Actually, this spot name is SEPAK TAKRAW. Traditional Sport from Asia. Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philipines, Cambodia are the familiar contestant in this tournament..

I'm an English guy living on a small island in Thailand, and you will often see friends playing this on bits of spare land. Thailand is one of the best in the world, and the top level players can deliberately hit the top of the net on a serve so that the ball drops dead on the other side... they can jump up to play a 'smash' but then change and use the sole of their shoe to make a drop shot... amazing! The 'ball' is made from rattan cane or a plastic, and is not 'soft'! Love watching this game!

This sport is so underrated. It should be popularized worldwide. Hope I can see sepak takraw in Olympics 1 day. Looks like volleyball but this is much more insane.

Malaysia vs Thailand is the El Classico of the Sepak Takraw world.. when this both meet in competitive tournament it will be fireworks, sporting marvel at its highest order, no money just an artful sport, poetry in motion and pride ! #IniSukanKita

there's only two things i can say about Sepak Takraw : 1) it's an amazing sport 2) don't get hit in the face with a takraw ball :')

In Thailand we call it "Takraw" only, Takraw is a Thai word means "muzzle, woven rattan ball, or woven things". And Sepak is a Malay word means "kick". So Sepak Takraw is from Malay+Thai word means "kick woven rattan ball" that is used to call this sport in the present.

We have this in every university olympics in the Philippines, it was originally from thailand or malaysia and got spread out in the southeast asian nations, and we have it on the SEA games, this is even more amazing when you're on the courtside watching

Watching this sport in screen and live is different. Literally, jaw dropping once you watch real good players live.

Awesome reaction! Yes we have a USA National Sepak Takraw Team. My brother and I both represented the US at the time. Glad your enjoying it!

Some answers : The floor is hard. There ARE those backflip kicks at the low level, they're a standard attack called a rollspike (Similar to a 540 degree turning kick in Tae Kwon Do). It's not in the Olympics because not enough countries have a team or are willing to take part in it. Your limbs can go over the net so long as you do not touch the net. And yes we are in fact monke.

In this sport, you can use any parts of your body, except your hands. It entails lots of training for a player to do those kind of flip kicks. There is no springboard in the flooring, game usually done in concrete pavement. In the Philippines, the flip kick is better known as cartwheel kick.

I remember trying to play this during my early teen years. The ball hurts and I suck. So never again. My dad grew up and Laos and Thailand so I see him play with some of his buddies. Pretty cool seeing the game and can appreciate the athleticism and skill involved.

The floor isn't springboard. Guys in my school can even play these in a concrete court. They are soooo charming when they do those jumps

This sport should be in Olympic. It got universal appeal, basic equipments to begin, probably worthy of TV highlights in every rally. Only need a good promoters.

I'm from philippines, Sepak Takraw was the first ever sport I played. When I'm in elementary school... And I really enjoy it..

I had the opportunity to play this game in my childhood. This sport is very insane! When the ball hits your body, head, or face, it hurts a lot as the ball was made from hard pastic.

I'm Thai and this is a popular sport in Southeast Asia. It's like our shared culture that we share. As a local culture, we play together. which I don't even know where it came from. I just know that we can all have fun together. It doesn't matter what language we speak. or from which country Just when it was evening everyone would come out to the field. and have fun with it Similar to what you guys do with basketball. And it wasn't just you who was surprised. because even those who saw it since childhood I'm still amazed every time I see them show off their skills.

The court is not springboard. Their feet is kinda contain spring due to their hard training. 100 skipping 2 3 times a day, do it everyday and you can jump like them

It is solid ground no spring. I personally witnessed sepak takraw players here in the Philippines since grade school because my classmate in grade school is an Athlete in sepak takraw. I am so fond of this game because of him and he is also my crush back then. The way they really jump up high surpassing the net is so awesome and somewhat unrealistic if you have not seen it personally but to those of us seen it in person are totally awestruck. Their training is no joke. They have to be flexible like gymnastics players and they have to do a lot of jumping as well but not just jumping as you can see their movements has different stunts as well in midair to kick or block the ball. It was totally awesome. I love this game more than basketball or volleyball although not talented for this game.

We have this on our P.E class before here in the Philippines..and my classmates are awesome playing this..there are good games here in the philippines that are olympic worthy..like.patintero, sipa, syato, agawan base..etc..hahhaha!

