Hacky Sack Comeback Sparks Footbag Media Frenzy
Footbag, often known as the brand name Hacky Sack has returned to the public arena with many youth sporting teams in high schools and colleges building their own hack circles. Various media outlets have noticed the trend and look to explain the hacky sack comeback.
CNN, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, Good Housekeeping and many more have dedicated time in recent weeks to looking at this returning trend. Good Morning America brought in the big guns with legends of the sport Scott Davidson, Tuan Vu and Kenny Shults showing off their skills along with a local school group and the hosts of the show.
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What each of them are looking at is why has taken off.
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Many education content creators are picking up on the growing trend within schools and showing support for something that has children off screens and building social interactions.
Local news outlets will focus on schools in their area, such as this detailed report from Portland, Maine. Meanwhile the Oregon version of Portland, a longtime hub of the sport, prepares for the US Open of footbag.
Further afield, preparations are full steam ahead for the World Footbag Championships, taking place in Japan for the first time thanks to Taishi Ishida and his team. It will be the first time that the World Championships have taken place in Asia and follows on from the first venture into South America. In Spain, the European Footbag Championships are approaching quickly.
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This trio of events make up the key dates in the annual footbag calendar, with many smaller events and jams coming up throughout the year.
The sport of footbag has appeared in the media on and off for many years.
One of the hopes for players like myself is that some of this focus goes towards the competitive side of the sport.
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Daniel Boyle Founder of @sportslashlife. Australian living in Chile. Freestyle footbag player and passionate sports fan.
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