If you're bored with day-in, day-out sports like basketball or swimming or volleyball, then check out the Asian Games when they open officially on Saturday in Hangzhou, China.
Of course, the games will have the regular Olympic menu of events with some offering qualifying spot for next year's Paris Olympics.But much of the focus will be on sports that are popular in a region that represents 45 nations and territories. About 12,500 are participating, more than the Summer Olympics.Some of the regional sports specialties include kabaddi, sepaktakraw, wushu, and kurash.
Players can't use their hands — they can use anything else — and the ball it primarily kicked over a five-foot high net. There are two, three or four players on each side and in the United States, at least, the sport is often known as 'kick volleyball.'Like volleyball, the goal is to get the ball to hit the ground on the opponent's side of the net. The ball is smaller than a volleyball or soccer ball — about the size of a cantaloupe or a large grapefruit.
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