DID YOU KNOW? Here are some kickball fun facts from Wikipedia: Kickball in other countries: Kickball is popular among youth in South Korea. Known as balyagu [발야구 (foot-baseball)], it is a staple in PE classes within elementary schools.[citation needed] Kickball is referred to as "Soccer-Baseball" in parts of Canada. In Japan kickball is popular among elementary school students and is known as キックベース(Kickbase). In the town of San Vicente de Alcántara, Badajoz, Spain; the game is called "Beisbol pie" or "Veisbol pie" (both mean Foot baseball) and it is played in primary schools. Kickball was introduced as a sport in England at Oxford Brookes University where it was compared to Rounders. Kickball is also played in Latin America. However, the sport is almost exclusively played by women, as even recreational sports are often gender-segregated in these cultures. The game is not played with a rubber playground ball, but with a soccer ball. For example, thriving kickball leagues for women exist in Venezuela and in Colombia (particularly in the suburbs of Cartagena).
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