This is a sport that needs to be more widely known. This is an insane sport. I used to be flexible as a child, but this level of flexibility is really wow.
These women are so insanely flexible, they easily get their feet well beyond their heads while kicking in the air so there's no stability support with a foot on the ground. I bet they could all do deep oversplits with no problems. Very impressive
Cream Arunnopparat Yep, it’s mostly popular in SEA. I was in my school team in primary school but at the bench most of the time because I wasn’t any good lol. The ball is quite hard as well so you have to get used to it hitting you
@No Fat Girls I think it speaks to the intensity. Every serve is a gamble, every return is a battle, and managing a good block takes a point. There's none of this faffing about running across the field for half of a ninety minute game. Everything feels so consequential. So yeah, every play in intense, and worth watching - like a continuous reel of best moments.
not really... you just have to practice muscle memory and eye coordination, you can start by playing it's Novice Version "Sipa" which is not really that different except that Sipa doesn't have boundaries like Sepak... kids in the Philippines do this for their past times to this day. Edit: Also Sipa doesn't use Rattan Ball like Sepak
@@dantefromdevilmaycry9857 everything is hard at the professional level, sir. These people make a career out of doing it, they are not at that same level of kids playing this as hobby to begin with.
How is this not the most popular sport in the world?! This is the most incredible show of athletic ability I've ever seen, and there's like 20 people in the audience. I am in awe of these athletes. Totally amazed
The men's game is popular in Southeast Asia. It is more insane. Btw, the ball is so hard because it is made of rattan. I always get the headache when heading the ball.
@@game-f-un-limitedgamer8958 this. Until white people play this, no chance it will be in olympics. Even badminton only entered olympics in 1992. Many european excel in badminton decades before its inclusion.
Sadly, that won't be the case for a good while. The commitee considers sports that are being played by 75/40 countries on 4/3 continents on a professional level for men/women respectively to be included into the olympics. Imo this is one of the most spectacular sports ever and everything in me screams that this needs to be A LOT more popular - Just imagine the things we would see if there was more competition - but we are far away from meeting those requirements. Exceptions are made however and there are different factors to be considered, but again, don't count on seeing it on a huge non-asian stage any time soon.
@@spacemonkeyentertainment6413 Problem with this is for almost all popular sports, average population can take swing a thing or two, have a bite at it. This is just too insanely hard to be approachable. It's spectacular though.
For all you guys wonder about this sports name, in VietNam we called it as “rattan ball”, or, in raw translation “cloud ball”. Rattan is kind of flexing trees, and we used them to created various type of home equipment like basket for fruit, or similar like that. The ball made from rattan is light, small but not quite hard. It suited with south asian people: kind of small, not so strong but skillful. And I’m happy to see you guys loved it!
Not exactly like volleyball, players are able to touch it more then once, using every body part but your hands or arms, players have another to serve, but it has basic vb rules like in and out, limited to 3 touches a side, and stuff like that.
Lama you are so cute...i guess you just consume your parents hard work and try be a Swag type of guy. I know your type, they are lacking in knowledge of the world and specially sports cause you are not a sports type. So pathetic you are, learn something from this world. Sepak Takraw is played internationally for some 20+ years, or are you just some 16 yrs old cute, innocent and untouched netizens 😂😂😂😂
If this sport is actually more popular. Someone will make an anime for this sports for sure. Haikyuu but you will see someone doing parkour in the air.
Well the reason this sport is not that popular is because most men can't ever play it. Men are not flexible enough to "spike" the ball. And I'm pretty sure there aren't even that many women who are flexible enough to do it. It's a hard sport is what I'm trying to say.
i think cos everyone other than southeast asia/east asia doesn't even play it. it'd be like having american football. it'd be great to have it as one of the one-off sports if there's an olympics in SEA though.
Olympic require certain number of country to participate its the only that this sport it lack, its not easy to play, while in South East Asian it more like traidition people just play it leisure or gambling.
Because this sport would give asian a great advantage based on body structure, fast twicht muscles fiber and flexibility on the hip. White caucasian is more profit from sport require hard core physical strength, durability and size advantages. The perfect example is the asian dominate badminton while caucasian dominate the tennis court
@@JohSebBac Damn bro I didn't know that, seems kinda obvious once you think about it actually, thanks for sharing. Nevertheless, it's a freaking awesome sport and it deserves more recognition just for the pure skill it implies.
I love how much fun they’re having. after every point they’re smiling, holding hands, and super supportive of each other. can definitely see and feel the camaraderie. think the chants after points are so awesome. now that’s some sportsmanship...
