How is Kabaddi Played?
Two teams occupy opposite halves of a field and take turns sending a “raider” into the other half, in order to win points by tagging or wrestling members of the opposing team; the raider then tries to return to his own half, holding his breath during the whole raid. Rules of Kabaddi • Two teams of seven members each occupy opposite halves of a field of 12.5m × 10m (roughly half the size of a basketball court). • Each has five supplementary players held in reserve. • The game is in 20-minute halves, with a five-minute half-time break during which the teams switch sides. • Teams take turns sending a “raider” to the opposite team’s half, where the goal is to tag or confine members of the opposite team before returning to the home half. Tagged members are “out” and sent off the field. • Meanwhile, defenders must form a chain, for example, by linking hands; if the chain is broken, a member of the defending team is sent off. • The goal of the defenders is to stop the raider returning to the
Rules of Kabaddi • Two teams of seven members each occupy opposite halves of a field of 12.5m × 10m (roughly half the size of a basketball court). • Each has five supplementary players held in reserve. • The game is in 20-minute halves, with a five-minute half-time break during which the teams switch sides. • Teams take turns sending a “raider” to the opposite team’s half, where the goal is to tag or confine members of the opposite team before returning to the home half. Tagged members are “out” and sent off the field. • Meanwhile, defenders must form a chain, for example, by linking hands; if the chain is broken, a member of the defending team is sent off. • The goal of the defenders is to stop the raider returning to the home side before taking a breath. If the raider takes a breath before returning, the raider is sent off the field. • A player can also get out by going over a boundary line or part of the body touches the ground outside the boundary, except during a struggle with an
