Equipment
Shoes –
Nike Air Max 90
- The Nike Air Max 90 are currently the most commonly used shoes by footbag net players, because World Champion Florian Goetze play with these shoes.
Pros: – easily available almost everywhere in the world. – inside and outside surfaces do not need to be modified. Cons: – pretty expensive. – casual shoes and not sport shoes.
New Balance 1123
- The New Balance 1123 are quite popular among footbag net players.
Pros: – real sport shoes. – inside and outside surfaces do not need to be modified. Cons: – running shoes made for forward not lateral movements.
Brooks Addiction Walker
- The Brooks Addiction Walker are quite popular among footbag net players, especially in the footbag net mecca Montreal.
Pros: – real sport shoes. – inside and outside surfaces do not need to be modified. Cons: – walking shoes made for forward not lateral movements. – insides can easily be modified to become even flatter.
Asics Gel Rocket
- The Asics Gel Rocket are newly quite popular among Finnish footbag net players.
Pros: – real sport shoes. – indoors badminton shoes made for lateral movements. Cons: – inside and outside surfaces need to be modified. – only minor modifications needed.
Yonex SHT-307 CL
- The Yonex shoes are the *new* thing in the footbag net scene.
Pros: – real sport shoes. – multi surfaces tennis shoes made for lateral movements. Cons: – inside and outside surfaces need to be modified. – major modifications needed.
Nets –
Buying a Net Set
You can buy any badminton net and use it for footbag, however, this is not recommended because of the different way footbag is played (namely, with your body in the air). When you “crash the net”, you want to be assured that it will react appropriately — i.e., you won’t get hurt and the net will fall down without breaking.
So the best bet, and our number one recommendation for net players, is to use the: Footbagnet.com net set who is very similar to the “Jimmy c”. as of today (30/01/08) it is the only serious net set available.
Making a Net Set
If you are low on cash (as many footbag players are), you can somewhat easily construct your own net set with materials costing less than $40 (U.S. currency). For a list of materials needed and instructions for creating your own net set, visit Making a net set.