I think you missed the part where one of the Thailand girls after her team scores a point, walks towards the net and gives laughing face to her opponents. This defininitely isn't sportmanlike behaviour from her individually.
they're quite aggressive to the other teams honestly. you don't see in volleyball the other team cheering while staring into the other team's eyes as much
The Thai take it very seriously, they have a crushing reputation to hold onto lol (they have won twice as many gold medals as other countries combined lol) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepak_takraw_at_the_Asian_Games
You obviously never been in Brazil and seen them play footvolley. Here the net is at 120cm. In footvolley it's on 220cm. This is really child's play game compared to footvolley.
@@briantorayagiorgana2919 and also a mix of martial arts, I said gymnastics cause of how they stretch their body, but the high kicks are in fact martial arts
nah... their kicks are not powerful it's more like just trying to get the ball over to the other side. It's no where near as deadly as like muay thai or something.
This needs to be in the next Olympic. For those who are new to this sport, it's been a popular sport in Southeast Asia for a long time. This sport just needs more exposure and people that can actually play around the world in order for it to be in the Olympics.
I was born in Thailand so I had an opportunity to grow up around this sport with friends and cousins. I gotta tell ya it’s really hard to master the sport and let alone play it. The ball is hard and you have to be very fast and flexible.
This sports is crazy . Imagine this at 4th of July picnics , uncle Joe has a torn groin , aunt Judy has a bloody nose and everyone else is just confused as to what the heck happened .
Thats funny. My Uncle Joey torn his groin last 4th drunkenly stumbling out of the boat, headbutting my aunt judy in the process giving her a bloody nose. 😏
@@Grovesie35 My uncle Boat headbutted my uncle Judy and kicked my aunt terry in the urethra which caused him to go into a frantic hemorrhoid flare up. There were several casualties, cousin Tim and Tom lost 5 legs and all 45 fingers. It was epic.
If I ever tried this sport I probably will end up with a broken neck in the first 5 seconds. This takes a lot of talent to master like TV. We need an anime of this
It was only today that I've ever heard of this sport. This has to be one of the most difficult sports out there. Watched the whole thing and am amazed at the level of skill.
Apparently their male counterparts are even more skilled and matches are crazier. (Only saying this from comments I read here) but I've seen some play before, but not on a professional level like here. The pace was so much faster.
There actually is a more popular version called footvolley - which is beach volleyball played with a regulation size ball. It's mainly played in Brazil but there are also teams in other countries including the US
Look at the adaptation right here from the Thailand team 44:53. After having been brutally stuffed by the Vietnam team's two person block at 42:15, she takes the same, obvious seeming position to spike, then does a dink instead. This sport is so insane.
The only thing that went quicker than my thought process of "WTH is this?" to "Why isn't this in the Olympics?", was my hamstring when I thought I'd give it a go.
I like how the Vietnamese coach told his player to switch to using her upperback to do the block, and how the Thai coach told his player to modify her strike to beat that!
She's got a good head on her shoulders too: notices that Vietnam is going for double-blockers on her roll spikes and switches to dinking the ball over their heads instead.
Wow! What an amazing sport :D And the girls look like they are having fun in the midst of this national championships that are on the stakes. I really felt so happy seeing them enjoy each and every second of the game :D Great sportsmanship girls :D
Most people can’t do lots of other competitive sports too yet they’re popular. I could equate this to combat sports and gymnastics. There are lots of not well known sports around the world. It’s all about how people invest money into the sport to promote it and it also comes with time.
I did the same thing.....I grew up watching the olympics and swimming is one of the most popular events during the summer olympics so I thought I knew all the swimming events. Nope.....thanks to watching waayyy too much youtube during the pandemic last year I stumbled upon a swimming event where they have scuba tanks on their backs and they wear these giant swimming fins that take they fit both of their feet into so they look like mermaids when they are racing. They looked like they were going really fast because unlike a normal swimming race they never came up for air. ua-cam.com/video/EbouJhNIkBc/v-deo.html.
The person that invented this games was like i want to play soccer, no wait volleyball, no nevermind maybe martial arts, screw this ill just put all three together.
(Quite long, sorry) I tried playing it with my relatives. I injured my thigh after trying one of those high kicks or spikes 😂. It's commonly played here in most South Asian countries as leisure sport. Some called it 'sepak takraw' some called it 'sepak raga' which both literally means 'straw-ball kicking'. You can play it with at least 2 or 3 people and a 'bola takraw'😄. This sport is a total favourites by males here in Malaysia and I'm sure in other Asian countries too.
