Introduction
Sepak
Takraw
Sepak Takraw
(Kick Volleyball), or Takraw for short, is one of the fastest growing
and most popular sports in Asia.
It is a cross between soccer and volleyball, played in a doubles badminton court,
as three players on each side of a 5-foot high net get three chances to kick,
knee, shoulder or head a hand-woven ball back to the opposing team. Like in
Volleyball there are passes, sets and spikes - but all without the use of hands
or arms!
Being Malaysia's national sport, Sepak Takraw was introduced as a demonstration
sport in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpar. It has become an extremely
exciting spectator sport that is now spreading world-wide with over 20 countries
involved.
The Sepak Takraw Association of Canada (STAC) has been
established to organize and govern the sport, here in Canada. The national office
is in Regina, where there are experienced players and organizational support.
Takraw provides unique recreational
activity with cultural roots.
ASEC
has become Saskatchewan's provincial member of STAC in order to
facilitate and promote the spread of this sport throughout our province!
