Step 2: Basic Rules

          In the glorious and highly competitive *jk*  world of "footbag", there's alot of different kinds of game play and versions. One of the oldest games is Vietnamese Footbag or "shuttlecock". I'm more of a purist and so I'm going to focus on freestyle footbag. It's the same game invented by Mike Marshall and John Stalberger, two friends just kicking a bean bag; they named the game "hackin' the sack". 
          Soooo in freestyle, you can play with a group of friends standing in a formation called the "hacky circle". This is done best with about arms-length space between players to give everyone enough space without being crowded. Then someone begins by kicking it up and does their thing (without being a sack hog) then passes it to someone else in the circle. This goes around to each player until someone messes up, then they start the round or "hack" all over again.
          If you happen to be shy or have no friends who like to play, you can try by yourself and fail many, many times. In my opinion, the only good this will do is you'll get really good at picking it up without your hands. My solution to this problem (and my favorite way to play) is what I like to call "Wall Hacky". What you do is just play by yourself, but you stand beside a brick wall and instead of trying to kick it up straight, you kick it hard into (and up) the wall. It's actually really easy to do and you can try out all your cool tricks.
            Freestyle is just a really easy and laid back game, plus it's a good way to meet new people and learn some new tricks and styles.