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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Kabaddi


Kabaddi originated from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, the southern states of India, but is also popular in states of Punjab and Haryana.The sport highlights Agility and most importantly hand eye coordination. This sport is played by a person called a "raider" goes to one side where 4 teammates will be holding hands forming a semi-circle. The raider has to try to touch one of the teammates and run back to his line. But the teammates holding hands can grab the raider and pin him down, which will earn their team a point. These are just the simple rules, there are more complex rules. India bagged gold at the Asian Games 2006 men's event and won a gold in kabaddi world cup held in India.

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