I really watched this whole game, and I'm surprised cuz i thought I'd just watch a couple seconds or minutes. But they were balling, and very inspiring to watch. This is a new favorite sport of mine
@@aljon5947 jajaj u want to teach me? , i said u dont see those shots infootball, there are legal.. bit no one do those kind of shots, volley shots are shooting the ball in the air.. but not necessarely that way.. those shots look more like scissor shots or bycicle shots
This sport is just incredible to watch. The precision, timing, athleticism, and concentration needed to play this sport makes these players some of the absolute best in the world. Probably the main reason that this sport is not more widely played around the world is that the level of difficulty is too much for other athletes.
@C J B I already saw MU and Bayern player played this games, they can't do such thing like acrobatics skill like this, they played very good but at the basic level not professional level.
Each sport requires its own set of skills, so there is no need to compare. Obviously a football player can't do this things on their level, but none of these players can play football either.
It's not really requirement to be able to do the aerial moves. You can just use headers to spike the ball if you can't do that. It's like the dunk in Basketball. Pros do that all the time but it's not a requirement to be able to play it recreationally.
I'm from India and used to play the game in my high school though I could never become as half as good as them. It's insanely difficult and the level of fitness and flexibility the game demands is just on another level
I’ve known about this sport since I was a smol little kid cus I’m mixed but I’ve never known how to play it and just wow... think this might be one of the harder sports I’ve ever seen been played
First minute I was very intrigued about this sport. 30 minutes later, I can't help but enjoy this game and the level of skill these women demonstrate and execute! 50th minute later, I have to say it was a good day.
This is a sport that needs to be more widely known. This is an insane sport. I used to be flexible as a child, but this level of flexibility is really wow.
These women are so insanely flexible, they easily get their feet well beyond their heads while kicking in the air so there's no stability support with a foot on the ground. I bet they could all do deep oversplits with no problems. Very impressive
im like where tf am i, but thats actually pretty sick
yall should watch men game. they r more aggresive on their finishing kick than women.
American women to lazy for this
American women busy messing up relationships as a game
Video made four years ago of a sport I’ve never heard of.
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Cream Arunnopparat Yep, it’s mostly popular in SEA. I was in my school team in primary school but at the bench most of the time because I wasn’t any good lol. The ball is quite hard as well so you have to get used to it hitting you
Sepaktakraw is also quite popular here in the Philippines most school here has that kind of sports and it was originally originated too from thailand
This game is Myanmar traditional sport. The ball we call cane ball
5 years so can't like sorry
This sport have been around for a long time... I remember my malay schoolmates are especially good at this sport.. I am from Singapore.
It’s crazy how flexible they are to do these kicks
Alley Wolf u don’t have to be flexible lol, as long as u can lift urself up its all good.
I tore my Achilles playing indoor soccer a few years ago and watching this, especially when they do jump kicks, truly amazes me lol
@@saw5735 except for "tekong"
Yes...Mind Blow
@@saw5735 you dont have to flexible?? LOL
Each kick is so epic, it's like a continuous reel of best moments...
@No Fat Girls no big Lady?
in soccer a bicycle kick that scores a goal is shown in every highlight reel and is praised.
in this game its every other point
@No Fat Girls I think it speaks to the intensity. Every serve is a gamble, every return is a battle, and managing a good block takes a point. There's none of this faffing about running across the field for half of a ninety minute game. Everything feels so consequential.
So yeah, every play in intense, and worth watching - like a continuous reel of best moments.
It's right up there with Bruce Lee's nunchuck ping-pong.
It's like every play is a Christiano Ronaldo backwards bicycle kick for goal.
My God, this sport looks extremely difficult to play. The coordination, flexibility, and balance is amazing. Wow.
And the endurance u need to have
not really... you just have to practice muscle memory and eye coordination, you can start by playing it's Novice Version "Sipa" which is not really that different except that Sipa doesn't have boundaries like Sepak... kids in the Philippines do this for their past times to this day.
Edit: Also Sipa doesn't use Rattan Ball like Sepak
@@dantefromdevilmaycry9857 everything is hard at the professional level, sir. These people make a career out of doing it, they are not at that same level of kids playing this as hobby to begin with.
Geralt of Rivia You can say that about, pretty much, every sport... Doesn’t take away how impressive it is.
You can't do these crazy acrobatic flipping kicks if you're not acrobatic. So yes, this is a hard sport to play.
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I found my new favorite sport I think.
same😂😂😂
what
This is one of most underrated sport in the world! I love it!
Make SURE you fit that underrated word, "underrated" into every possible space on youtube it has not been before.
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How is this not the most popular sport in the world?! This is the most incredible show of athletic ability I've ever seen, and there's like 20 people in the audience. I am in awe of these athletes. Totally amazed
Because this would break everyone's back, neck, knees, legs, and face if they tried to actually play it 😝
The men's game is popular in Southeast Asia. It is more insane. Btw, the ball is so hard because it is made of rattan. I always get the headache when heading the ball.
