RULES, TERMS & DEFINITIONS USED IN THE GAME OR A MATCH OF KABADDI

i. Field of Play means the area which shall be covered with the AKFI approved playing mats measuring a minimum of 17 meters x 18 meters and maximum of 20 meters x 20 meters

ii. Court means the area on which the Pro Kabaddi matches shall be conducted measuring 13 meters x 10 meters. Court is within the Field of Play, represented through lines (points ABCD as indicated in the above diagram).

iii. End Line means the four boundary lines forming the court together (AB, BC, CD and DA as indicated in the above diagram). All end lines shall be of 3 to 5 cm width

iv. Lobby means the yellow strips on both sides of the court measuring 1 meter in width.

v. Mid Line means the line that divides the play field into two equal halves (IJ as indicated in the above diagram)

vi. Half-Court means each half of the court divided by the mid line (AIJD & BCJI as indicated in the above diagram)

vii. Baulk Line means each of the lines in court parallel to the mid line (MN & RQ as indicated in the above diagram). The distance of the baulk line from the mid line is 3.75 meter

viii. Bonus Line means the line between the baulk line and end line (PO & TS as indicated in the above diagram). The distance between Bonus line and Baulk line is 1 meter.

a. Note: Raider is said to have crossed the Bonus line when he comes into contact with the ground between the End line and Bonus line. At the same time any part of his body should not have contact with the ground between the mid line and Bonus line.

ix. Cant means the repeated chanting of the approved word “Kabaddi”. The chanting should be without break, at a stretch, and clear aloud sounding.

x. Raider means the player that enters into the opponents’ half court with the cant. The raider must begin his cant before he crosses the mid line to enter the opponents’ half court.

xi. Defender means any player who is in his half court when the raider from the opponents’ side is raiding.

xii. Losing the cant means stopping or a break in the cant by a raider. A cant must be continuous and loud sounding.

xiii. To put out a defender means the defender being declared out when a raider touches the defender without any breach in rules of play, or if any part of the body of the defender touches any part of the raider, and then the raider touches his court with the cant.

xiv. To hold a Raider means if the defender or defenders hold the raider without any breach in the rules of play and keep the raider in their court and do not allow him to reach his court until he loses his cant or the Referee/Umpire blows the whistle.

xv. To reach court safely means if the raider touches his court with any part of the body through the midline without any breach in rules of play with cant.

xvi. Touch means if the raider touches any one or more defender by any part of his body including the defenders clothing, shoes and any other apparel he may be wearing.

xvii. Struggle means when one of more defenders come into contact with the raider. After touch or struggle, the lobbies are activated and included as part of the court.

xviii. Raid means

a. When the raider enters the court of opponent with cant

b. Each raid is restricted to 30 seconds (in both the halves). The clocks will be set / reset as raider crosses the center line or when the raid is over.

c. The clocks will be stopped when:

i. Raider crosses center line on returning to his court

ii. Raider exits the arena after being declared 'OUT', or goes out of bounds and is declared out.

xix. Empty Raid means when the raider crosses the Baulk line of the defending team at least once during the course of a raid and returns to his court with cant without scoring any points.

a. Note - In case the Raider touches one or more defenders or a defender touches the raider before the raider crosses the baulk line during the raid, the raider need not cross the Baulk line but must return to his court with the cant.

b. Note - Baulk line is said to be crossed when any part of the body of the raider is in contact with the ground between the Baulk line and the End line of the opponent’s court and no other part of the raiders’ body is in contact with the ground between the baulk line and the mid line.

xx. Pursuit means when a defender rushes into the opponent’s court with cant, and without any breach in rules of play, chasing the returning raider with a view to touch.

xxi. Super catch means when the raider is successfully tackled by 3 defenders or less.

a. The defending team gets 1 additional bonus point which is called Super Catch point.

b. The bonus point is in addition to the normal point scored for putting the raider out (total points for defending team will be 2).

c. Note - Revival for defending team in this case will still remain at 1 person.