Sepak Takraw sport is the most dangerous game for me. It requires so much flexibility but it creates beautiful forms.

Those people are professional. This sport can be played casually with friends without having to learn those moves. Basically just keep the ball off the floor with your feet

This sport is so underrated and to be frank this needs a really good coordination and timing knowing when to jump just to hit the ball perfectly. I love this sport and you are right this is so cool it looks like kung-fu

I'm from Thailand. We play Sepak Takraw a lot when we were young. This sport is popular among South-East Asia Countries.

As a Malaysian, I am also amazed with people who can play Sepak Takraw.. I hope you already watched the normal match instead of highlights. It is incredible.

This game is pretty underappreciated. I know someone who can do that and I was really surprised! I even tried to play it but I can't do those backflips ,just some simple kicks.

It's like volleyball, football and martial arts in one! ❤️ My brother was a sepak takraw varsity player when we were in high school.

Yup, in the Philippines it's being taught in school. We had this on our PE class including Arnis/ Kali martial arts. 👍

Sepak takraw is like a shared cultural sport in the Southeast Asian nations. Even the name is a combination of Malay 'kick' and Thai 'woven rattan thing'. In pure Malay, it is called sepak raga, which just means the same thing. It's so old that I can recall several historical events in the Malay kingdoms involving sepak takraws as far back as the 15th century AD. These guys are professional athletes, so of course their performance is top notch. If you want to play it as a pastime, there's really no need for backflips, heh.

The floor is not spring loaded. It is being played on concrete floor, or anti-skid coated or wood parqueted floor which is being marked with lines just like the badminton game has

Like your reaction, so genuine. Like your curiosity to find more info

I’m Laotian. Growing up in Binghamton NY, I used to tie a string to trees in the back yard an practice the roundhouse kick or spike. Then moved my way to jumping motion. You also use the sole of your foot to either dink or snap, more control but less power. Used to do nothing but stretch an stretch. But I was not great at it. When peeps play, it was always for something, drinks, a little side bet. And everyone gears up by wearing a Bandara to protect foreheads. It’s basically volleyball without hands.

Dude, sepak takraw athletes can do backflip and jump high there's no any other tools than help them jump high or whatever. This game is very popular in asia. This should be in the Olympics.

Remember, the flipping strikers still need to land safely on the hard ground surface without injury. There's a feeder who sets up the high ball for the striker to hit with a rollspike or a "bicycle kick" in soccer.

My favorite game back when I was in 6th grade. Never got the chance to do backflip spikes. It's totally awesome to look at...

It is human😂😂😂😂 just on another level and has that super multi talent and flexible body to do all those amazing stunts moves. That is "Sepak Takraw" also known as Sports. I love this sports.❤❤❤❤

Us here in the Philippines when we were young we were so into Sepak Takraw that most people with the same age as mine or older know how to play. But the current generation don't know how to play they only know how to play mobile and pc games nowadays.

This game is well known as "Sepak Takoa",playing in southeast asia,Thailand-Malaysia are king of this game at this time..like Liverpool &Manu.,hope in future filled up in olimpic game like Muaythai(kick boxing).😁🙏🇹🇭

Sepak takraw originated in Malay Peninsula in 15 century if i remember correctly. The sepak takraw game debut in 1965 fpr Asian games dominated by malaysia the originated country, and thailand. Here in my country philippines its called Sipa the best players we have here is from palawan province region IV consiating memaropa. Flexibility and agility is badly needed in order for you to play well in takraw. My kids School High School has a Sepak Takraw Team and i am amazed as always like what your reaction with everytime i saw them practice and specially when the division and regional Competition happens as my son plays in sports department also.

Hello, I'm Thai. In Thailand, Sepak Takraw is taught in the classroom from a young age. Teach from the basics to jumping and rolling to attack. Now I hear that Europe is enjoying this sport. I would like to recommend you try playing with an open mind, it's really fun.

you can find this game professionally in SEA- South East Asia particularly Malaysia Thailand Philippines in the 1930's...and dude that im telling you it's hard and heavy, the original ball was made in rattan a kind of wood but now they made a synthetic hard plastic with screws in it, believe me i've seen one. You're right this should be in the Olympics

I feel proud for this :) I used to be a Sepak player around 11 years ago in high school, I never reached the level of these people however :D Btw, I'm from the Philippines. This sport really is UNDERAPPRECIATED AND UNDERRATED. That is why I never liked basketball, I loved Sepak.

im filipino and this is a shared cultural sport. It maybe considered as ASEAN national sport. I am a sepak takraw player and competed in some events.

