Sporthocker (or Hockern) sounds like a game where you and your bro-ski hock loogies from your mouth and try to land them in various targets (such as, but not limited to, vases, small animals, and other people’s mouths). That is NOT what Sporthocker is (I think this version of it is referred to as ‘college drinking’).
The REAL Sporthocker is a skill toy, hugely popular in Germany and other neighboring countries, and to the untrained eye looks like what could be called Extreme Sitting. In fact, that’s what one news article referred to it as.
So what is Sporthocker? Well, in two words as I just pointed out: Extreme Sitting. But it’s also so much more. It’s juggling. It’s skating. It’s a balance board. It’s a rhythm toy. It’s a sitting device. It’s definitely a new movement and culture. One that I hope finds its way stateside!
Really, it’s hard to explain. So, ya know, go to their website. Check out pictures. And especially watch the videos. Then you’ll see what it’s all about. When you watch the videos, you’ll see that it indeed is several toys in one that can be interpreted by the user to match his/her own unique flow… hmm, that sounds like some other skill toy I know…