Kabaddi ground

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Kabaddi is a team contact sport played with 2 teams of 7 players each. The goal of the game is to score more points than the other team. Kabaddi is played on a special Kabaddi court.

If you don't have a court to play on, you can make your own in a field using cones or chalk.

Kabaddi players

The court should be 43 feet (13 m) long and 33 feet (10 m) wide. Place a midline in the center of the field and a parallel baulk line on each side so they're 13 feet (3.75 m) from the midline. Place a parallel bonus line 3 feet (1 m) under each baulk line.

Each round of Kabaddi is played in turns and teams alternate between offense and defense. To start a round, the attacking team sends out one player to be the raider.

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Basic rules of kabaddi

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There are 12 players in kabaddi

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The raider’s job is to score points by touching the defending players and escaping past the midline, all while chanting “Kabaddi” repeatedly out loud. If the Raider stops chanting at any point, they are automatically declared out.

To score, the raider must touch at least one defending player with their hand, foot, or some other part of their body and sprint

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