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Shaun Jakubec (Shaun) · Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 4:55 am Post subject: What is this trick called?

When I do a inside kick with my right foot and then while the bag is in the air my left foot goes over top of the bag and I hit it again with my right foot?

Jonathan Schneider (Outsider) · Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 5:11 am Post subject:

You're doing either Mirage, reverse Mirage, or Dragonfly. If you finish with a toe stall, its either the first or second, depending on whether your left foot goes around the bag right-to-left or left-to-right respectively. If you finish with a jumping inside kick (similar to a flying clipper, or "jester") than its the Dragonfly. If this is neither of the examples above, than you might say that it falls in-between them, and is not a common enough move that I know what others who have done it named it. In any case, this is an important fundamental move of freestyle footbag. Good work. Try doing two or even three in a row. And also try this move with your leg going in the opposite direction.

Ryan Page (Ryan_Page) · Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 12:02 am Post subject:

It sounds more like a dragonfly because it doesent seem in your description that there is a real dex going on in the move.

Mike Hansen (wolfpac444) · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:24 am Post subject:

A dragonfly involves a "real" dex.

Ryan Page (Ryan_Page) · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:04 pm Post subject:

Well, yes, but, most people cheat a little bit and just pass over the bag instead of around, at least with most people i've seen do it.

Gergo Csallo (rebelkid) · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:47 pm Post subject:

Try to download the Mirage, Reverse Mirage and the Dragonfly Kick from the Czech Singlet Tricks website. Then check which one you do Smile

http://www.footbag.cz/english/e_mo_vid.html

Also, getting a closer look at the Freestyle Section of footbag.org might be VERY VERY helpful. Here is the link:

http://www.footbag.org/newmoves/list/2

mrg.

Shaun Jakubec (Shaun) · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 10:43 pm Post subject:

Its a Dragon Fly Kick,one more question when I looked at the clipper kick it looked how I kick it. Then I looked at just the clipper and it looks like a very short stall and then hit it? Am I right or what?

Brian Hibler (BrianHibler) · Joined: 21 Mar 2004 Posts: 16 Location: Brookfield, WI, USA

Basically yes. You can preform a clipper by just hitting it, or by cushioning it and stalling it, then hitting it back up.

Clipper Kick
Kick the footbag with the inside surface of the foot with the kicking leg tucked behind the support leg.

Clipper
Delay the footbag on the inside surface of the foot with the catching leg tucked behind the support leg. Bend the support leg deeply and lean slightly over this leg for balance.