Americans React to Sepak Takraw | The Rules of Sepak Takraw - EXPLAINED! 

Sepak is a Malay word meaning kick (Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore) and Takraw is a Thai word meaning ball weaved in a material. So yes, it has become a South East Asian game. Currently Thailand are the World Champions and Malaysia is number 2 in the world.

I was a high jumper in school, then tried to play sepak takraw. I can say from my experience, these two are totally different kinda jumps. In sepak takraw, you gotta time your jump based on the trajectory of the moving ball, initiate a roll in the air, extend your feet into a kick, make contact and then figure out how not to land on your head. After that, I slowly retreated back to high jumping lol.

Its originally from the tradition sports of ancient Malacca Kingdom from its authentically Malay's name; "Sepak Raga" then becomes very famously among the Nusantara Archipelagos and its neighbours Kingdoms such as Siam, Pegu(Burma), Maharlika(The Philippines) throughout by maritime trading.

Thailand and Malaysia are exceptionally very good at this sport. Due to this sport's natural difficulties, ... this sport won't be in Olympics ... ever. There will be too few people. When people see a soccer dude does a flying bicycle kick, and the world goes mad, Sepak Takraw people are laughing because they are doing that kind of kick normally lol

This sport should be played in Olympic.

Current rank in Sepak Takraw: 1. Thailand 2. Malaysia 3. Indonesia 4. South Korea 5. Myanmar 6. Philippines 7. Laos 8. Vietnam 9. Japan 10. India 11. Singapore 12. Brunei 13. Iran 14. China 15. USA 16. Brazil 17. Nepal 18. Bangladesh 19. Germany 20. Cambodia 21. Pakistan 22. Taiwan 23. France 24. Belgium 25. Australia 26. Switzerland 27. Macau 28. Sri Lanka

I can still remember Sepak Takraw was famous throughout the 90s in Malaysia, but slowly degraded in 2000s when most youngsters prefer Futsal even more. And now, E-Sports seems to take over especially during this pandemic situation. But we are still proud to have one of the best teams in the world up until now and still, Thailand is our biggest arch-rival.

It was came from ancient Kingdoms on Southeast Asia. It usually played by army of those kingdoms whenever they met. That's why this sport is so intense, coz it was the sport for the Kingdom's armies (they who expert in martial arts).

This sport is popular in south east asia, Thailand is the king now days😁🇹🇭🙏hope in future this sport can join olimpic game like muay thai(kick boxing).🇹🇭🙏

5 minutes ago Sepak Takraw is a traditional sport originated by the Malay and popular in the Malay Nusantara Archipelago. The sport have been around since more than 500 years ago. The meaning “ Sepak is kickinig “ the ball call Takraw and the balll was made by meterial of rottan. That also use to call it Sepak Raga which is the ball is smaller than Takraw.. The organisation council and committee “Sepak Takraw Association “ was formed by the Perses tAssociation in Singapura and have decided that to include Sepak Takraw sport to participate into ASEAN Game just like Olympic Games. And now the game was so increasingly famous and popular even countries like Korea, Japan and many others also participate in this traditional sport.

To honor the two pioneer kingdom that's very good in this sport, and the two rivalry in this sport since ancient time. The name of the sport are shared between this 2 countries. Hence the name is "SEPAK(Malay) TAKRAW(Thai)".

Im not sure which country is this sport originated from, but 'sepak' is a Malay word means - kick, and takraw is a Thai word means - woven rattan ball. According to the latest world ranking, Thailand is the top champion for this sport, then followed by Malaysia. It is always exciting when watching Thailand vs Malaysia during the final round match. 😀

This is my favorite sport, second is volleyball. This sport is played also in South Easr Asian games Hopefully it will be included in the olimpics if it gets more popular

In Thailand, every child has to learn Sepak Takraw from a young age because it is a sport in my textbook and also my favorite sport.

SEPAKTAKRAW ACTUALY IS MALAY TRADISONAL SPORT@GAME..AND NOW MOST OF ASIAN COUNTRY THEY KNOW HOW TO PLAY THIS GAME..

