Weird Ways You Have Injured Yourself Playing Footbag

Caleb · Post by **Caleb** » 06 Oct 2006 10:20

I used to school in my basement and one day my arm went flailing at just the right time (probably during a flail or PD whirl infact), my hand SMASHED through the light bulb. I cut up the back of my hand real good but it was so funny at the time. I just heard glass falling all around me and I went yelling and cowering in the corner. Hahaha good times.

Wim · Post by **Wim** » 09 Oct 2006 02:53

Okay, so we've had the occasional nut kick on paradon, and the pinky in pocket thing Lon mentioned (now that I come to think of it, I've hurt pretty much all my fingers that way).

But have you ever dislocated a nerve in the back of your neck while doing a paradon so that you couldn't look to your left side for 3 days?

I did and I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry at the time.

BTW Caleb, I remember reading about that light bulb incident in a footblog and I must say it's a pretty scary read

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The Energizer Benny · Post by **The Energizer Benny** » 25 Dec 2006 19:23

In our early kicking days, when footbag was hackysack and making saves and getting long passing strings was the goal, A bag was kicked high intot he air where everyone could reach it. I came running from one direction and got some good air doing a flying clipper. Drew Martin came running from another angle and gave me a solid JUMP-KICK To The GROIN. It was awful.

Another time, I was at Woodstock, NY, in a circle with some inexperienced but enthusiastic kickers. This guy directly across from me was wearing GIANT hiking boots. He was kicking with this lazy style where he would let the footbag reach a few inches from the ground and then throw a hard toe-flick. You know the type of kicker, people. So he gives a few of these giant ankle-snap kicks with his big-ass boots, and then BLAM!!!. IT happens. His army boot FLIES OFF and NAils me in the GROIN.

WHY DID I START PLAYING THIS EVIL GAME WHERE PEOPLE GET SMASHED IN THEIR GROINS?

crazylegs32 · Post by **crazylegs32** » 25 Dec 2006 19:58

Ok I must be getting old. Last summer I hurt myself by opening the gas station door to get gatorade before a shred

My knee ached for weeks after that door dammit

Wim · Post by **Wim** » 26 Dec 2006 05:00

This thread is so painfully funny.

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 01 Jan 2007 16:55

The Energizer Benny wrote: This guy directly across from me was wearing GIANT hiking boots. He was kicking with this lazy style where he would let the footbag reach a few inches from the ground and then throw a hard toe-flick. So he gives a few of these giant ankle-snap kicks with his big-ass boots, and then BLAM!!!. IT happens. His army boot FLIES OFF and NAils me in the GROIN.

This thread is great.

EDIT: Back in the day I used to skool consec pendulums. I could do like 8 in a row. But every now and then when I got the timing wrong or tried to force one, the momentum of swinging my leg back would make my other foot come out from under me, so I'd land flat on my face. Painful and humiliating, especially since I usually played during the lunch hour at my high school.

footbagi · Post by **footbagi** » 12 Jan 2007 17:43

Well I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet but.......

I call this one the "BELL RINGER" ; this could occur when dexing out to in or in to out. When your foot dex's on an angular plane and nails your ball sack.

Any one seen this happen ever or had it happen to them?

Jus remember, "BELL RINGER"

ouch

Post by **Zac Miley** » 12 Jan 2007 17:53

That's the paradon one.

I've also done it on Illusion.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 16 Jan 2007 15:01

Drg a session recently, a friend held up an empty soda can against a wall about head high and told me to crush it while he held it against the wall. I tried a flying side kick (using my sole to crush the can) but while I was in mid air, he freaked, droped the can, and I had to bail from my maneuver.
I enden up on the ground with a moderately twisted left ankle, inflamed tendons in my right wrist (which continues bother me), and a right hip tweak. I have video of it, and I'll prolly post it sometime when I feel so inclined.

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 16 Jan 2007 15:24

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Reid · Post by **Reid** » 17 Jan 2007 07:26

my favorite Jeremy injury is the wall spin. I don't know if that can be beat.

smokefree · Post by **smokefree** » 17 Jan 2007 11:10

Never really had any serious injuries.. I made my tounge bleed once by doing a ducking pixie and I raised my knee right into my Jaw making me bite my tounge. Footbagging is dangerous. For reelz. The only other serious pain ive had is from smacking my ankle onto the concrete when landing a dimwalk.

cammel · Post by **cammel** » 26 Jan 2007 01:30

ive had a fair share of kicks to the balls, mostly from flux attempts. But probably the one i look back on now as the stupidest was when i was first trying atomics i kneed myself in the face. Im really glad i was in my room where no one was watching

Pyroman924 · Post by **Pyroman924** » 26 Jan 2007 14:44

I was at home once trying out playing naked. Well, I went for a Mirage and managed to mash my testicles together.

Just picture a vice, and a pair of testicles and let your imagintion due the first. Needless to say, I couldn't breathe for about a minute. And I haven't played bareass since.

mc · Post by mc » 26 Jan 2007 18:33

I've definitely given myself the vice on a few occasions going for ducking butterfly flying knee. OUCH!

peterh · Post by **peterh** » 01 Feb 2007 17:38

I just played a game of 2 square. During the final hackoff (10-9), I attempted a roof shot to throw my opponent off guard. The bag flew up and and hit the light fixture, causing the massive fluorescent bulb to plummet directly on my opponents head. The bulb shattered, but the bag landed on his square.

(No serious injuries resulted)

-Peter

Zac Jackson · Post by **Zac Jackson** » 15 Mar 2007 12:21

peterh wrote:I just played a game of 2 square. During the final hackoff (10-9), I attempted a roof shot to throw my opponent off guard. The bag flew up and and hit the light fixture, causing the massive fluorescent bulb to plummet directly on my opponents head. The bulb shattered, but the bag landed on his square.

(No serious injuries resulted)

-Peter

haha thats a good one, I kneed my self in the face recently trying to ducka pixie. . .I know im not the only on thats done that before

Bagira · Post by **Bagira** » 16 Mar 2007 07:09

I kneed myself a few times trying a ducking pixie too. Except it's worse for me due to the fact that I wear glasses and may as well be blind without them. It might be best to just learn to set high enough to avoid that though...at least evolution implies that.

Post by **Zac Miley** » 19 Mar 2007 10:16

Paradon>Step on Ankle>Almost fall>keep almost falling>Get balance>glide into a pile of rocks *cough* fall *cough*

kyle · Post by **kyle** » 19 Mar 2007 16:56

A couple years ago I was playing in a school hack circle and this new guy joined to give hack a try. He never even got a chance to try kicking before my big ass skateboard shoe flew off and split his lip wide open! There was like blood everywhere, even on my shoe!

Thankfully he was a good sport about it and laughed it off.

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