What’s the best cornhole bag for a beginner?
This question comes up a lot on the facebook groups and forums but never gets properly answered. Usually, the replies fill up with people recommending whatever bag they happen to be selling or whatever company they happen to rep or have a discount code for. Often times, that’s not helpful.
What should a beginner look for in a cornhole bag?
The best bag for a beginner is one that doesn’t cut/flop/roll and is easy to throw in the hole. Typically, beginners struggle with throwing a flat bag and have lower PPRs. If you haven’t mastered the flat bag yet you should start with that before learning the roll and cut shots.
Several factors will make a bag cut more. For a slightly not flat bag, Fuller bags cut more than floppy bags. Carpet bags cut more than non-carpet bags, and slower bags cut more than faster bags. Flatter fill tends to go straighter than round fill.
Taking all of that into account, the best bag for a beginner is a faster, non-carpet bag with a flatter fill. 6-9 or 5-8 speeds are ideal to start with – depending on your throw type. If you throw low and hard, a 5 speed should be fine. If you throw higher, the 6 speed is perfect.
Learn to throw fast non-carpet bags straight down the middle first before moving on to other bags.
If you really want something carpet based, look for the hybrid carpet as a skilled player can still roll/cut it but it’s more forgiving on a non-flat bag.
Pretty much every bag company makes a non-carpet bag in 6-9 speeds and a hybrid carpet bag that plays about 5/6 on the slow side.
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