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KABADDI RULES
The ground should be level
and soft, preferably made of earth or sawdust. In case of men, it is 12.5 m
by 10m divided by a middle line into two halves, each measuring 10 m x
6.25m. There are certain terms with which all players of Kabaddi must be
familiar:.
a) Midline- This is the that divides the playfield into two halves
b) Court: Each half of the playfield divided by the midline is known as the
court.
c) Cant: The continuous clear sounding recitation aloud of the approved word
' kabaddi' within the course of one respiration is called cant.
d) Raider; The player who enters the court of the opponent with the cant is
known as a raider.
e) Anti-raider or anti; every player of the team in whose court the raid is
being made, is called an anti-raider or anti.
f) Losing the cant: To stop the continuous and clear sounding chant of the
word kabaddi or to take breath during a cant is known as losing the cant. A
cant must be started and finished within the same respiration.
g) Struggle: When the raider touches an anti or an anti touches a raider,
the struggle begins.
The side that wins the toss has the choice of the court or the raid, In the
second half, the side is changed and the side that had not sent the raider
first sends its raider first. The game in the second half continues with the
same number of players as there were at the end of the first half.
A player is out if any part of his body touches the ground outside the
boundary. If an anti or anties who have gone out of bounds, hold the raider,
the raider is not out. On the contrary, the anti or anties who've gone out
of bounds are declared out.
When only one or two players of a team are left and the captain of the team
declares them out in order to bring in the full team, the opponents will
score as many points as there were players just before declaring, as well as
two extra points.
The players who are out are revived in the same order in which they had gone
out.
In a match, each team has twelve players; seven take the ground at a time
and the remaining five are reserved.
The duration of a match is of two halves of 20 minutes each in case of men
and 15 minutes in the case of women, with a five-minute break in between.
The courts are changed after interval.
The side that scores the highest number of points at the end of the game is
declared the winner. If there's a tie, two extra periods of five minutes
each are played immediately. The game in the extra time is continued with
the same number of players, as there were at the end of the second half. |
