How Hacky Sack Became The New Schoolyard Trend In Maine

Remember when schools started banning cell phones and everyone wondered what kids would actually do all day?

Well, it turns out some baseball players at Marshwood High School in South Berwick found a pretty unexpected answer: hacky sack.

Seriously.

They even have their own High School hacky sack pages, called Mwoodsackzz on Instagram.

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According to the Press Herald, these epic students have gone viral online after picking up the classic game during downtime at school. Because their mascot is a hawk they have dubbed their game #hawksack.

One of their videos has racked up up over 5.5 million views! Check it out below!

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And now, they're part of a growing hacky sack trend that's spreading across Maine and the country.

And get this, there’s even an Instagram account called The Sack Report tracking Maine schools, ranking their hacky sack skills, and following the growing trend.

As per the press herald, the kids say that the cell phone ban forced them to not look at their phones and do something else. Instead of scrolling, they started kicking around a hacky sack between classes and during study hall.

Before long, they were inventing these cool trick shots, creating their own moves, and posting videos that people literally cannot stop watching.

So it got me wondering...

If your school had banned cell phones when you were a kid, what would you have spent your time doing?

Well, for me, growing up in the early 2000s, we didn’t even bring cell phones to school, because most of us didn’t have them yet. And honestly, our biggest phone entertainment was probably the classic Snake game.

So instead, we actually had to find things to do.

My friends and I played tether ball, hacky sack, four square, pickup basketball, card games, and whatever else we could come up with.

We’d sit around and fill notebooks with those goofy games where you’d “find out who you were going to marry” or what your future was supposed to look like.

Big congratulations to the players at Marshwood for making the best of their time and bringing back a classic hobby for all to enjoy.