# Sipa > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sipa > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sipa.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipa > Source revision: 1315003144 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Traditional sport in the Philippines}} {{Other uses|Sipa (disambiguation)}} {{refimprove|date=July 2016}} {{Use Philippine English|date=December 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} [[File:SipaQuezonCity.jpg|thumb|Children playing ''sipa'' with a lead washer in [Tatalon](/source/Tatalon), [Quezon City](/source/Quezon_City)]] '''Sipa''' ({{lit|kick}}) is the [Philippines](/source/Philippines)' [traditional native sport](/source/Traditional_games_in_the_Philippines) which predates the Spanish rule. The game is related to [Sepak Takraw](/source/Sepak_Takraw). Similar games include [Footbag net](/source/Footbag_net), [Footvolley](/source/Footvolley), [Bossaball](/source/Bossaball) and [Jianzi](/source/Jianzi). The game is both played by two teams, indoors or outdoors, on a court that is about the size of a basketball court. The teams consist of one, two or four players in each side. The aim of the game is to kick a soft [ball](/source/ball) made out of [rattan](/source/rattan) fragments, back and forth over a [net](/source/Net_(device)) in the middle of the court. The sport requires [speed](/source/speed), [agility](/source/agility) and ball control. A point is awarded every time a player kicks the ball, the more the player kicks the ball, the more the points accumulate. Rules attached to the game are very minimal and even children can play, but the ratan ball version is preferred more for formal games.{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Rhett |title=Sipa Game: Learn How To Play The Native Philippine Sport |url=https://historyofsoccer.info/sipa |access-date=October 20, 2022 |website=History Of Soccer |date=June 24, 2022 |language=en-us}} ==Washer version== One version of Sipa uses a lead washer covered with cloth, which gets kicked. This version is played by both girls and boys, but girls tend to use the outside of their foot to manipulate the washer, while boys more often use the inside of the foot. Points are scored based on the number of kicks without the ball touching the ground. If the ball touches the ground one point is awarded to the opposing team. ==Rattan ball version== This version uses a larger [rattan](/source/rattan) woven ball with the same foot action. Sipa balls, which look like [Hacky Sack](/source/Hacky_Sack) balls, can be purchased online. 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. ==Simplified play (one on one, two on two, three on three, or four on four)== A set of rules determines penalty points (such as the ball bouncing twice on the ground). The two teams play against each other until a set number of penalty points is reached by one of the teams. There is also a court version in which a rectangle is marked in grids. Grids denote zones, and dictate where players stand, and how points are allotted based on where the ball lands in the court. This game requires much coordination. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Sources== * {{cite book|last=Lopez|first=Mellie Leandicho|title=A study of Philippine games|year=1993|publisher=University of the Philippines Press|location=Diliman, Quezon City|isbn=971-542-295-0|oclc=49892251}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090323215930/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/sports/view_article.php?article_id=61038 (2007) Escudero urges revival of national games. Retrieved 04/22/2007, from Inquirer Headlines] {{Symbols of the Philippines}} Category:Tagalog words and phrases Category:Philippine games Category:Team sports Category:Ball games Category:Traditional football {{Philippines-sport-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sipa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipa) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipa?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.