Earliest documents show it's originated from Malaysia. But the game we play today, professional rules, courts size and stuff is from Thailand.

I never get tired seeing people from over the world discover sepak takraw. I know they have the sports in USA. Hopefully one day we could see this sports in Olympics.

The traditional football sport came from south east Asia, kick of rattan ball (sepak takraw) 👍

I was a varsity player for this sport when I was in highschool. One time I had a bad fall (back first into the ground) I broke my thoracic t6 and I had to wear a body brace for a month

I used to play Sepak Takraw when i was in my university years. competing with other universities. it is really fun sports. You have to be agile to play sepak takraw.

“The ability to chop somebody’s head off with your foot” No surprise then that Thailand is the best, if not second best, at this sport they created Muay Thai and the best leg kickers in the world

Aye Thanks for the Shout out! 🙌😂

You need good reflexes to be a world class sepak takraw player. In the highest levels of the game a spike can go as fast as 90mph (145 km/h) while a serve is around 60mph (97 km/h).

Ninh Ly himself is British, but he does sports explanations for all kinds of sports from all over the world. Sepak Takraw is played in Britain, but it's not popular there. South East Asia is its home.

This is our national sport here in the Philippines. This is so intense and requires almost inhuman athleticism an average person wouldn't survive just the stretching and warm up exercises before playing.

It's started as Sepak Raga, many centuries ago...

This is a kind of sport that really impresses and excites me. It's like ball game & martial arts combined 😊 It takes a lot of athleticism and height & size are not necessarily big factors unlike in basketball and volleyball. Sepak takraw really fits typical southeast asian built so i think we can excel here. I hope more young people will consider this sport. From where I am, this sport is known by everyone because it is in school textbooks and it's always part of National games, but very few actually play it. If we can have skateboard in olympics, we should have sepak as well.

Wow! I got in the first five comments hehe! I'm a new sub and enjoys watching your Philippine related video reactions. More power and you're welcome to visit our country (Philippines) after this madness. 😃

you guys should watch Malaysia vs Indonesia in Asian Games. So intense

As far as i remember sepak takraw is the National Sport of the Philippines den it changed into ARNIS in 2009 as National Sport.

The Philippines won a gold medal for Sepak Takraw in 2019's 30th SEA olympic games

I'm a Malaysian . And it's something we usually start playing on the road or the badminton court so it's hard and rough so these smooth courts are not painful for these pros because most of them started on rough ground. It is nothing like football . I play football but this requires completely different skill set and movements of the body and leg. The ball is veryyyy hard so it's very painful in the beginning but your toes become numb to the pain after playing for years. Gymnast and high jumpers are better suited for the game then a footballer.

Sepak takraw (say-puck ta-craw) use legs, while Sepak takraw (sir-puck ta-craw) use hand. 😂😅 Fun with words! There is two way to pronounce 'E' in Malay.

There's also a spike called the handstand spike..but it can be easily got blocked because you don't need to jump to do the spike.

Its goods sport...man i grow playing the game from the ball make from "rotan" material and now days is plastic string.. man those was the day ..to do roll spike or striker need all alot of joging man..also training...well now days the world know sepaktakraw....all the best man👍

Alright Sepak Takraw popularity is coming back

This is traditional game in malaysia since 60an. Started in village. Sepak is malay word, mean Kick.

Americans have a very similar game to sepak takraw: hacky sack. Just like takraw, hacky sack's basic learning "game" is a bunch of players in a circle keeping the ball up in the air. Once you've mastered kicking the ball you add rules to the game. For hacky sack this is becomes footbag net which is almost exactly sepak takraw only with a much smaller ball and usually on sand like beach volleyball. This make American sepak takraw teams surprisingly good because takraw is actually an easier game compared to hackysack.

Malaysia dominated this sport in early 80s until end 90s...starting in 2000 Thailand slowly started to dominate sepak takraw until today with Malaysia once a while beating Thailand...