This is a difficult sport to play with. And I'm proud that I became a Sepak Takraw (Sipa) player back in my younger years.

Malaysian league will be broadcasted in US TV sport next year

Was a varsity player of sepak takraw back in highschool and practicing everyday with weights on our legs for the first time is very hellish. I remember playing it with my broken synthetic fibre takraw ball and it hurts sometimes my head bleeds. I still got my old takraw ball who gave me a hard time but also gave me strength to play whenever there will be a school competition. Seeing this in my recommendation brings a lot of memories and nostalgia. Nice reaction btw from PH

I'm from the Philippines. Sepak Takraw was our national sport back then but they changed it to Arnis (a Filipino martial art)

This sport is too underrated. It's so much fun to watch!

Every sepak takraw reaction brings the same conclusion, "this should be in the olympics"

Thailand 🇹🇭 is the dream team of Sepak Takraw. South Korea also not bad.

You are right. It is like a KUNG FU BALL. It is easy to find friends playing TAKRAW together at our local playground in THAILAND, my country. You can see teens playing together every corner of the neighborhoods.

I want Sepak Takraw to be one of the Olympic sports

It started during the Melaka Sultanate era in Malaysia 500 years ago give or take.... it's a sport for the princes and elites, till today the sport has flourished and neighbouring countries in South East Asia joins in, and then the far east like Korea and Japan and finally the US. Love your reaction...but this is normal in all high schools in Malaysia

Yes, it'a an ancient game from ancient Kingdom's Army of South East Asia. It was played on inter Kingdom's Army meeting in South East Asia, of course they (ancient army) were mastering in matrial arts so that's why this game is so intense. In their time, this game can kill the rival.

Sepak Takraw, this is the most beautiful game I seen in actual. 3 players , first is to serve then stop by the opponent that's the first touch, 2nd touch is to the setter, the the third touch is the spike, they called that spike as cartwheel. Almost the same in volleyball

I ‘m watching it first time when I was a kid. That man can fly!!!

That's incredible! Amazing in fact, wow never seen anything like this before! Kudos to the professionals and all who play this amazing sport. Just wow. 🤯

Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand are playing this sport. This has been a traditional sport that we got from our Malay ancestors. I used to play this in my elementary years during early 90's and can do some flips. This is part of our Physical Education subject before.

I live in South Sulawesi, since in elementary school there is just takraw for the boys, volleyball for the girls, and badminton for both, when we were young 🤣

I have played many sports at quite high competitive levels incl rugby, football, tennis, snooker, table tennis and a few more, and I can confidently say SEPAK TAKRAW IS THE BEST GAME EVER! The fun level is infectious especially if you are able to return the opponent's spike😊💪👍

Most kids around these parts start playing when they're really young man. Start off at age 6-7, and the ones that excel, excel to a ridiculous degree as you've seen. Yeah it's inhuman and awesome. In answer to your questions - 1) The ball is traditionally made of woven rattan/wicker. It's hollow, but lightweight and flexible. In these modern times though light plastic can simulate the same thing. 2) There's no springboard... All those guys are jumping for real. Yeah it's mind-blowing. 3) It IS pretty much volleyball with only your legs.

The words “sepak” means kick in Malay words, “takraw” is orginate from thai words means ball

I think this game should be in the olympic!!!!. It really good to watch that people can do something so incredible.

We play a version of this game in Romania as well however we tend to use a normal football(soccer) ball and we can play with or without net. Same rules, no hands , only feet , tennis court. The only major difference i can think of is that we only touch the ball once per player so no dribbles allowed.

Sepak takraw is the famous in ASIAN,and ASIAN people best of the best player in the sport. #Good bless for you 😊 #Salam from Indonesia 🇲🇨

did you know that this is the only game where you can actually troll/mock your opponent... its part of the game :)

This sport is actually part of our physical education subject way back when I was in highschool here the Philippines. This is more known here in asia. This is a very difficult sport though very fun.

