All groups are facing a lack of sports facilities in the cities that is stifling the development of athletics. In Taipei people have started to play ball on the silt plains along the rivers and under the bridges.
都會區沒有足夠的大型體育場地可以辦比賽，是目前各單項體育發展所面臨的窘境。在台北市，很多人就把腦筋動到河川地，幾座聯外橋樑下的淤積泥面，居然成了市民主要的戶外運動場地。