What an amazing game. I cant believe I just sat here for 50 minutes watching the whole game. It should be in the Olympics in my opinion.
its not because its not a sport thats played in so many countries
The last major multi-sporting event with Sepaktakraw is the 2018 Asian Games
It's mainly played in south east Asia. Wonderful and exciting sport though
Sadly it is not because white people don't play it.
@@game-f-un-limitedgamer8958 this. Until white people play this, no chance it will be in olympics. Even badminton only entered olympics in 1992. Many european excel in badminton decades before its inclusion.
This needs to be added to the olympics. It needs more exposure for sure!
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Sadly, that won't be the case for a good while. The commitee considers sports that are being played by 75/40 countries on 4/3 continents on a professional level for men/women respectively to be included into the olympics. Imo this is one of the most spectacular sports ever and everything in me screams that this needs to be A LOT more popular - Just imagine the things we would see if there was more competition - but we are far away from meeting those requirements. Exceptions are made however and there are different factors to be considered, but again, don't count on seeing it on a huge non-asian stage any time soon.
in that case can we have broom ball as well?
@@spacemonkeyentertainment6413 Just need to make the sport more global. An American league airing on an American network.
@@spacemonkeyentertainment6413 Problem with this is for almost all popular sports, average population can take swing a thing or two, have a bite at it. This is just too insanely hard to be approachable. It's spectacular though.
For all you guys wonder about this sports name, in VietNam we called it as “rattan ball”, or, in raw translation “cloud ball”. Rattan is kind of flexing trees, and we used them to created various type of home equipment like basket for fruit, or similar like that. The ball made from rattan is light, small but not quite hard. It suited with south asian people: kind of small, not so strong but skillful. And I’m happy to see you guys loved it!
It's called sepak takraw.
its a good sport. I like the skill aspect
I enjoyed watching this sport! I have never seen this before. Amazing!
This takes soooo much skill man, it’s pretty neat!
Some of the moves I see them perform are pretty lethal. Very cool
I agree with so many people here. This is the most entertaining, pure sport I've watched in quite a long time!
I get entertaining, but what do you mean by pure?
Slapping is far more entertaining, i hope it becomes Olympic too
@@dadof3tngirls female only
Agile and flexible are they.
@@dadof3tngirls Pure athleticism I think. You need so many athletic skills at their highest form, all in one sport.
gives me shaolin soccer vibes. These athletes are incredible.
I was thinking Shaolin Volleyball but didn't want to say it. 😓
galactik football and Wendy Wu vibes
the precision and endurance on these athletes is absolutely unimaginable to me
"volleyball isn't hard enough let's do it with our feet"
😂😂😂😂
Watching this mouth open.
"and head"
...and add 6 referees!
You could technically only play vball with just your feet I think
Is this volleyball but with kicking it and only 3 players???
Tenya Iida yeah it basically is
Tenya Iida more like hackysack but more proper
Can Can yea I thought the same
It’s like hackysack
Not exactly like volleyball, players are able to touch it more then once, using every body part but your hands or arms, players have another to serve, but it has basic vb rules like in and out, limited to 3 touches a side, and stuff like that.
16:22 I like how she does a mad backflip kick, sticks the landing and then engages in aggressive hand holding.
😂😂😂😂
that was beautiful lol
The handholding 😃👍👍
Omg. It looked like a superhero landing😳
Yes! She looked like a cat jumping.
Imagine an anime made playing this game
gin raul super badass
There probably is one already lol
Yessssss pleaseee
Is this not an anime 🤔🤔🤔
There Is one I think
Damn , this is football and volleyball in one sport. I can’t even kick the ball properly on the ground.
here in brasil we have a game called futvolei, wich is a mix of football and volleyball too, but its very diferen of this one.
Thiago Armond Oh that’s cool! Thank you for letting me know ! :))
I’m guessing u mean soccer when u say football😅😅
@@jaynawilson6235 haha yeah i guess! we call it football here . thank you though! :D
@@jaynawilson6235 u mean football when YOU say soccer. all over the world we call this sport football!
2021 quarantine helping me find sports I’ve never heard of
This sport is played mostly in Southeast Asia.
Looked at Kabaddi?
Please promote this game in your channel, hope will play in olympic
Lama you are so cute...i guess you just consume your parents hard work and try be a Swag type of guy. I know your type, they are lacking in knowledge of the world and specially sports cause you are not a sports type. So pathetic you are, learn something from this world. Sepak Takraw is played internationally for some 20+ years, or are you just some 16 yrs old cute, innocent and untouched netizens 😂😂😂😂
@@joseguite7770 i didn't know too, and just didn't know the name just not everything is general knowledge as you may not know something.
