What is Kabaddi?
It is played by two teams in a 12.5m x 10m court split in two. A player from one side enters the other team’s court, tries to touch an opposition player and then get back to his court, all while holding his breath. If successful he scores a point, if not the other team scores a point.Chanting kabaddi (car-bad-ee) and capture When a player (the “raider”) enters the other team’s zone, he must chant “kabaddi-kabaddi” without a break and without drawing breath. If he stops, then he has failed. He also fails if he cannot return to his zone. He can be prevented by being pushed out of the box, or simply tackled and held. Other rules • Team sizes should be no more than 7. The actual game has 12 in a team, but with no more than 7 on the court at any one time. • Teams take it in turns to send in a raider. The raider should be rotated. • A touch by a raider can be anywhere on the body, but I suggest that it must be made by the hand (in the actual game, a foot is often used). • The type of tackle
