Every year at Powell High School, a trend takes over the school. A couple years ago, it was a game called Quarters. Sounds innocent, but it was the opposite. Just last semester, it was paper darts. To students, it was fun, but to teachers, it was a hazard. This year, it is a hacky sack. And this time, it isn’t harmful to anyone – as long as you give the players plenty of room.
Lots of people have been influenced this spring into trying their moves with a hacky sack, and some players even ended up loving it after their first attempt.
“It’s a good hobby I like to do with friends,” freshman Isaiah Torres said. “Seeing everyone else do it made me want to try it, and it’s actually pretty fun.”
Even though for some students the footwork instantly clicks in an understanding of how to play, for others, it is not as easy.
“I’ve seen others play it, and they make it look so easy,” junior Caydee Eden said. “But when I try it, I am terrible at it.”
To some students, a hacky sack doesn’t seem that important. But junior Park Harvison sees a future in hacky sacking.
“I play it, like, three times a week,” Harvison said. “It’s really fun, and everyone should do it, and I hope to become a pro.”
While some students have nothing but good things to say about the trend, others have a different perspective.
“I don’t like it,” junior Weston Hull said. “But I don’t like it because I’m not good at it. But it’s nice seeing people do something other than being on their phones.”
As soon as some students try their moves with the hacky sack, a lot of them fall in love with it. But for others, it’s a one-and-done hobby.
“I’ve played it maybe once, and it was very hard, but that was no surprise,” sophomore Andrew Shelby said. “I don’t think I’ll do it again.”
Although the comeback of the hacky sack may come as a surprise to some students, to others, like junior Elizabeth Wood, it is just like any other trend.
“I used to play hacky sack, but that was when I was younger,” Wood said. “I’m not surprised that it came back because that’s what tends to happen with a lot of trends, and it all starts with one person.”
At Powell High School, hacky sack isn’t just a hobby. It is a form of unity, and different communities coming together to form one. So if you’re a beginner or a pro, grab a hacky sack and join a group.