This is one of the coolest sports I’ve ever seen! I’m glad UA-cam recommended it to me even though it’s 8 years after it was posted.
If this sport is actually more popular. Someone will make an anime for this sports for sure.
Haikyuu but you will see someone doing parkour in the air.
Just imagine they doing spin kicks like shinra on fire force👀😝
Well the reason this sport is not that popular is because most men can't ever play it. Men are not flexible enough to "spike" the ball. And I'm pretty sure there aren't even that many women who are flexible enough to do it. It's a hard sport is what I'm trying to say.
u aware that man invents this *sepak takraw* sport right?
@@damianc669 we Asian has been playing this game since the 15th century.
Bruh Lit men’s sepek takraw is way more intense than this
This game is dope. It takes so much skill. So underrated!
I love a game that starts with doing flying backwards kicks and just gets harder from there. :D
no.
It should be part of the Olympic game
@@azndragon75 I agree with you
Dope on a rope...
The Olympics brought me here. So much respect for these women. So much talent.
Bro how is this not in the Olympics? The skill this requires is insane! Damn! Im half way the whole thing! Awesome sport to watch!
i think cos everyone other than southeast asia/east asia doesn't even play it. it'd be like having american football. it'd be great to have it as one of the one-off sports if there's an olympics in SEA though.
Olympic require certain number of country to participate its the only that this sport it lack, its not easy to play, while in South East Asian it more like traidition people just play it leisure or gambling.
Because this sport would give asian a great advantage based on body structure, fast twicht muscles fiber and flexibility on the hip. White caucasian is more profit from sport require hard core physical strength, durability and size advantages. The perfect example is the asian dominate badminton while caucasian dominate the tennis court
@@JohSebBac Damn bro I didn't know that, seems kinda obvious once you think about it actually, thanks for sharing. Nevertheless, it's a freaking awesome sport and it deserves more recognition just for the pure skill it implies.
Now there's a growing sport rather similar to this called teqball. It looks like a combination of this with table tennis.
Me: 50 minutes? I'll give it a minute..
50 mins later: *HIIIYYYYYAAAAA*
Im only in 1min.
Funny guy.
Imagine the level of fatigue doing all those kicks
So like.. I came back for this comment. Shhiau!
mAh MaN
One of the hardest sports to master by far.
mmm no its just as hard as the other sports😂 i dont think you’ve done sports
Having played soccer, volleyball, and tennis I would say my statement stands.
@@p.t5146 There is a reason why the other ones are well known sports, this one is not.
Vivek Namikaze
Most people don’t have the body for it, they’re either too tall or bulky.
@@viveknamikaze761 And what is that reason?
This is what volleyball looks like when played by taekwondo champions.
I can Agree
I would probably end up breaking my neck trying to do this
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@@MarcoSolidx hahahah me too 🤣
Here we meet again. Thank you, UA-cam algorithm, for bringing me this insane ninja sport
Sometimes it does find these hidden gems.
I love how much fun they’re having. after every point they’re smiling, holding hands, and super supportive of each other. can definitely see and feel the camaraderie. think the chants after points are so awesome. now that’s some sportsmanship...
I think you missed the part where one of the Thailand girls after her team scores a point, walks towards the net and gives laughing face to her opponents. This defininitely isn't sportmanlike behaviour from her individually.
Number 8 of thailand too
they're quite aggressive to the other teams honestly. you don't see in volleyball the other team cheering while staring into the other team's eyes as much
The Thai take it very seriously, they have a crushing reputation to hold onto lol (they have won twice as many gold medals as other countries combined lol) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepak_takraw_at_the_Asian_Games
@@mikehawk8526 everyone takes their sport seriously, but not everyone is disrespectful towards other teams
This looks like one the most technically difficult sports ever. I could never make it over the net, let alone set up and execute a spike
Yes omg you jave to be like super fit and skill to do this ,
Watch the men play. They fly twice as high and fast. Agility to a new level...
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@@dirtydirtz9889 no just super flexible in your lower body. most people don't flex though, so most people are way too tight to play this.
You obviously never been in Brazil and seen them play footvolley. Here the net is at 120cm. In footvolley it's on 220cm. This is really child's play game compared to footvolley.
I see the UA-cam algorithm has brought us altogether again
A sport where you literally have to be a Ninja to play. Totally awesome 👌
A ninja is a boring assassin.
Regardless the sport, its always a pleasure to watch professionals do their business. Great athletes!
@@capsonmonson6183 Just look at how many views there are on Bob Ross videos.
@@capsonmonson6183 I don't see the logic in comparing craftsmanship to athleticism. However, I see no issue to admire the work of a painter.
