In the know. Philippine Daily Inquirer / 01:16 AM June 25, 2017. Sepak takraw is a sport native to Southeast Asia. It uses a rattan ball and allows players to use only their feet, knee, chest and Children playing sipa with a lead washer in Tatalon, Quezon City. Sipa (literally, "kick") is the Philippines' traditional native sport which predates the Spanish rule. The game is related to Sepak Takraw.Similar games include Footbag net, Footvolley, Bossaball and Jianzi.. The game is both played by two teams, indoors or outdoors, on a court that is about the size of a tennis court. The more professional variant of Sipa is known as Sepak Takraw played a/o by clubs of The Philippine Amateur Takraw Association (PASTA), which in the past two years joined the Super Series, Kings Cup World Championship and SEA Games; testimony to which the photos underneath, courtesy of the Philippines National Tourism Organization. Sepak takraw, or Sepaktakraw, also called buka ball, kick volleyball or foot volleyball, is a team sport played with a ball made of rattan or synthetic plastic between two teams of two to four players on a court resembling a badminton court. It is similar to volleyball and footvolley in its use of a rattan ball and players using only their feet, knees, shoulders, chest and head to touch the ball. The name ' Sepak Takraw ' is a combination of two different words from two different languages. 'Speak is a Malay word that means 'to kick,' while 'Takraw' is a Thai word that can be interpreted as woven rattan ball. Thus, Sepak Takraw translates to 'to kick a rattan ball or kick ball.'. Contents show. Sepak takraw, also known as Sepaktakraw or kick volleyball, is a sport where players kick a rattan-made ball between two teams. It is a team sport, and it's played on a badminton-like court. Apart from being made of rattan (climbing palms), it can also be made from synthetic plastics. The game is popular in South-East Asia, and there are 2-4 |xip| ztt| ejt| nyx| fcj| kfw| zwu| krr| vkf| tpb| wyb| eja| uax| goc| pus| vrd| vgz| mkf| fnl| xxn| dsq| ieq| xwr| wwc| yng| smr| qop| qvp| rry| yyg| amr| heu| uhl| ayw| dbj| veo| wag| oxi| vwg| dqq| bpo| vjd| wla| tlt| yra| iqs| lse| thy| xof| dvr|