Hacky Sack

The basic game of hacky sack is basically several people(preferably 4 or 5) kicking a hacky around and trying to keep it off the ground. They can either be trying to get the hacky sack around to everyone in the circle or each individual might be trying to show off.

The only rule to hacky sack is the owner of the sack makes the rules up. However there are some general rules you should follow.
1. Never Self Hack - this is when a person throws the hacky sack to themselves to start it off. This quite often results in getting pegged.
2. Never peg someone without reason (especially someone bigger than you who can peg back harder)
3. Don't be too selfish unless you are with a bunch of people that just plain suck at the game
4. Don't touch the sack with your hands (this depends on the game you are playing or if it is going out the circle)
These are only a few basic rules for playing.

Other fun rules and twists to play with

Death Hack is simply when the sack is kicked three times it can be caught and you can peg anyone in the circle. The hacky sack is not dead until it hits the ground so if you get pegged and catch it, you can peg them back.

Tackle Sack is a better and more fun version of this game. It is basically the same except three different people have to kick it and you can tackle the person with the sack.

This game is a way to eliminate people that suck from you circle when it is too big. When someone misses the hacky sack completely they are eliminated. No one can enter your circle when the someone has already been eliminated. The last person left wins.

This game is fun when not too many people in the circle are very good. In this game, everyone takes turns kicking the hacky sack. When it is a person's turn they count the number of times it is kicked. Once the hacky sack hits the ground it is the next person's turn. It continues around the circle, each person starting where they left off on their last turn, till their is a winner. The object of this game is to get to 21 first and catch the hacky sack. If a person doesn't catch the hacky sack on their 21st time or if they go over then they have to go back to 13. This is a good way to end an elimination round that is dragging on.

To eliminate people in this game you have to play the hacky sack 2 times and kick it to(or at real hard) someone else and if they can't play it they are out.

Other Twists to this game

1. People who you don't like and come late into the circle start with a letter or two.
2. Snake Rules - This is when several people go for the hacky sack and one person gets it. Those who didn't get it gets a letter.

This is when you kick the hacky sack at passers-by that aren't involved in the game. For each person you hit you get a certain number points. When playing this game you must act like you didn't hit them on purpose or else people will get really mad at you. You just sort of accidentally hit them :).
Here is an example of some point values.

Any person		1
Someone important	10
someone real important	20
moving people		add 2 pts
in the head		double pts

This is a really fun game to play with really stupid people that you don't like or really suck at hacky sack. First you get a group of people to be in on it and make up rules before the game and not tell the really stupid people. Then when the really stupid people do something wrong you peg them. You can even make up the rules as you go along. This game is really good when used with the game A-S-S because you can make up rules to get letters taken off for yourself and more letters for other people and so on. Use your imagination.

This glossary of terms is for those who are too stupid to know what these different terms or guess what they mean.

a Hack

when every one in the circle kicks the sack without it touching the ground

a Sack

the hacky sack itself or when every one in the circle kicks it twice. After that it is Hacky Sack then 4-hack, 5 hack, etc

Peg (also called Bean, Pelt, etc)

this is usually a form of punishment in which someone throws a hacky sack as hard as they can at another person

Self Hack

this is when a person throws a hacky sack up into the air and kicks it instead of letting someone else kick it

Snake

this is when the hacky sack is in someone else's space and a person kicks it

the Snake Pit

this is the exact center of the circle where everyone trys for the sack at once

Links to other hacky sack pages