US EditionIn Liberia’s version of baseball, there are no bats and no men
LIBERIA, JUL 18 – The National Kickball League was founded in 1994 to unite Liberians post-civil war and now serves as the nation’s second-most popular sport, mainly played by women but led by men.
- Liberia's National Kickball League, created in 1994 in Monrovia, unites women through a sport resembling baseball but using a soccer ball without bats.
- The league formed as Liberia emerged from civil war, aiming to promote reconciliation and bring women together, though men lead as coaches and officials.
- Kickball in Liberia is a female tradition where many girls start playing early, and men sometimes join practices but reportedly do not succeed against women players.
- After a decade of playing kickball, this Liberian athlete and mother of two faces financial difficulties, noting that her income from the sport is significantly lower than that of her male counterparts.
- The league plans to introduce kickball to men in the future, while some players, including Yarbah, intend to promote the sport through coaching despite social challenges.
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In Liberia's version of baseball, there are no bats and no men
Kickball is beloved among women in Liberia, where many sporting activities are male-dominated. The sport in Liberia has the rules of baseball but there are no bats, and players kick a soccer ball instead of the larger, lightweight ball used in other places.
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