====== Blur ======

The **Blur** is an intermediate-to-advanced freestyle footbag trick, valued at **3 ADD**
(Additional Degrees of Difficulty). It is the "blurry" variant of the [[tricks:kick:mirage|Mirage]]
— in notation terms, a Mirage whose set carries an extra dexterity — and is one of the core
moves that introduces players to set-dexterity tricks ((Stanford footbag notation reference (B. Lynn), //Footbag Freestyle Notation//, which lists "Blurry Mirage / Blur" in the 3-ADD section. [[http://crypto.stanford.edu/~blynn/footbag.html]])).

^  Blur  ^^
|  {{  :all:b:blur2.gif?150 }}  ||
| **Type** | Set-dexterity delay trick |
| **Difficulty** | 3 ADD |
| **Set family** | Blurry (spinning/stepping clipper-set family) |
| **Base move** | [[tricks:mirage|Mirage]] (2 ADD) |
| **Contact (delay)** | Opposite-foot toe delay |
| **Video Source** | http://blurryworld.com/foot-pop/ |

===== Description =====

A Blur begins from a [[tricks:clipper|clipper]] position. Rather than simply setting the bag
upward as in a plain Mirage, the player performs a **dexterity with the setting leg during the
set itself** — the leg circles the footbag as the bag rises — before the second, opposite leg
sweeps over the bag (the Mirage dexterity) and the bag is caught on the opposite toe.

In short, where a Mirage is //set → one dexterity → delay//, the Blur is //set //(with its own
built-in dexterity)// → one dexterity → delay//. That extra dexterity packed into the "uptime"
of the set is what makes it a distinct move with its own name, and is what raises its value by
one add over the plain Mirage ((The official rules note that moves with different sets ("uptime components") are unique even at the same difficulty, citing "blur" versus "smear" as the example. //Official Rules of Footbag Sports//, Article V. [[http://www.footbag.org/rules/chapter/500]])).

The name reflects the look of the move: the rapid leg motion during the set makes the action
appear to "blur" together before the catch.

===== Categorical Placement =====

The Blur sits at the **3-ADD tier** of freestyle footbag, the level at which most players
transition out of pure beginner tricks and into competitive shredding. Difficulty in footbag
is measured by the ADD system, where each set, dexterity, and delay contributes add value
((Add values underpin scoring across footbag freestyle disciplines; e.g. in figure-8 net-style scoring a Mirage counts 2 points, an Osis 3, and a Blur Whirl 5. World Footbag, //Footbag Sports//. [[https://worldfootbag.com/about-footbag/footbag-sports/]])).

Within that tier, the Blur belongs to the **"blurry" set family** — notated with an added
dexterity on the clipper set. This family is closely related to several sister set-types that
all add a dexterity to the set in slightly different ways, including the **Stepping**,
**Whirling**, and **Blazing** sets. Each of these turns a 2-add base move into a 3-add move by
the same mechanism: an extra dexterity hidden in the set.

Because the modifier attaches to the set, it applies across an entire group of base moves. The
plain 2-add moves each have a blurry 3-add counterpart:

  * [[tricks:mirage|Mirage]] → **Blur** (Blurry Mirage)
  * Clipper → Blurry Clipper
  * Legover → Blurry Legover
  * Guay → Blurry Guay
  * Pickup → Blurry Pickup
  * Reverse Guay → Blurry Reverse Guay

((These "Blurry" moves are all catalogued together in the 3-ADD section of the Footbag Freestyle Notation list. [[http://crypto.stanford.edu/~blynn/footbag.html]]))

The Blur is also a frequent building block in higher-add combinations and big-trick attempts,
where it is chained into spinning moves such as the **Blurry Whirl** ((The Blur and Blurry Whirl appear among scored big-trick moves in IFPA competition results, e.g. the 2008 IFPA U.S. Open Footbag Championships. [[http://www.footbag.org/events/show/1193783964]])).

===== Similar Tricks =====

  * **[[tricks:mirage|Mirage]]** — the 2-ADD parent move; the Blur is its blurry version.
  * **Smear** (Pixie Mirage) — a different 3-add set producing the same delay; explicitly cited in the rules as the same difficulty as the Blur but a //different// set, making the two close cousins rather than the same move.
  * **Whirl / Whirling Mirage** — sister set-family move built on a spinning clipper set.
  * **Stepping Mirage** and **Blazing Legover** — other members of the same "extra-dexterity-in-the-set" group at the 3-add tier.
  * **Blurry Legover, Blurry Guay, Blurry Pickup** — the rest of the blurry family, sharing the Blur's set but ending in different dexterities and delays.

===== See Also =====

  * [[tricks:mirage|Mirage]]
  * [[tricks:clipper|Clipper]]
  * [[stalls|Stalls]]
  * [[start|Main Page]]