Sipa Game

Sipa game or kick football is one of the most traditional and the national game in the Philippines. I love this game so much because I was one of the Sipa coaches before when I was in the Philippines. This game is best for male and needs two or more male players with kicking skills. Like badminton, you can play by singles, doubles or quadruples. The game is both played by two teams, indoors or outdoors, on a court that is about the size of a tennis court. The teams consist of one, two or four players in each side. The aim of the game is to kick a soft ball made out of rattan fragments, back and forth over a net in the middle of the court. The sport requires speed, agility and ball control. Originally, the rattan Sipa ball was 10 centimeters in diameter and made of woven rattan strips with symmetrical holes. The most defining feature of the game of Sipa is that the ball should only be touched with the legs anywhere from below the knee to the tip of the toes. The rattan ball can touch the ground.