I once aspired to join the Malaysian team after representing the school in sepak takraw but had to forget that desire to study :)

This sport is originally from South East Asia. It’s very popular in Thailand. Thailand also created this sport along with Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines. But only Thailand that has a Professional League of Sepak Takraw.

Damn the acrobatic kicks so very pleasing to see 😯

I from Thailand used to be this kind of athlete. The most important thing to win against your opponent is to get the serve and set the ball to score.

Height only has slight advantage, actually it needs more skill and timing to do roll spike. Not on a roll spike but may be during blocking.

Sepak takraw is very popular in Southeast Asia. Sadly here in the Philippines its becoming less popular due to lesser local competitive events and almost can only be seen national sport event. It was also the national sport of the Philippines untill 2009 when it was replace by "Arnis or also called Eskrima". Hope this sport gain more popularity in the future specially here in the Philippines. Maybe if it is included in Olympics it can gain better attention.

Its always part of the sports in Southeast Asean games.

You guys should try watching some of the highlights

Sepak takraw is originated by Malay world..in Southern Asean.

Just imagine martial arts+ volleyball

Sobrang angas talaga ng laro na yan 👍 but hard to play

This sport is from malaysia, art+football I usually playing that after school in indonesia but without rules 😂

Hi miles and phezz did you know USA also have team participating in sepak takraw..they compete in ISTAF super series you can check them on youtube.

Malaysia are the king of this sport🇲🇾

the USA also has a sepak takraw team

If we watch the top strikers, their agility and flexibility mimics cat's. That's why they look graceful and effortless as they get back on their feet after spiking the ball. Years of training can help you achieve that.

a friend of mine was into Taekwondo and then shifted to Sepak Takraw

I know both of you must be suprised. It is the traditional of this region. It has to practice in such a long peroid of time to come to this professional. There are some foreigners who stay in Thailand try to practice. I hope you enjoy watching this sport.

The exciting thing about spiking a sepak takraw ball during the game is the spiker can literally think in a blink of an eye on what to do with his spiking type: a direct spike, a placing spike or a tap spike. A good spiker has the ability to 'direct' his spike to any corner of the opponents' court with a powerful hit, and has to make the decision on what to do and where to direct the spike within a split second. Not everyone has the ability to do that. If Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the best players for football/soccer, as the late Kobe Bryant in basketball, then it's accurate enough to say that in sepak takraw, there are many Ronaldos, Messis and Bryants.

Takraw players from Thailand are wicked awesome.

sepak takraw is former national sport of the Philippines but in 2009 we replaced it by Arnis (a kind of martial arts using wooden stick) because takraw is originally from our brother Malaysia. Still takraw is popular in Philippines and the rest of south east Asia.

Its one of the sport in the philippines. Actually its the most favorite sport in my school.

Sepak Takraw is a Malaya game... And, it is common to Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia (Ma-Phil-Indo).

Wanna add something that isn't mentioned in the video you guys watched. The ball nowadays is made of synthetic plastic. Back in the 90's, the ball used in Malaysia, Thailand and other SEA countries was made from pure thick rattan plant. N trust me, it hurts like hell especially if it hits your head (getting spiked by it). It hurts the legs too and that's why the origin of the game was played by people who were in constant wars n stuff. They are basically warriors whose bodies are toughened already unlike modern players.

Sepak mean kick in malay, takraw mean ball in thai. It is traditional games of both Malaysia and Thailand. It was mention in the history of ancient Kingdom of Malacca ( part of today Malaysia ). This games is famous in southeast asia. The best games was Malaysia vs Thailand but other asian country also are worthy opponent.

Originally the ball was made from weaved rattan like a basket, hence the original name name 'sepak raga' (kick the basket). it is quite hard and rough on the head if you are not used to it. But under the new ISTAF (International Sepak Takraw Federation) rules, regulation balls are now made of plastic.. but they are still as hard

The floor is just the same rubberised thing from the other sports. But the professional ball of this sport is hard.

Hi guys nice reaction. Ilove you guys from Philippines

The max speed at serve was 60-70 kms / hr I remembered !

