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History of
Footbag
Footbag is actually an ancient sport,
with its roots in North America and Asia. There is evidence of
a game that native North Americans played using a sack made of
animal hyde, filled with pellets or sand. Feathers were sometimes
attached to give it a flight similar to a badminton birdie.
In Malaysia in the 1960s a
competitive net game called Sepaktakraw developed, using
a 5" tightly woven, wicker-type ball called a Takraw Ball.
A simple comparison would say that it's like volleyball using
only your feet. The sport is rapidly growing in Asia, and organizers
have their eyes on the potential for future Olympic presence.
In 1972, two American athletes
named Mike Marshall and John Stalberger met in Oregon
City, Oregon. Marshall had a home-made bean bag, that he was kicking
around, and experimenting with it's potential as a co-ordination
builder. Stalberger was recovering from knee surgery and was looking
for a fun form of therapy and exercise. They referred to the new
game as "Hacking the Sack." The two decided to collaborate
and market their new game under the trademark of "Hacky
Sack®".
Mike Marshall died of a heart attack
in 1975, at the age of twenty eight. Stalberger continued with
the vision of Hacky Sack as a popular game and formed the National
Hacky Sack Association. He later sold the rights for the Hacky
Sack® Footbag to Kransco (operating under the Wham-o
label), which also manufactured the Frisbee and the Hula-Hoop.
By the 1980s, different varieties
of the sport had evolved including "Footbag
Net" where players volley a footbag over a 5-foot-high
net, "Freestyle Footbag" where players stand
in a circle and do tricks with the Bag while passing it around
the circle, and "Footbag Golf".
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