How to Play Hackysack

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Kicking around a hackysack develops agility and coordination and is a fun game to practice alone or play with friends.

Step 1: Gather your friends
Gather your friends in a circle about four to five feet across.


Step 2: Serve the hackysack
Serve the hackysack to any player by gently tossing it about waist high.


Tip
Tip: Only the server can use his hands—and only when he serves the hackysack.

Step 3: Don’t use your hands
Keep the hackysack in the air using any part of the body but your arms or hands.


Tip
Use your thigh, heel, inside of the foot, and forehead to keep it aloft.

Step 4: Pass it on
Pass the hackysack back and forth around the circle of players for as long as possible.

Step 5: Don’t kill the hack
If a player lets the hackysack hit the ground—or touches it with a hand or arm—it "kills" the hack, and game must be restarted.

Step 6: Play until you’re tired
Play until you tire of kicking the bag around.


Did You Know?
In 1997, Ted Martin set an individual hackysack record with 63,326 consecutive kicks.