Actually looks clean af, it’s like a mix of gymnastics and soccer and volleyball
Looks like team hacky sack
Gymnastic? Tae Kwon Do is more accurate
@@briantorayagiorgana2919 Rythemic Gymnastics
@@briantorayagiorgana2919 and also a mix of martial arts, I said gymnastics cause of how they stretch their body, but the high kicks are in fact martial arts
@@AcidicMentality but more intense and they literally slam the ball down
I can say with confidence that if I were to be kicked by any of them, I could risk dying ...
Dorothy definitely cold knockout if you take it to the face
@@zafiruzoma6234 yeah if they do one of their jump kicks to the face of an unaware man, I think it could know him out.
nah... their kicks are not powerful it's more like just trying to get the ball over to the other side. It's no where near as deadly as like muay thai or something.
@@Detz0325yes exactly they have good touch
Lmaooo my back and knees could never 😂
and I thought (and experienced) volleyball is hard.
Volleyball is hard. It's that we have more experience with it. This foot version we are not used to.
This needs to be in the next Olympic. For those who are new to this sport, it's been a popular sport in Southeast Asia for a long time. This sport just needs more exposure and people that can actually play around the world in order for it to be in the Olympics.
Maybe if one of Southeast Asian country is chosen to host Olympic
Seoul was once@@malikfaisal416
It's like hackeysack, football, and volleyball mixed together
I'm obsessed
And I am obesse
Luis Mora lmaoo
This is the most wholesome thing I've come across this month.
Wholesome. I just witnessed a murder. Thailand laid an asswhooping
I hope you wiped your screen after.
Back when the world sucked a little less.
Disappointed to see that this is from 2015, and I still haven't heard of this sport. Should be in the Olympics by now. Algorithm, elevate this!
You can let in “ Sepaktakraw “ see the men game. Thailand and Malaysia are the best.
I was born in Thailand so I had an opportunity to grow up around this sport with friends and cousins. I gotta tell ya it’s really hard to master the sport and let alone play it. The ball is hard and you have to be very fast and flexible.
Traditional takraw is made from rattan. Easy on the feet.
We can tell it's really hard. lol
This sports is crazy . Imagine this at 4th of July picnics , uncle Joe has a torn groin , aunt Judy has a bloody nose and everyone else is just confused as to what the heck happened .
Definitely tougher than kornhole!
Thats funny. My Uncle Joey torn his groin last 4th drunkenly stumbling out of the boat, headbutting my aunt judy in the process giving her a bloody nose. 😏
@@Grovesie35 are you messing with me . That is freaking crazy .
@@Grovesie35 My uncle Boat headbutted my uncle Judy and kicked my aunt terry in the urethra which caused him to go into a frantic hemorrhoid flare up. There were several casualties, cousin Tim and Tom lost 5 legs and all 45 fingers.
It was epic.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
If I ever tried this sport I probably will end up with a broken neck in the first 5 seconds. This takes a lot of talent to master like TV. We need an anime of this
First time seeing this on my entire life almost 50 years! Why isn’t this played more around the world?
It was only today that I've ever heard of this sport. This has to be one of the most difficult sports out there. Watched the whole thing and am amazed at the level of skill.
Apparently their male counterparts are even more skilled and matches are crazier. (Only saying this from comments I read here) but I've seen some play before, but not on a professional level like here. The pace was so much faster.
*HI HELLO BASED ON YOUR SEARCH HISTORY UA-cam HAS DECIDED THAT THIS WOULD BE EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANTED TO SEE*
And here we are
Watching it
I stayed for gorillaz song watched all the match
And it was totally worth it, that was really cool
How is this sport not more widely known? It's so cool!
There actually is a more popular version called footvolley - which is beach volleyball played with a regulation size ball. It's mainly played in Brazil but there are also teams in other countries including the US
Because no one could play it
@@muhammadihsan4896 it's actually popular in South east asia. We used to play this sht every afternoon
Look at the adaptation right here from the Thailand team 44:53. After having been brutally stuffed by the Vietnam team's two person block at 42:15, she takes the same, obvious seeming position to spike, then does a dink instead. This sport is so insane.
that player seems to me to be scarily good compared to all five other on the field.
The only thing that went quicker than my thought process of "WTH is this?" to "Why isn't this in the Olympics?", was my hamstring when I thought I'd give it a go.
Hahah 🤣🤣🤣
because Olympic is a western game，Asian prior game will not be allowed
@@willeonfly taekwondo is in the olympics.
@@Guardian-ig7yf yeah but the Olympics is a western thing they’ve only just added Karate to the Olympics
@@jamal202z2 llympics is much closer to Asia than you think. The Greeks will not be happy with you...
I like how the Vietnamese coach told his player to switch to using her upperback to do the block, and how the Thai coach told his player to modify her strike to beat that!
