A game like volleyball played with the feet, knees, chest and head. Two teams of three hit a woven ball over a net; hands and arms may not touch it. A team may touch the ball at most three times before it goes back over.
The players
Each team (a regu) has a server at the back (the tekong), a feeder who sets the ball up near the net, and a striker who kicks it hard over the net (a spike) and blocks.
How a game is won
Every rally scores a point for the team that wins it. A rally is lost when the ball lands on your side, goes out, or you touch it more than three times. Sets are usually played to 21 points, and a match is the best of three sets.
Rules children break first
No hands or arms on the ball.
At most three touches a side.
The server keeps one foot on the ground in the serving circle.
Warm up the ankles and hips first; no spikes at home.
At home you start with
Juggling with the inside of the foot, passing with a partner, catching on the foot and circle keep-up, then a basket game and the three-touch pattern in the park. Serves and spikes are learnt at a club.
Words you will hear (18, in plain language)
Regu
A sepak takraw team of three.
Tekong
The player at the back who serves from the circle.
Feeder
The player who sets the ball up near the net for the striker.
Striker
The player who spikes and blocks at the net.
Rattan ball
The light woven ball; children use a soft or sponge-covered one.
Inside kick
Hitting the ball with the inside of the foot, the foot turned flat; the main control kick.
Knee kick
Controlling the ball with the knee, the forehead or the chest.
Toe kick
A small kick straight up with the front of the foot.
Catch on the foot
Letting the ball settle on top of the foot.
Juggling
Keeping the ball in the air with repeated touches.
Circle kicking
A group in a circle keeping the ball up together.
Set
A pass that puts the ball up high near the net for the striker; also one part of a match, played to a points total.
Spike
A hard kick down over the net to win the point.
Horse-kick serve
Advanced kicks: a serve with the leg swung back; a jumping scissor kick; a flip off one leg striking over the opposite shoulder.
Block
Jumping at the net to stop a spike.
Serving circle
The ring the server stands in.
Rally
The play from the serve until the point is won.
Basketed sepak takraw
A children's game where teams pass with the feet to put the ball into a basket.
Nobody is late. A beginner of any age starts at Basic.
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Basic4 cards · show· hideJuggling with the inside of the foot (the most common and basic kick, for control), knee and head control, and passing with a partner. The usual order is the inside kick, then the knee kick (for taking a serve), the header, then the serve and spikes.
Move on whenthe child meets the self-checks on b1 and b2.
Intermediate2 cards · show· hideThe knee and head controls, the serve, and learning the three roles: tekong (server), feeder (sets for the striker) and striker (spikes and blocks). The horse-kick serve is hard and needs a high level of skill and flexibility.
More space and a second person. A grown-up can run every card.
You do not need to know the sport. Each card tells you where to stand, what to say and what to look at.
Pick one thing to say in a session and say only that. The first week looks messy; that is normal.
End every session on one that works.
Cards marked At a club are taught by a coach. They tell you what the
coach teaches, what is safe at home, and what to ask the club before your child joins.