About Kabaddi

 

Kabaddi is a sport of strength and strategy. Kabaddi was born from the soil of a state at the tip of India,i.e Tamil Nadu. It is very popular in the village of India. It is a sport consisting of two teams.Each team has 7 members with high agility.Their main aim is to score as many points as possible before the time runs out.In order to win points the raider must go to the court of the opposition team and touch a player of the opposition team and come back successfully without being caught or obstructed by the members of the opposite team.As long as the raider stays in the court of the opponents team he/she must hold their breath and chant "Kabaddi" without any halt.

In international version of kabaddi, the dimensions of the court is 10m x 13m in case of men and for women it is 8m x 12m.The duration of each half of the game is about 20 min and a half time break of 5 min.

The raider is declared out :

• If he/she crosses the boundary line
• couldn't hold the breath till return to their court.
• a part of their body touches the lobby.It is excused if they managed to touch member of the opponent team. 

As the time passes and if a team manages to out every member of the opponent team then they are awarded 2 points for 'All Out' and the match continues once again  from the beginning with all 7 players in each team. At the end of the game, after the time of 40 min elapses, the team with most points is declared the WINNER.
The matches are categorized based on weight and age. To supervise the match, 6 officials are required:

• A scorer
• One referee
• Two assistant scorers 
• two empires.