Ikr, this is a literal anime.
Man this game is so legit, just throwing fly kicks all night🤩💯
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I wasnt looking for this, but thank you youtube, I really watched the entire video and somehow enjoyed it?
Idk how this came up but I watched the whole match. The skill level for this is insane
Makes all those games of Hackysack seem embarrassing.
I’m so proud that gorillaz ‘ feel good inc. ‘ is in the background
Oh shiet, i didn't notice, i was too absorbed in their match to notice it and i had to go back to the beginning after reading your comment 😂👌
Why proud?
El Mehdi Boussalhi proud that they get some recognition even though their already famous
Right? I thought for a second I was the only one who noticed
They were playing a lot of mainstream songs.
#8 on Thailand is sick, strikes are so pure
She's got a good head on her shoulders too: notices that Vietnam is going for double-blockers on her roll spikes and switches to dinking the ball over their heads instead.
Lesbians seem to have that manliness in training
Wow! What an amazing sport :D
And the girls look like they are having fun in the midst of this national championships that are on the stakes. I really felt so happy seeing them enjoy each and every second of the game :D
Great sportsmanship girls :D
I thought this was a volleyball then it’s something else, really interesting
I’ve never heard of this sport but it actually looks really cool
i thought this was volleyball and i was like why is the net so low?!
Lani they’re actually just all over the height of 8’1”
Not fo boys
Not volleyball this is cane ball
With a little hacky sack mixed in.
I come back here because Vietnam's women team just won the world champion of Sepak Takraw in 2023 😇🥰💪💪
Highly underrated sport and prob the reason it’s not popular is because most people CAN’T do this!!!!🤯
Right? How does one even learn they can, much less find a group to train with.
Most people can’t do lots of other competitive sports too yet they’re popular. I could equate this to combat sports and gymnastics. There are lots of not well known sports around the world. It’s all about how people invest money into the sport to promote it and it also comes with time.
I know their daily stretch routines are crazy. Lol this pandemic got me addicted to watching sports I never knew existed.
I did the same thing.....I grew up watching the olympics and swimming is one of the most popular events during the summer olympics so I thought I knew all the swimming events. Nope.....thanks to watching waayyy too much youtube during the pandemic last year I stumbled upon a swimming event where they have scuba tanks on their backs and they wear these giant swimming fins that take they fit both of their feet into so they look like mermaids when they are racing. They looked like they were going really fast because unlike a normal swimming race they never came up for air. ua-cam.com/video/EbouJhNIkBc/v-deo.html.
@@keithfavara4943 wow I got to see this. Lol
One minute in and I just said out loud, "Well that's the most-difficult sport I've ever seen." The game hasn't even started yet.
How in the world did this channel come up? Never seen anything like it. What an incredible sport!
Oh my God, this is the greatest sport ever. Every score is a bicycle kick! Some scores look like Bruce Lee kicks.
Should watch men match. Very entertaining
The person that invented this games was like i want to play soccer, no wait volleyball, no nevermind maybe martial arts, screw this ill just put all three together.
this sport is much older than the sport that your mention
The persons was like,, i wanna play volleyball, but im asian, so,,
I've been alive 42 years and I just discovered today that this exists...
I cant even calculate what I'm looking at.
笑顔で楽しそうにやってるチームって本当に見ていてワクワクします。
かっこいいよ～～～～～！！
I just pulled my groin from watching!
Hiya ya *toot* *toot* Hiya ya *toot* *toot*
my crotch hurts just by watching this
I blew out my kneecap watching.
congrats . u r not a virgin now
Hahahahaha
Lmao 😂
I kinda wanted to be a sepak takraw player when i was young because my father was one. But it's so hard and i got fat
LOL
looool what is this sport, like wow it looks sick
its in the title but ill just type it out for you again: the sport is called sepak takraw
(Quite long, sorry)
I tried playing it with my relatives. I injured my thigh after trying one of those high kicks or spikes 😂. It's commonly played here in most South Asian countries as leisure sport.
Some called it 'sepak takraw' some called it 'sepak raga' which both literally means 'straw-ball kicking'.
You can play it with at least 2 or 3 people and a 'bola takraw'😄.
This sport is a total favourites by males here in Malaysia and I'm sure in other Asian countries too.
這場恐怕是有始以來最精彩的一場比賽 優雅又強而有勁的轉身和廻旋遍佈全場 今年已經是第35 屆了 這麼多年來沒有任何－場能夠和其比擬 泰國隊 要得 越南隊 要得 👏👏👏
I really watched this whole game, and I'm surprised cuz i thought I'd just watch a couple seconds or minutes. But they were balling, and very inspiring to watch. This is a new favorite sport of mine
5:10 _oOf_
It sounds exactly the same with roblox
@@char0.056 JSJAJAKAKA THAT
Indeed
I thought it was edited in lmao
Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣
It's basically Volley, Soccer, and Taekwondo at the same time.