I was a varsity player of this sport when I was in high school. amazing game.

The sepak takraw players mostly have wrists injuries. Becos when they land they use their wrists to support them. This is an old sport originates from malacca, malaysia, few hundred years ago in the 16th century played in the palace court. The ball was made of rattan, over time they changed the material to plastic.

One of the most popular sport from asia.. I use to play this when i was on grade school. From Philippines 🇵🇭

Ryan, I love the way you make comments. You are funny 😂 I think You need to fly to Thailand and try it yourself. They play this in every sub districts of the country. 😊

You cant fully understand how hard this sport until atleast you touch and feel the takraw ball.

Yo! I'm from Thailand. I love your reaction. Sepak Takraw is a popular sport in South East Asia before the arrival.of soccer . It is one of the 3 most popular sports. (Soccer/Sepaktakraw/Volleyball) You can find this sport in the countryside. And everyone played very well. Even fat people can be fat. Even fat people can play if they are trained and play it often.

in sepak takraw there are three positions namely, striker, tekong and feeder, there are also many types of sepak takraw and this is called roll spike, the current ranking is Thailand(1)Malaysia(2)Indonesia(3) south korean(4) and USA (15)

That is our physical education class when we were in High School. But we only do the basic. Just kicking the ball and try to get it over the other side

Traditional game originally from Malay Archioelago..Known as "sepak raga"..Played in a circle, with 5-7 peoples as to fill leisure time..Those days, we called the ball as "rattan ball" coz its made out of rattan..Nowadays, its became "synthetic ball".. If my mind serves me right..USA did have their "sepak takraw team" during 80s and 90s and as a beginner they played well.."Sepak takraw" in Malaysia is like a baseball in USA..Very popular in South East Asia region.. Suggest you to search history of "sepak takraw" and very sure you'll love it..👍👍👍

Hahaha. Love the initial reaction. Ya sepaktakraw is like the more bad-ass sibling of volleyball 🤣🤣

Never seen anything like this. Incredible. A good find.

This is "Sepak Takraw", a sport that is widespread in Southeast Asia. This sport requires a very high level of skill and flexibility. In the early stages of training It might be a little difficult. but after you become more skilled Gradually, your body becomes more flexible. It will motivate you to use more and more difficult moves. physical potential Predatory agility will increase to the maximum. And when you bring everything to the competition Your adrenaline will soar that you can jump that high throughout the race.

I played this game when I was in my teenager years. I was actually pretty good too. There is no spring loaded. These guys can jump and spin at the same time. I’m only 5’4” and I can jump my foot up to about 7 or 8 feet in the air while try to kick the ball. This is game already adopted in Olympic. You don’t see it because it’s a big market in the European and American countries. It’s a Asian sport and very popular in Asians.

It is taught in our school in the PH but it is physically demanding that is why not all are interested but it is always a great sport to watch especially during inter school competition where you can see extra ordinary flexible students compete. The sport is very identical to volleyball but using primarily the feet and also including the chest and forehead. I tried playing it once, almost bang my head to the ground and decided it's not for me.. 😁😁

You can come to Malaysia and we will teach you how to play sepaktakraw.Its is an interesting game that we in Malaysia in particular play.

During 1996-1998 I played for my secondary school as feeder position. I don't when the ball hit my leg. But if the ball hit my lovely head. Oh god, no more Sepak Takraw. I rather play table tennis until now. It's more fun, enjoy, no more sacrifice my head. Thumbs up for the sepak takraw player. You are really amazing. Greeting from Pendang, Kedah. Malaysia

I use to watch my oldest brother play this in the mid to late 90’s here in the U.S. I am Hmong btw and my parent migrated from Laos and my brother kind of brought that back here with him when he was just a young teen maybe…

we played that sports in philippines in the early 90's when i was in high school . and we have tournament in every school .. we use ankle wrist sand bag everyday to gain a higher jump. we do flip to spike that give's strong and fast to the ball.

Its been years and I dont think I've seen Sepak being played in my area anymore though I do believe it might be played elsewhere. I remember my watching my father play at Sepak games as a kid against friends and office mates. Would love to see an actual game one day because watching jump and try to kick the ball was quite thrilling.

