Sports
Kabaddi
09/28/10 1Millennium National SchoolShreyas Kulkarni , Mihir Kulkarni, Shaunak Natuu, Shubham Kulkarni, Mihir Patkar
Introduction
Hey friends. We hope you all play sports. We all
are huge fans of sports. If some day we don’t get to play sports we think it is very unfair or all our fun has gone. Well there are many sports in India like malkhamb, kho kho, lagori, etc. We like all of them as they are very fantastic sports. But today we are going to tell you about a sport which we like the most. Have you ever heard the game kabaddi? 09/28/10 2Millennium National School
Introduction
Kabaddi is a fun game to play. When you play it you will come to know how fun it is!!! And you will always play it. But this is a different sport from others and the good news is you do not have to use any ball or something. The main thing you need to concentrate on, your eyes, legs, hands and mouth.
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About Kabaddi Kabaddi is one of the popular game among the
people of Asia. It is an Indian game but the reality is that no one really knows about the origin of this game. Some historians believe that it is about 4,000 years old game. This game involves skill and power of two teams and combines the characteristics of wrestling.
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Ground of Kabaddi
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In the international team version of Kabaddi, two teams of seven members each occupy opposite halves of a field of 13m × 10m in case of men and 12m X 10m in case of women.
Ground of Kabaddi
Each team has five substitute players. The game is played for 20 minutes in each half. Between the two halves both the teams take five minutes break to change the sides.
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Kabaddi Kabaddi The side which wins the toss sends a 'raider',
who enters the opponents' half of the court chanting, Kabaddi-Kabaddi. The raider's aim is to touch any players on the opposing side, and return to his court in one breath. The person, whom the raider touches, will then be out.
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Kabaddi Kabaddi The aim of the opposing team, will be to
hold the raider, and stop him from returning to his own court, until he takes another breath. If the raider cannot return to his court in the same breath he is out.
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Rules
• Each team alternates in sending a player into the opponents' court. If a player goes out of the boundary line during the course of the play, or if any part of his body touches the ground outside the boundary, he will be out, except during a struggle.
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Lona
The team scores a lona ( a bonus of two points), if the entire opposition is declared out.
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Instructors
Seven officials supervise a match - one referee, two umpires, two linesmen, a time keeper and a scorer.
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Strategy
The strategy is that we can make a chain and bring the raider in our court and grab the raider.
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Where is Kabaddi played? Kabaddi is played in soft soil and grass like a wrestling pitch.
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Photos Here are some more photos of your favorite
game Kabaddi.
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