Cornhole Bag Throwing Techniques Expert Guides into a cornhole board, including sliding, blocking, airmailing, pushing, and rolling, each designed for different strategic purposes in the game.
Cornhole Shots Made Simple
Cornhole shots are different ways to throw bags in the game of cornhole, each with its own strategy and purpose.
Cornhole Bag Basics
Cornhole bags have two sides:
- Turbo weave: Smooth side that slides well
- Microsuede: Fuzzy side that sticks better
How to hold the bag flat:
- Put your thumb on top
- Other fingers go underneath
Types of Shots
- Slide Shot
- Use the smooth side
- Aim for the lower part of the board
- The bag should slide into the hole
- Blocker
- Use the fuzzy side
- Throw high
- Try to block your opponent’s path
- Airmail
- Throw the bag directly into the hole
- Use a high throw
- Hard to do, but worth a lot of points
- Push Shot
- Use the smooth side
- Throw low and hard
- Push your other bags into the hole
- Bully Shot
- Use the smooth side
- Throw from the side
- Push your opponent’s bag away
- Rolling Shot
- Hold the bag on its side
- Make it flip over other bags
- This is a tricky shot!
Remember, practice makes perfect!