The hacky sack is back

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altrudee@reddit

Yep, my highschool freshman kiddo came home about 2 weeks ago saying everyone was into hackey sacks.

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We used to hacky sack in Navy steel toed boondocksers kids. If you miss and drop you gotta go up against the wall while we all get to chuck the hacky sack at you. We play for keeps 'round here. I have pictures in an old shoebox

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vulgrin@reddit

Heh at my work we had a similar game. Except we’d just actively try to “sack” each other. The trick was to get just the right “snap” on the shot so that they didn’t see you winding up, but so it still stung.

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TheConvergence_@reddit

At work there was a finish carpenter where most of his nine children worked for us at some point. Anyway, their uncle (the kids) invented the Hacky Sack. Mr. Hacky they called him.

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Research_Liborian@reddit

Saw a big hacky sack circle of guys playing yesterday on lawn at Mamaroneck HS (NYC suburbs.)

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Historical_Project86@reddit

I remember these. I had a flashback when our lovely volunteer at the local drug service used one to show us how to inject naloxone.

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teacher860@reddit

It’s a coast-to-coast phenomenon, apparently… it became a thing at the high school where I teach in CT a few weeks ago. It’s hilarious; the kids think they invented it, as if their parents weren’t getting yelled at for kicking a hacky sack across the lunchroom 25 years ago.

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TreaclePerfect4328@reddit

As a Tolland CT resident I played a ton in HS

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SaltMarshGoblin@reddit

What year did you graduate from THS? (or what decade, if you don't want to be that precise)

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TreaclePerfect4328@reddit

1993

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KimmyGurl420@reddit

I still reflexively kick things I drop... It's hell when it's a knife or a glass...

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Kvenya@reddit

Or canned goods. The struggle is real.

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Gallowglass668@reddit

I saw some young men at my son's High School playing last week, definitely surprised me.

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Leather-Highway5652@reddit

Same. Although, they call it “sacking” and use the “sack” so many times with zero self-awareness, as in “Bro, do you like my sack?” and “Sauce me your sack, bro.”

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Five_String_Serenade@reddit

Sounds a bit 6-7’y

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shawncollins512@reddit

Same in Austin and one of the high schools circulated a letter last week informing students that Hacky Sacks are banned at school.

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Five_String_Serenade@reddit

You can bring your phone to school but you can’t play hacky sack at lunch. Boo!

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reeferthetuxedocat@reddit

The sack may be back but my back,knees and hips will not be impressed as they often are when channeling my youth.

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DJErikD@reddit

Tony Hawk recommends CoQ10 and turmeric supplements.

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Illustrious_Bad_2980@reddit

I remember

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CosmicTurtle504@reddit

The OG pro version, not for noobs. The squishy knit ones are much more forgiving. Man, I played so much hackey sack on the quad with my buddies in high school. Good times!

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NoSweatBetting@reddit

Team squishy knit here, not ashamed to admit I needed the handicap

But willing to take the L here if Butts Up is next

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zombie_overlord@reddit

Those are so bouncy. I like the soft dirtbags.

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ripsfo@reddit

The one I had!! Remember when it eventually got a hole, so you melted a couple of the beads to mend it?

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crs1904@reddit

https://i.redd.it/sdzntqfro11h1.gif

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Vast-Intention5350@reddit

Yes, I coach a 12u baseball team and the kids asked for a hacky sack while we were waiting to play. I was shocked.

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HarveyMushman72@reddit

I can keep it up for days, I'm a sack aristocrat! Fun times in the smoking area at lunch break. Good to see it made a comeback. I was terrible at it, but I enjoyed playing.

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Rattlehead71@reddit

I learned to play (and got quite good at) in our high school smoking area called "the pit".

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fastslowloris@reddit

I was embarrassingly good at it. I sucked at sports but I could do all kinds of stalls and tricks. It would be fun to jump into a circle as a 50 year old and break out some old moves.

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NateNMaxsRobot@reddit

You should do it.

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HarveyMushman72@reddit

There was only one kid at my school that could rainbow.

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fastslowloris@reddit

My crew had a rainbow routine of passing it back and forth right to left. We were pretty good. Nobody else gave a single fuck but we were having fun. I soon transitioned to roller hockey which was somehow even less cool.

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Max_Gerber@reddit

It’s a thing at my kid’s school. Everything old is new again.

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fixit858@reddit

Holding out for the yo-yo resurgence

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nirreskeya@reddit

I've seen some kids hacking this spring in a park in my northern Idaho town. Warms my heart. :)

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ripsfo@reddit

Yep. This was reported to me by my kid in middle school up in Marin County. Apparently the whole school is into it. Not just the ones hanging around the smoking area. 👴🏽

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Luvsseattle@reddit

I love this! I jjust recently saw some ad (streaming service or animated billboard - can't remember) with a hacky sack. I can't even remember what was being advertised, but I remember the hacky sack.

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zombie_overlord@reddit

I saw it this weekend too! I almost asked to join in for a bit

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Carefree_Highway@reddit

You’d be a OG legend.

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zombie_overlord@reddit

This thread has convinced me to get a dirtbag if I can still find one. So easy to stall those.

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Carefree_Highway@reddit

Me too! And at least keep a look out for a game.

