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Indian Game: Women’s Kabbadi

By Prof. Vinod Chaudhari

Asian Kabaddi Championship – 2017. (Place- Gorgan)

Historykabaddi is primarily anIndian game, not much isknown about the origin ofthis game. There is, however,concrete evidence, that thegame is 4,000 year old. It is ateam sport, which requiresboth skill and power, andcombines the characteristicsof wrestling and rugby. Itwas originally meant todevelop self defense, inaddition to responses toattack, and reflexes ofcounter attack byindividuals, and by groups orteams.

kabaddi was known by various names in various places. For example, CHEDUGUDU OR HU-TU-TU in Southern parts of India, HADUDU (Men), CHU KIT-KIT (Women) in Eastern India and KABADDI in Northern India


About Game “ Kabaddi”Kabaddi is a sport consisting of twoteams. Each team has 7 memberswith high agility. Their main aim isto score as many points as possiblebefore the time runs out. In orderto win points the raider must go tothe court of the opposition teamand touch a player of theopposition team and come backsuccessfully without being caughtor obstructed by the members ofthe opposite team. As long as theraider stays in the court of theopponents team he/she must holdtheir breath and chant "Kabaddi"without any halt.


Ground Measurement


FIELD OF PLAY• The play ground of the Kabaddi

shall be level and soft preferablymade of earth, manure andsawdust. The ground shall be121/2 meters X 10 meters. Forwomen and Juniors themeasurement shall be 11metresX 8 meters. The mid line drawndivides the play ground into twocourts. There shall be strip of onemeter wide on each side of theplayfield, which is called Lobby.In each half, at a distance ofabout 3 meters from the mid-lineand parallel to it lines of the fullwidth of ground shall be drawn.These are Baulk lines.

• The duration of each half of thegame is about 20 min and a halftime break of 5 min.


Kabaddi Rules & Regulations

• Each team shall consist ofno more than 12 playerswith only 7 taking to thefield at any one time.

• Because of the physicalnature of Kabaddi, matchesare categorized in age andweight categories.

• There are six officialslooking after each Kabaddimatch. The officialscomprise of a referee, ascorer, two assistant scorersand two umpires.



• The duration of the matchis two halves of 20minutes with a half timebreak of 5 minutes.

• At the start of a Kabaddimatch, there is a coin tosswith the winner havingthe choice as to whetherto have the first raid ornot. In the second half ofthe match, the team thatdid not raid first shallbegin the second half witha raid.


• To win a point when raiding, theraider must take a breath andrun into the opposition’s half andtag one or more members of theopposing team and then returnto their own half of the pitchbefore inhaling again.

• To prove that another breathhasn’t been taken, the ridermust continue to repeatedly yellthe word ‘Kabaddi’. Failure to dothis, even for just a momentmeans that the rider must returnto their own side of the courtwithout points and the oppositeteam is awarded a point for asuccessful defense play.



• The team being raided isdefending, and the players mustprevent the raiders from taggingthem and returning back overthe halfway line. Whilst indefence, a team may score apoint by successfully preventingthe raider returning to their ownhalf after tagging them. Raidersmay only be grabbed by theirlimbs or torso, not by their hair,clothes or anywhere else, anddefenders are not permitted tocross the centre line.

• Each team will take turns inraiding and defending. Followinghalftime, the two teams switchsides of the court and the teamwho defended first in the firsthalf begin the second half byraiding.

• The game continues in this wayuntil the time is up, the teamwith the most points at the endof the match is declared thewinner.



Kabaddi received its first international exposure during the 1936 Berlin Olympics, when India demonstrated the game to the world


Indian Women’s Kabaddi Achivement


Women’s Asian Kabaddi Medal Tables


Kabaddi World-cup-2011


World Cup Kabaddi-2011


Indian women clinches 'KabaddiWorld Cup 2013


Thank You


By Prof. Vinod ChaudhariShri P.K. Chaudhari Mahila Arts College

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