 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. When it is born, It looked like Japanese "Kemari", and some became a circle, and a pole was kicked, and the number of times was being competed in.  It looks very similar to the Japanese traditional game, "kemari" where the players form a loose circle and the number of times the ball is kicked before it touches the ground is counted. In 1965 the game was unified into the present volleyball style with the addition of a net and the adoption of international 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!

 Serve  The player who kicks a serve surely puts a leg (shaft foot) in the service circle, and takes a toss from the player who went into the quoter circle (the semicircle of a radius 90 cm done around the contact point of the center line and the sideline), and kicks the ball. When a game bigins 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.

 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 third set are systems.

 There are 2 kinds of balls of the thing that the thing edited in the stem of 9-11 ratten, and the shape were imitated with the plastic and which was made. 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.

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 Before today these words may have meant nothing... but not anymore:) Now you know what this sport is "...soccer, volleyball and gymnastics played in one." And in my own opinion the most exciting things about this game are the discoveries of how much you can do with your feet. Oh yes, it's worth being played. This skill ball game, originated in Asia, today has become an alternative sport, which is quite popular all over the world.

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