A bean bag (also beanbag) is a sealed bag containing dried

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pellets, expanded

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, or expanded

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. The bags are commonly used for throwing games, but they have various other applications.

Games

* Beanbag was a game referred to at the turn of the twentieth century by

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as the antithesis of roughness of politics, ''Politics ain't beanbag!''. *

Cornhole Cornhole (also known regionally as sack toss, or bags) is a lawn game popular in North America in which players or teams take turns throwing fabric bean bags at an Grade_(slope), inclined board with a hole in its far end. The goal of the game i ...

is a bean bag tossing game similar to horseshoes and quoits, played with bean bags and two goals. * Footbag (also known as Hacky Sack, a trademark) is a type of ball-shaped bean bag that is used to play various games. * Bean bags are also commonly used for

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. * In

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beanbags are used to mark the point of a change of possession (where a punt or kickoff is caught, an

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is made, or a

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occurs) * Bean bags are often used for a game similar to

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where small square bean bags are slid across the floor with the object to hit the opposing team's players in the foot. The game is particularly popular in American elementary schools as a safer alternative to dodgeball.

Other uses

* In

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and

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, bean bags or "shooting bags" are often used to support the gun's fore-end and

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, and allows the shooter to fine-adjust the aim by gently squeezing the rear bag. * Clutching technology for robots makes use of bean bags. * Smaller bean bags can be used to stabilize a camera when a tripod is not available.

References

External links

* * wikiHow To Make a Bean Bag {{DEFAULTSORT:Bean Bag Bags Physical activity and dexterity toys Articles containing video clips