- Hacky Sack
Hacky Sack is the trademarked name of a type of
footbag . The name "hacky sack" came from the inventors of the footbag, John Stalberger and Mike Marshall. [http://www.footbag.org/faq/show/941272106 Footbag Worldwide FAQ] ] Although Marshall suffered a fatal heart attack in 1975, Stalberger continued the business. At a later date, Stalberger sold the title toWham-O . The name Hacky Sack has become agenericized trademark , and can refer to either the footbag or a footbag game. Basically the classic hacky sack circle consists of 2+ people that keep the footbag off the ground by any means necessary besides using the palms of his/her hands.The idea of the game is similar to traditional Asian games of kicking the
shuttlecock , known asJianzi and Chapteh. In Korea it is called Jae gi cha gi. The game is also similar to some South East Asian games, such asSepak Takraw andSipa .ee also
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Footbag
*Freestyle footbag
*List of circle kick variants References
External links
*http://www.wham-o.com/
*http://www.footbag.org/
* [http://footbag.ucan2.com/ Footbag Videos]
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