Takraw's game until now is still one of the sports that has not been popularized, has not become the public interest from all walks of life. The new Takraw game penetrates the middle to lower society. This is due to the difficulty of the game, the risk of injury or greater illness, and there is still a community group that considers the game Takraw as a rough sport. Nevertheless the development of the game Takraw happened very rapidly. This can be seen starting in 1983, as all regions in Indonesia already have a Regional Board.

Takraw's international game has formed the parent organization of the Asian level since 1982, whose development is now enormously international. Not only Southeast Asian countries are developing this sport, but almost all the nations of the world are developing the game of Takraw, such as America, Australia and other countries.

Shape Games Takraw

In 2006 Takraw Lingkaran was replaced with a new number: Hoop-Takraw, the form of this number game is almost the same as circle-game takraw player, but the player that 5 person must insert the ball over the Ring with diameter of 1 meter ) mounted with a rope as high as 4.50 meters for women and 4.75 meters for men in the middle of the player's sphere. The player tries to put the ball into the ring as much as possible with a predetermined blow within 30 minutes

There is a newly introduced competition takraw player number from 2005 known as Double-event, this number is played by 2 people in one team. The rules of the game are the same as the competition takraw players, only players whose service is not from the circle area, but from the back line (base-line) with the ball hefted himself and kicked over the net.

Takraw Field Form

  1. Field Length: 13.42 meters.
  2. Field width: 6.10 meters.
  3. Boundaries: are lines that are 5 cm wide.
  4. Middle Circle: In the middle of a field there is a circle where the kick starts the service. with the diameter of the circle is 61 cm.
  5. A quarter-circle line: at the center of the two fields is a quarter-circle line where the ball rolls to a player performing a service split with a radius of 90 cm.
  6. Pole: two poles as a net binder, established on the outside of both left and right side lines 30.5 cm from the side line. High mast 1.55 meters for men and 1.45 meters for women.
  7. The net is made of rough yarn, rope, or nylon with a hole size of 4-5 cm. The net width is 72 cm and the length is not more than 6.71 m. At the top, bottom and side edges are made of 5 cm wide ribbons reinforced with rope tied to both rings. High nets 1.55 m from the ground / floor.
drawing shape takraw field