Designing Specific Test To Profile Sepak TAKRAW PLAYERS: A Wireless Accelerometer For The Assessment Of The Service Kick In Sepaktakraw.

Abstract

Sepaktakraw (Kick Volleyball), or Takraw for short, is one of the fastest growing games in Asia. It has attained an impressive level of international popularity, particularly after its introduction in the 10th Asian Games in Beijing in 1990 and as a demonstration sport in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. It has now spread to over 20 countries including Argentina, Australia,Brazil, Canada, Korea, Germany, England, India, Japan, Puerto Rico, Spain, and USA (Takraw World, 2003).