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Xisong Elementary School (2010 CyberFair Project ID 6020)
Taiwan, Taipei
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 4. Local Specialties

We estimate 7 student(s) from 11 to 12 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Our school is located in Song-San district of Taipei city. Established in 1936, it's a typical metropolitan school. Although we have a big playground, there is no gymnasium or indoor space for students to exercise. Under such conditions, our shuttleball team still wins lots of trophies. After the shuttle team members graduate from the school, most of them continue playing shuttleball in the neighboring high schools. Some players even become the national team members. We can say that Xisong’s shuttleball team is the cradle of excellent athletes.

Project Description: Shuttleball is a sport which has been neglected all the time. The number of shttleball teams in schools is limited. It’s unlike basketball or soccer that there are always star players or been broadcasted. However, its effects of exercise are not different from others’. Shuttleball has been transformed from a folk trick, shuttlecock. Its appearance and skills are much the same as that of the shuttlecock, though it is bigger in size. Its rules and skills basically come from soccer and badminton, and even some from martial art. Our project is taking the shuttleball team in Xisong Elementary School as the start to investigate the origin and possibilities of shuttleball.

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