The craze for kabaddi rocketed up in the last few years everywhere as the Pro Kabaddi League started

and people got teams of their state. The game of Kabaddi involves two teams who defend themselves
from a raider from the opposite team. The game has now risen to international recognition. Here are
some sample essays on kabaddi.

Essay on KabaddiEssay on Kabaddi

100 Words Essay on Kabaddi

Kabaddi is a game of two different teams, each team containing seven players. One player is known as
a”raider”, and raids into other teams’ half courts and tries to touch as many players as they can while
continuously chanting “kabaddi” in a single breath.

Kabaddi is one of the most famous sports in the Indian subcontinent and other neighbouring countries
with different regional names. Kabaddi has two different variations, namely “standard style” and “circle
style”.

Kabaddi is the national sport of Bangladesh. It is the state game of different states in India like Haryana,
Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Odisha. It is a highly regarded game in
Nepal, taught and played in primary schools. It is also the country’s national sport.

200 Words Essay on Kabaddi

Kabaddi is a contact team sport. There are two teams of seven players each, who defend their courts
from an offending player, trying to touch as many of the defending players as possible in a single breath.
The raider team gets a point for every player their player touches from the opposite team and thereby
eliminates them from the game. The defending team gets a point for the successful capture of a raider.
Players are taken back into the game for each point scored by the team. This cycle of defending and
raiding continues till there’s no one left in a team.

Different Names Of Kabaddi | Kabaddi has different names in various regions. It is known as “hu-tu-tu” in
the western region, “hu-do-do” in the eastern region, and “chadakudu” in the southern region of the
Indian subcontinent. It is known as “ha-du-du” in Bangladesh and “kapardi” in Nepal.

Styles Of Kabaddi | Kabaddi has two different styles of playing depending on the shape of the ground.
“Circle Style”, also known as “Punjabi Kabaddi” is a traditional form of Kabaddi played on a circle-shaped
ground, and is most famous in rural areas of Punjab, that is, where it originated from. “Standard Style” is
played in a rectangular-shaped court, and is widely played including that in various national and
international competitions, such as the Asian games.
500 Words Essay on Kabaddi

The origin of Kabaddi goes back to ancient India. It is mentioned in the Sangam literature that Sadugudu
(older name for Kabaddi) was practised for ages and was used as a warm-up sport before playing
Jallikattu. Another form of this sport originated in Tamil Nadu 4,000 years ago.

Kabaddi was famous among the Yadava people. An Abhang by Tukaram states that Lord Krishna used to
play Kabaddi in his childhood.

Kabaddi As A Competitive Sport | India first popularised Kabaddi as a competitive sport, with the first
competitions organised in the late 1920s. The All India Kabaddi Federation was formed in 1950. Kabaddi
was played as a demonstration sport during the first Asian games in 1951 in Delhi, and made a part of
Asian games in 1990.

Rules of Kabaddi

There are different variations of Kabaddi but the basic rules of scoring a point, number of players, and
declaring someone out are mostly the same. Let’s take a look at the basic rules of Kabaddi.

Each team consists of 12 players from which only 7 players will be on the court at a time and others will
be substitutes.

Matches are categorised according to the age and weight of players because of the physical nature of
this contact sport.

Each game is played in two halves of 20 minutes with a 5-minute break at halftime.

A raider gets a point for every player of the other team he touches in a single breath. The defending
team gets a point for the successful capture of a raider.

Players that are declared ‘out’ while raiding or defending can be taken in with each point scored.

Each team takes turns raiding and defending. The courts are switched after the halftime break.
The game in the same manner continues till the time up. The team that scores the maximum points is
declared winner.

Coming of The Pro Kabaddi League

In a country dominated by cricket, the beginning of the Pro-Kabaddi League in 2014 glamorised the sport
of Kabaddi in India, and it became the second most–watched sport event after the Indian Premier
League. It helped many players from rural India to show their talent at the game at the national and
international levels. Kabaddi getting recognised at a bigger level has fetched livelihood and a means of
sustenance for many of those skilled at the game.

When I was in school, we used to play Kabaddi just as a pastime and because our seniors usually kept the
cricket bat and ball with themselves. Unlike for other sports like cricket, football, and basketball, there
weren’t many competitions organised for Kabaddi despite there being some talented players around.
However, with the beginning of the Pro-Kabaddi League, things have changed. My peers from school
who have been good at Kabaddi right from school days are now playing in various tournaments
organised by universities and state federations.

Good performance in Kabaddi is even fetching scholarships to these students. Now, I am in college in the
capital of my state, and the players who played kabaddi with me in school are playing in various
tournaments held by universities and state federations. Some players are even getting scholarships
based on the amazing skills that they achieved playing kabaddi during school just to pass time.

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