Nashville Pro/Am Tourney

We had a little pro/am tournament with 3 teams last week in Murfreesboro. It was the first time we've had a Nashville only tournament in a long long time. I have to say it was nice to get some competition from within the group & probably something we should encourage more often. So congrats to Alex & Lee for staging a comeback in the final game.

1. Alex G./Lee S.

2. Elliott J./ Andy S.

3. Andrew C./Nikolai T.

I Cannot Find a Hacky Sack Sans Internet

There aren't any retail stores (in metro Nashville at least) that sell hacky sacks anymore. I've tried going to Academy Sports, Dick's Sporting Goods, Hibbetts Sporting Goods, Target, K-Mart, & even Wal-Mart. How is this sport ever supposed to grow if you cannot even walk into a store & buy one? Do I have to go to a head shop to get a footbag? How cliche is that? I personally blame that jackass who invented the mini-soccer ball for the demise of retail footbag. Is this what we look like in the eyes of the general population!?

Entering a New Era

I started a group called nashville footbag on facebook. Blogspot is a good way for me write about footbag, but I seem to be the only one using it. As technology progresses peoples attention spans keep getting shorter, and reading something more than 120 characters seems to be a chore. People have to remember to check blogspot, however, if they joined the group on facebook they'll get the update when they login to check their profile. It's just easier. I will attempt to keep using blogspot, yet I don't feel it's a very effective tool for keeping people in the loop.

69 Dead Footbaggers

In my attempt to find new footbag blood, I've logged in quite a few hours in the footbag.org members section. I searched Nashville & every podunk town in about a 50 mile radius of the city. So I created an excel sheet of all the footbaggers, year joining footbag.org, e-mail, & phone numbers, and by the time I finished, I had a list with 70 people on it. I began e-mailing & calling profiles that were created all the way back in 1998. Sure there were a tons of expired e-mail accounts & disconnected phone numbers, but a few people e-mailed back. Unfortunately the most popular response was, "who are you?" followed by, "what's footbag?". Yup you guessed it... the phone calls were even worse. After it was all said & done, I found 1 person who answered the call to play some footbag & is still with us today. It was worth it - even though I discovered 69 dead footbaggers.

Tommy is Getting It!

At a time when we're struggling to get more than 4 people to a practice, we have to make every minute count. There are plenty of people that like footbag, but Tommy is breathing it. Previously, I've never felt like anyone from the Nashville club has matched my enthusiam for footbag before. Tommy may have only been playing for a few months, however, he wants it more than anyone out there on the court; he stays later & trains harder than anyone I've ever met. It's just a matter of time before his drive excels him to the pro level.