@Arya Lhasa in volley and football, you don't have those high kicks.. they are from some martial art like taek won do or karate
U can do those high kicks in football, its called a volley shot.
@@aljon5947 jajaj u want to teach me? , i said u dont see those shots infootball, there are legal.. bit no one do those kind of shots, volley shots are shooting the ball in the air.. but not necessarely that way.. those shots look more like scissor shots or bycicle shots
Epic right!!
but still u have those kicks in football. :), its like saying that a martial art technique doesnt exist because its barely used!
This sport is just incredible to watch. The precision, timing, athleticism, and concentration needed to play this sport makes these players some of the absolute best in the world. Probably the main reason that this sport is not more widely played around the world is that the level of difficulty is too much for other athletes.
One of the most difficult sports i've ever seen. Puts the million dollar soccer players to shame.
@C J B I already saw MU and Bayern player played this games, they can't do such thing like acrobatics skill like this, they played very good but at the basic level not professional level.
Each sport requires its own set of skills, so there is no need to compare. Obviously a football player can't do this things on their level, but none of these players can play football either.
One cold, dark night a football player and a karate figther met and after a dozen beers they came up with a brilliant idea.
You forgot the voleyball player
Good one!
Jesus they're literally doing the splits mid air and firing sandbags at their opponents heads this is wild.
It's not really requirement to be able to do the aerial moves. You can just use headers to spike the ball if you can't do that.
It's like the dunk in Basketball. Pros do that all the time but it's not a requirement to be able to play it recreationally.
Pretty sure that's a plastic ball, but yeah that's insane hahah. Like hacky sac on steroids
@@michaelfitzgerald6341 The ball is made from rattan. Yup.. very painful... hahaha
@@Muser187 Ahh dang that's gotta sting when you catch a spike 😅
@@michaelfitzgerald6341 Yeah.... tried playing during my younger days... too hard for me... hahaha
The UA-cam alogrithm is going crazy leading me to discover some insanely amazing sports I didn't know existed. Wth? Incredible!
45:33 what a shot!
Amazing!
I was really rooting for her
Use head perfectly at the step 1 as well ✌️
Vietnam #7 is freaking amazing with that flip/spin move
Best player on the court hands down, but her teammates don't set her up well.
I have learned so much during lockdown. This looks incredible!
thought football was a game of skill, this is on the next level
0:23 Who let Chewbacca in the room
omg, you re so mean but I see what you mean hahahaha
I don't get it
Pegih Adrianto I’m pretty sure he was talking abt the sound that happen not the person lol
So funny 😂!!
Lmfao 😂🤣😅 so true. I just pist myself! 😭
I’ve never seen this sport before and I’m cheering and yelling while watching the whole thing.
They’re all amazing, but good lord #8 on the Thailand team is a monster!
I pulled a hamstring just watching this.
😂😂
Same.
That Thailand lady is unstoppable. She just whips that leg over her head and smashed the ball. BEAST!!
Talk about learning something new everyday…this is a new one for me
I'm from India and used to play the game in my high school though I could never become as half as good as them. It's insanely difficult and the level of fitness and flexibility the game demands is just on another level
Ronaldinho: I scored goals with bicycle kick
Southern Asians: That's cute
Yeah they don’t even leave the ground!
They're south east Asians.
What about zlatans bicycle kick? That’s the best ever
_"That's a cute kick, did your husband give it to you"_
@@verdiernoyama9681 Spider-Man
Probably the hardest sport I’ve ever played. The amount of precision, flexibility, and skill it takes is insane.
Nah you never tried nunchuck pingpong
@@st4r444 I'm talking from MY personal experience. I don't claim to have played every sport known in existence.
Omg that’s freaking amazing. The skill to do this is crazy. Awesome 👏
Such an underrated game. Loved playing it. Love watching it. More people should get into it.
This is an incredible sport. So much precision and coordination required.
I’ve known about this sport since I was a smol little kid cus I’m mixed but I’ve never known how to play it and just wow... think this might be one of the harder sports I’ve ever seen been played
im asian i played this when i was a kid its basic like any other sports except when you go pro it gets harder just like any other sports
It's difficult to just do a decent serve
First minute I was very intrigued about this sport.
30 minutes later, I can't help but enjoy this game and the level of skill these women demonstrate and execute!
50th minute later, I have to say it was a good day.
That was awesome!! I have a new sport. Such incredible athletes and such gracious interactions between players and teams. LOVED IT.
That block using your back while your opponent is doing a somersault kick is pretty gangster!