Please do reaction Malaysia vs Indonesia Asian games…… top team in the world 🌎

The "raw" in TAKRAW pronounced lik row, as your row your boat... The "tak" pronounced as TUCK... TUCK-ROW - TAKRAW

When the ancestors assumed that the year 2133-2149 (1590-1606 A.D.), Thailand was formerly known as "Siam" when "King Naresuan the Great" was a monarch in the "Ayutthaya" period. capital, Thai people or Siamese people A rattan-made takraw was started, which was a 'takraw' (round-kick) play. Year 2199-2231 (AD 1656-1688), there is enough evidence to refer that In the reign of "King Narai the Great", he was the king of the era. Ayutthaya is the capital There was a "French" religious group to live in Ayutthaya on August 22, 1662 (22 August 1662) with the construction of St. Joseph's Temple. Roman Catholic There is a record of "Reverend Drian Lonay" that the Siamese people like to play takraw very much. Later, the year 1772 (1771 AD) was the end of the "Ayutthaya" era, which was the beginning of the "Krung Thon Buri" era as the capital. There was a Frenchman named "Mr. François Henri Turapin" recorded in a book called "HISTOIRE DU ROYAUME DE SIAM" printed in "Paris" stating that "Siamese people" like to play takraw in their leisure time to exercise. body Year 1852 (A.D. 1850) in the "Rattanakosin" era or Bangkok is the capital There is also a reference in a book titled "NARATIVE OF A FESIDENCE IN SIAM" by the British "Mr. Frederick R. Zerneil" that takraw was played in Siam

I've played this game in our school's intramurals week, and it's really pretty hard to play.

Its originally from Malaysia but adopted by other countries through out south east asia especially Thailand, the Thai change the name of it, the original names of it was Sepak raga raga means BUSKET, because the balls was made with rattan an weave like busket and it was hard! the word for Raga or baskets in Thai is Takraw so when Thailand got the sport they changed it to Sepak Takraw, but they keep the Malays words sepak which means to kick. to Sepak raga/takraw is basically kicking busket.

This game is especially popular in east and south east asia

It’s Called Sipa In The Philippines and They Use A Ball Made from the Coconut Leaves.

I'd probably sprain my ankle if I play this one.

No hands use to it, hips foot elbow,heads,shoulder, if ever you touch the ball by your hands,it disqualify, take note no hands tauching

THAILAND is the current King of Sepak Takraw

this sport need to be introduce into Olympic level

For some reason english speaker added "w" to the silent consonant collection 🤣🤣

USA competed in international event many years ago.

Let's challenge soccer celeberties like Ronaldo, Messi, etc. Nice to watch. Stay safe guys.

Watch this Sepak Takraw, championship, Philippines vs Myanmar, more action games. You will see more amazing moves and techniques to play

Let me simplify for you guys, its a 3 person handless kung fu volleyball

it's one of oldest sport in history

That is a cement floor btw~

Yes sepak takraw is my favorite sports......is amazing sports....im the one players in sepak takraw when i was yung......from philippines.......

to cut it short, it originates in the Southeast Region. And in fact it was once the national sport of the Philippines until it was replaced by Arnis in 2009

See women 'sepak takraw' from Thailand, it very very fantastic

Practices make perfect!

I am sure Zlatan Ibrahimovic trains by playing sepak takraw cos he sometimes score goals using bicycle kicks?

You should look for the sport Tennikoit. It's played in India.

We play that in the Philippine

hi guys thanks react to our traditional sports

I used to play sepak takraw when I was in elementary

there is 2 country in this world dominant brutally in this SEPAK TAKRAW sport by their own fashion way.... very hard to beat them..... MALAYSIA and THAILAND.

My Elementary days back in 90's sepak is part of activity in physical education. Well in fact it is almost became national sports 🤣.

This is a game where if you could do a full split and have good ball control, then you'll own everyone..

"sepak" in bahasa melayu/bahasa indonesia means kick

Pls do malaysia' lion dance high pole performance or competition...