5. Kabaddi

Kabaddi is basically an outdoor game played in the tropical countries of Asia. This indigenous game, originated in India demands agility, muscular co-ordination breath holding capacity, quick responses and a great deal of presence of mind. This is the only combative sport in which offence is a group effort. The excitement and thrill provided by the game has made it very popular. The game requires no equipment what sever and the rules of the game are very easy to comprehend. Kabaddi may have been derived from the term ‘Kaunbado’ which means a challenge to the opponent. Some of the major forms of the game are Amar Gemini and Sanjeevini. Sanjeevini is the present from of Kabaddi in which players were put out and revived.
The basic equipments for Kabaddi are court for men measuring -12.5×10 metres for women and men below 50kg-11×8 metres and for junior boys and girls – 9.5×6.5 metres. Number of players in each team: 7 and number of substitutes in each team: 5.
We know that the game Kabaddi is played between two teams of 7 players. Among these players two pairs stand in the right and left side and the remaining three players stand in the middle part of the court. They catch hands of each other. The toss winner team sends one raider after all players take their position. The raider starts his ‘cant’ before he crosses the middle line. He tries to touch the antiraiders and they try to catch him. The raider must come back to his own court without losing ‘cant’.