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Winter is in full stride making conditions a little tougher for the runners, joggers and marathoners who usually fill the bike paths winding through the nation’s capital. Training for the spring’s Ottawa Marathon cannot be done on the treadmill and slogging through the slush, snow and sub-zero temperatures is enough to chill any runner’s spirit.
It has the net, the court, and the ball. But while takraw might look like volleyball, it’s more like a high-speed combination of hacky sack and martial arts. 
Takraw websiteTakraw, a kind of no-hands volleyball, is being introduced at Ottawa high dchools.
Moves that defy the laws of physics, swift passing, goals that turn heads and a strong charitable presence – it’s not the Ottawa Senators. It’s the Ottawa Foosball Association (OFA).
Natalie Zakrzewski, Centretown NewsKids at the Boys and Girls Club play foosball on a table donated by the Ottawa Foosball Association.
These days, it seems like everything is going green. Carbon and sustainability are sexy new buzz words.