When they swing the ball.. the ball inside pants also swinging too🤣🤣🤣❗❗💥

Thaweesak Thongsai is a thai sepak takraw spiker he's one of my fav. Player in this game second is Khairol Zaman is a Malaysian sepak taraw striker I like how he twist his body why doing a rollspike also known as cartwheel, 3rd is Regie Ortoste I'm not sure about the spelling he is a a Filipino sepak takraw striker he is also my fav player in sepak takraw, and Im An So is a Korean sepak takraw striker I'm not sure the correct spelling of his name but he is my fav player because he uses sunback spike most of his strike is sunback.

played this in my secondary school as a sport in singapore. We used badminton courts to play... so its on concrete hard ground. Ball is made of ratten, & if u get hit in a head, it will leave a large bruise!

Sepak Takraw was originated in Malaysia around 500 years ago. ... Around 16th century, the game was spread across Indonesia, where people called it Sepak Raga. By 1940, the net version of the game was spread across Southeast Asia and formal rules and regulations were formed for the game.

Back in 1998 in Davao City National Highschool in the Philippines, this sport is a normal game here, kids usually start learning by playing TAKYAN, its like a badminton shuttle cock but only at the end is a metal bearing or a coin with a hole then the feathers are replaced with celophane strips. You play it by kicking it and bouncing it back the one with the highest bounce count wins and then passed it to the next player via a tap kick. when you are too good for it you move to the ball aka takraw which is that ball with holes, but its actualy dried palm leaves meshed together to form a ball the holes help it shoot fast without air resistance. Regarding the training for sepak takraw the kids in my day used weights on their legs and run laps on the field and bunny hops with weights on, the bicycle kick you seeing on the vid the trademark strike, you train using ropes and do a back tumbling while holding to the ropes while also wearing weights. Helps with the jump height and the recovery after the turn, these athletes are trained since 1st year highschool. Kids before the phones and tablet we play so many community games and one of these is sepak takraw.

I'm Thai. Sepak Takraw It is a sport that requires high skill. such as a somersault for takraw sports It is a popular sport as well in Thailand.

This sport has been played for over 100 years but not included in Olimpic games... why..? The original ball was made from wood(rattan), it is quite heavy but no other can play with Thailand with a wood ball. Then, we change the ball to plastic to make the game look near (closer performance).

Welp I have a teacher who is actually a former national team. He said that those professional has practice since they were young like 7 years old. The highest jump record I believe it was around 4 meter wasn't sure if that was from the ground but it was done by Thailand. I can only sun-back (malaysia kick technique [turn back to the net and high kick]) I can't do a full round backflip kick(which Thai people claim that it was their kick technique). It difficult and very dangerous. My teacher could jump higher than 2 meter which is already stun me. When I was young and play it the rule say that they allow any part of the leg, foot, head, shoulder, elbow.This is actually a very fun sport recommend to try it once if you haven't. Also some small detail> Originally these balls were made from a kind of wood that hit really hard you could get some blood when got hit in the head. But nowadays they use a kind of plastic to duplicate the ball. I wasn't sure about if they still use the original wooden ball in the sport contest 🤔 And yeah the floor isn't a spring board. It is totally a cement. If I do those sun-back kick these day I would say... "MY LEGS!!!" 😂

My uncle play this sport. Hes competing within hes city. I often see him practicing within the beaches so he wont get injured dooing some stunt. And yes he can jump over 8 feet. Thats probably the minimum requirements.

Find a filipino/malaysian/korean friend they will introduce it to you the basics of sepak takraw. Early when your young in elementary you can practice and join clubs that plays sepak and if you are good enough you can be a varsity and represent your schools. There jumps are higher cuz they practice sepak in early age. One of the basic drills is to jump. Block headbutt, serve.

I was a Sepak takraw player in my grade school to high school days in Philippines since 1993 to 1997 it's a traditional sports from south east Asia.. it's really fun sports.. but now because of computer gadget it's slowly gone in my country

I dont like any sport but i was so mesmerized by this type of sport

"What! There is a USA team?!" "They look like kungfu playing volleyball" LOL

Haha, I really miss this game. I used to play these with my friends back then (and yes, bot girls and boys play these together in my place). Nowadays we can rarely spend time together to play this because of works and most of us already have a family of our own. Unfortunately, I never saw kids these days played any kind of traditional games like this, sadly.