Kabaddi

Learning Outcomes

1. Students should be able to understand the importance of struggle, to self-motivate themselves in order to achieve the set goals in life.
2. They should be able to understand the roles rights play in a citizen’s life and the necessity to struggle for achieving these rights.

 

Description Of Activity

How to play

Recommended sport is Kabaddi. The Court will have a no mans land which will be named as Tawa Dam. One box will be named Corporate World''. Another box will be named Common people. The match will represent the struggle between Corporate World'' and Common people over the occupancy of Tawa Dam. (Relaxations have been taken in drawing of the court in order to achieve the academic goals)

Rules of Kabaddi

1. Each team shall consist of no more than 12 players with only 7 taking to the field at any one time.
2. Because of the physical nature of Kabaddi, matches are categorized in age and weight categories.
3. There are six officials looking after each Kabaddi match. The officials comprise of a referee, a scorer, two assistant scorers and two umpires.
4. The duration of the match is two halves of 20 minutes with a half time break of 5 minutes.
5. At the start of a Kabaddi match, there is a coin toss with the winner having the choice as to whether to have the first raid or not. In the second half of the match, the team that did not raid first shall begin the second half with a raid.
6. To win a point when raiding, the raider must take a breath and run into the oppositions half and tag one or more members of the opposing team and then return to their own half of the pitch before inhaling again.
7. To prove that another breath hasnt been taken, the rider must continue to repeatedly yell the word Kabaddi. Failure to do this, even for just a moment means that the rider must return to their own side of the court without points and the opposite team is awarded a point for a successful defense play.
8. The team being raided is defending, and the players must prevent the raiders from tagging them and returning back over the halfway line. Whilst in defence, a team may score a point by successfully preventing the raider returning to their own half after tagging them. Raiders may only be grabbed by their limbs or torso, not by their hair, clothes or anywhere else, and defenders are not permitted to cross the centre line.
9. Each team will take turns in raiding and defending. Following halftime, the two teams switch sides of the court and the team who defended first in the first half begin the second half by raiding.
10. The game continues in this way until the time is up, the team with the most points at the end of the match is declared the winner.

 

Variations

5 students will leave Corporate side and join Common people’s side and the group will be named “Government Side”. This will explain the idea that initially Government support was with the Corporate world but later it shifted to the common people's force.

Coaching Tips

The students should be able to understand that these matches are not mere matches but a representation of social struggle towards achieving the basic rights.

 

Equipment/Material Required

Kabaddi court,Timer watch