Sepak TakrawBy: Ventrail Hunter

Introduction

• Sepal Takraw was created by the royal family of Malaysia about 500 years ago. The name itself comes from two languages. Sepak is "kick" in Malay, and Takraw is the "ball" in Thai.

Game Explanation/Rules

• The court and the net height and size are identical to those used in badminton and each team has three players. The rules are very similar to those in volleyball, with the following five important exceptions.

• The use of hands is not permitted. • Each player may touch the ball only once before it is kicked

over the net. • There is no rotation in the defense position. • It becomes a score (net in) even if the ball touches the net

before falling into the companion court. • Most people don't know very much about the game!

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Serve• The player who kicks a serve surely puts a leg in the service circle,

and takes a toss from the player who went into the quoter circle and kicks the ball.

• When a game begins by one serve, a ball can be touched by the attack of one time to three times. You can use a head, a back, legs, and anywhere except for the arm from the shoulder to the point of the finger.

Game score• The team which scored two sets out of three sets first get the victory

in the game. Each sets consist of 15 points. Only 6 points of the the third set are systems.

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Ball• A ball made of the plastic is being used

as an official ball from the 11th Beijing Asian convention.

• The weight of the ball is 170g-190g, and the size of it is a perimeter 40cm, and there is a hole of 12 in it. It is much smaller than a handball, a little bigger than a softball

Video Clip

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsCWr1L0z7g

Conclusion

• It is believed that many variations of the game evolved from an ancient Chinese military exercise, where soldiers would try to keep a feathered shuttlecock airborne by kicking it back and forth between two people. As the sport developed, the animal hide and chicken feathers were eventually replaced by balls made of woven strips of rattan.

• The first versions of sepak takraw were not so much of a competition, but rather cooperative displays of skill designed to exercise the body, improve dexterity and loosen the limbs after long periods of sitting, standing or working.

• By the 1940s, the net version of the game had spread throughout Southeast Asia, and formal rules were introduced. This sport became officially known as sepak takraw.