A Kabaddi match is generally played between two teams consisting of 7 players on each side. The field is divided into two halves; players on the defensive side are categorized as antis and the ones on the offensive side are categorized as raider. In this sport, attacking is an individual process while defending involves group effort. For the antis, preventing the raider from tagging them is crucial. The role of the raider and antis keep getting switched depending on which team is attacking.
Kabaddi can be played outdoors as well as indoors and has two main forms, International and Indian the rules for which differ slightly. In the international version there are two teams that contest in a match. Each team has a total of 7 players and both teams occupy opposite halves of the field. The role keeps getting switched depending on which side is attacking. For men the field dimensions are 10 m X 13 m and for women 8 m X 12 m. Each team has the right to reserve three players that are sitting outside the field.
These can be used as substitute if a player gets injured and is unable to continue playing. The game is played in 20 min halves with a 5 minute break in the middle, after which the teams change sides. The main objective for the teams is to send a raider into the opposite teams half antis. The raider is supposed to tag a member of the opposite team while chanting and return back to his half. The role of the tagged player is to catch the raider preventing it from reaching its half of the field.
This can be done by wrestling the raider to the ground till the chant is broken or a breath is inhaled. If the tagged defender fails to catch the raider, the player tagged will be declared out by the referee.
For raiders there is one bonus line which can be touched, and if the raider returns back to his half successfully an extra point is granted. When a player is declared out, it is mandatory to sit out of the field. The team that manages to score most points is declared as the winner of the match. Kabaddi matches are usually categorised by age and weight.
A team of six officials are present at the match; one referee, two umpires, a scorer and two assistant scorers. Players usually wear shorts and T-shirts while playing the game with their team colors and names represented on the front and back side. Apart from this, no equipment is required to play the sport. In , the International Kabaddi Federation was formed giving the sport a prominent international presence.
Till , the federation has a membership of 31 nations. Janardan Singh Gehlot is the founder of this federation and hails from India. Several tournaments and international Kabaddi world cups are organized by this federation. It was founded in and has played a crucial role in establishing standardized rules for the sport.
With the help of AKFI, the face of Kabaddi has changed and within India National level competitions for junior and sub junior boys and girls have become a regular event. This has also helped in recruiting fresh talented individuals to represent India on international platforms. The Game demands agility, muscular co-ordination, breath holding capacity, speed, strength, stamina, catching, kicking, as well as quick responses and a great deal of presence of mind.
The game of Kabaddi is played between two teams for a duration of 45 minutes for men and Youth with a 5 minutes break in between for the teams to change sides and 35 minutes for women and junior boys and girls with a 5 minutes break in between for the teams to change sides. Kabaddi aims for people in maintaining their health always fit through the game. It also aims to develop the skills of self defense, attack as well as survival.
The excitement and thrill provided by the game has made it very popular and Kabaddi is rightly called the Game of the masses, since spectators totally involve themselves and give the players a great deal of encouragement.
More than fifty 50 million people of 65 countries of the world play this game. Deeply rooted in Indian culture for centuries, kabaddi has even found a mention in Hindu mythology.
The story goes that Arjuna would breach enemy walls inconspicuously and would walk back unscathed with his kabaddi skills. T -It is said that the sport of Kabaddi was created in remembrance of Abhimanyu the Warrior from Mahabharta! BachchanBol Wednesday.
It draws sporting parallels to a single raider raiding in the opposition side of the mat, which often has seven defenders. Apart from Mahabharata, it is also believed that Lord Gautam Buddha used to play kabaddi during his leisure time. It is a popular belief that kabaddi originated from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was called Chedugudu or Hu-Tu-Tu in the southern part of the country, while it was referred to as Hadudu for men and Kit-Kit for women in the east.
Some argue that the sport originated in Iran about 5, years ago. In , the first official rules and regulations of kabaddi were brought into effect before it was declared as the national sport of India.
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