

TIPS

• The under-swing must be smooth — slow it down in practice so the foot does not clip the bag.
• Kick the bag slightly higher than usual to create room for the under-step motion.
• Think of the pickup as the legover mirrored: instead of stepping over, you sweep under.

LEARN FIRST

Inside Kick

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