It is my opinion that Americans are very set in their ways when it comes to sports. Soccer is the number one sport in the world, but Americans play football and easy sports that dont take much skill. Think of all the fat slobs you see on the sidelines of a football game that don't get any playing time on a high school varsity team. In soccer there isn't one person on the team who is a slouch... except for maybe the goalie (i.e. Tim Halvorson.) There is an asian sport called sepak takraw where if you aren't highly trained and very flexible you would look like a total fool on the pitch... even more so than soccer. Takraw, or warkat spelled backwards, is a game much like volleyball. There is a net, a ball, and there are three players on each team. You can only touch the ball with everything but your arms and hands, much like soccer, you can even head the ball over the net. The sport originated over in malaysia or thailand many a year ago. It was originally played with a ball made out of a wicker like material about the size of a large grapefruit, now it is made out of plastic. I apologize for the bad layout, i've never tried pictures before. The purple ball looks exactly like the one my brother sent me. I have tried playing this before and it is very hard but pretty fun. So if your ready for a real man's sport try soccer; or, if you want to reach a level even beyond that try takraw. Look this up on you tube some time, it is absolutely nutz.
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i agree that soccer is a difficult sport, but i must defend football. it takes a lot of skill, strength and endurance that people tend to overlook.
johnson - those 300 pound lineman "slobs" can run the 40 yard faster than you can.
anyway, that looks like a sick ass game. i'm looking for it on youtube right now.
I dunno johnson, it seems like sepak takraw doesn't require quite as much cardiovascular fitness as soccer or football.
I mean sure you've gotta be flexible but it just doesn't seem like the most demanding sport out there.
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