Shots & Skills (Advanced)
How to Hit the Bar of Soap
The bar-of-soap shot, the slide that ends up exactly where you want it.
The bar of soap is one of the most satisfying shots in cornhole, a flat bag that slides up the board and stops dead, exactly where you want it, like a bar of soap sliding across a wet counter. Watch the demo above, then use these notes to build it.
What it is
It's a low, flat slide: the bag lands flat and glides up the slick surface toward the hole, then settles instead of rolling in or skidding off. It's the ultimate touch shot for sneaking a bag into a tight spot.
The technique
Start from the flat bag and take the arc almost all the way out, you want a low, flat delivery that lands early and slides. Use the slick fast side down so it glides, and let touch, not power, carry it. The whole shot is about feel and distance control.
Where it helps
The bar of soap shines for delicate placements, slipping past a partial blocker, nudging up to the hole, or laying a precise block. It takes a lot of reps to dial the touch, so groove your flat bag first and build the slide from there.
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