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ShookMyHeadAndSmiled@reddit

The college where I work has a new hacky community. It's nice to see. If my knees weren't shot I'd show them how it's done

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Thats-what-I-do@reddit

My local Facebook moms group has had a couple of posts desperately looking for hacky sacks for their kid’s birthdays (South Carolina).

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Reader47b@reddit

They never heard of Amazon?

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Voivode71@reddit

Was it ever gone?

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SemperFudge123@reddit

Our oldest is a sophomore in high school and when I was getting ready with her the other morning she randomly mentioned that kids were playing hacky sack in their courtyard at lunch. I didn't really believe it.

Fast forward a few hours and I'm walking through a park in our downtown and there were TWO groups of teenagers in circles hacking!

When I got home later I dug out the two hacky sacks I've had sitting in the cabinet by our front door for years and years. I'm still terrible.

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VonGrippyGreen@reddit

Remember that perfectly seasoned hack that was stretched, but not torn? Brand new was too bouncy. Had to stomp it a few times and play a rough game like cheese or red ass. Old hack too flat. Beads falling out, barely toe flip to start.

Perfectly seasoned hack lasted like two weeks of lunch hours and hanging around at the train station after school, just hacking and smoking.

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Carefree_Highway@reddit

That’s why went right for a sipa sack. Kind of a knitted version of the original

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root_fifth_octave@reddit

Let’s kick some hack

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dirtytounder@reddit

Why would campus security have to break up a hack?

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PAUL-E-D77@reddit

My son is a freshman in college but when he was in high school his cross country team was constantly playing hacky sack. The coach even got the seniors personalized ones at the end of the season.

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Scrappyl77@reddit

It is! My kid was a hero bc when he told me we had an ancient one still from when I was 12 that we passed along to him. His friends couldn't believe he had one.

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alinroc@reddit

Our high school just banned hacky sack. It's a "significant disruption" and now being treated the same as cell phones, which are banned during school hours by statewide law.

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megar52@reddit

My kid is a senior and the entire baseball team warms up playing hacky. Probably cost them a few games 😆

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Zealousideal_Sink420@reddit

My kid told me all about the new game a year or so ago. It’s been working its way around to mainstream again.

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North_Artichoke_6721@reddit

I picked up my 13-yr old son from an activity this week and he was playing hacky sack with a small group of other boys when I got there.

He asked if we could make our own (I like to sew) so I made him a little one with 2 ounces of dry rice inside. He’s been practicing around the house. I’m just happy he’s off the tablet.

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TortiTrouble@reddit

WI checking in. Saw some kids in the HS parking lot with one the other day. Did a double-take!

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Locutus_Im_Bored@reddit

I saw some kids at the airport playing this past weekend!

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WiscoDJ920@reddit

Were you in Vancouver?

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Locutus_Im_Bored@reddit

Charlotte

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WiscoDJ920@reddit

There is another comment from a user saying they were at the Vancouver airport and saw kids hacking. I had to find out if they were the same or if we have an international epidemic lol.

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MasterWinstonWolf@reddit

🤣

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MoveToPuntaGorda@reddit

I’ve heard it’s coming back.

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bb9116@reddit

If you're not holding crappy keg beer in a plastic cup, are you really hacky sacking? 😊

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PhoenixRising4242@reddit

I still have both of mine from highschool, I was just saying the other day how I want to teach my kids how to hack. They are still young, didn't have kids till my 40's.

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marcduberge@reddit

Yes! I just saw my college BFF two weeks ago in Colorado (we are 57) and we went outside to hack in front of his house for a bit. I used muscles not used in a looooooong time. Love that it’s coming back

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Repulsive_Client_325@reddit

Winnipeg Canada here. It’s a thing here too. I love it. Been trying for ages to get my kids to do it.

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Bob_Sacamano7379@reddit

Not even kidding, I was just talking to a colleague today about "Why hasn't the hacky sack fad returned?"

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StJmagistra@reddit

I thought it was just my school! I teach in Alabama and the last two weeks the kids have been playing with hackey sacks constantly!

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DrHoleStuffer@reddit

I haven’t hackied a sackie since the early 90’s. I remember when the koosh ball first came out and we would try it with them. Not as easy to work with.

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jacklogan2972@reddit

My HS age daughter told me kids are playing it again.

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jnyrdr@reddit

love it….we played every day at lunch in high school

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Ahkhira@reddit

Jeez... my friends and I all used to work 2nd shift. We'd meet up at the 24 hour Dunkin Donuts after work, get coffee at midnight, and play hackey sack until the local cops told us to go home.

I hope kids get to do the same thing now.

There's a lot worse things that they could be doing.

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Oldandcranky973@reddit

I work in a store that sold out of them immediately when they came in— they were called “foot bags” 😂

I knew exactly what they were when I saw them and had to explain to my employees

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Tranesblues@reddit

Middle school teacher here. I've been playing with them all week. Apparently I'm the goat!!

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Not_a_fan_of_me@reddit

I just had a conversation with some friends about this last week. For some of us, it never went away

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chrislkeller@reddit

NYT made a to do about it this week

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Bright_Broccoli1844@reddit

I love this update on wholesome activities.

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AdEastern9303@reddit

Wholesome? We always played in my friend’s garage in 20 degree weather while everyone was drinking and passing a joint around. I’d still say it was wholesome because we weren’t out gettting into trouble.

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