NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Aerobics and kick basketball are not everyone's idea of serious sports and have yet to find a place in the Olympic Games.

In this year's first indoor Asian Games, however, they will feature proudly on the program alongside established sports such as athletics and short-course swimming and other less traditional pursuits including futsal, or five-a-side soccer.

"If you want to increase people's growth in sport, you must adapt, include sports that are exciting to them, beneficial to their health," said Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) international relations director Herb Perez.

"These will be exciting Games, very fast, a great spectator event. It's tailor-made for television and you'll see the Games grow extremely fast."

The inaugural Games, launched by the OCA at the weekend, are set for Bangkok from November 12-19.

The indoor Games will be held every two years and comprise around 10 sports which feature in neither the Olympics nor the Asian Games.