The Game Invented In India

The popular tag game is known as Kho-Kho.This sport was invented in Maharashtra, India.It played by team of 12players where 9 in field and 3 as substitute. Nine players in the field are called as Chasing team and substitute are called as Defending Team. Players who try to avoid being touched are called as the opposing team. It is a traditional Indian sport, that is one of the oldest outdoor sports, dating back to ancient India. It is competitive game and played most often by school children in India and Pakistan. It is one of the two most popular traditional tag games in the Indian subcontinent.

A match consists of two innings with each inning consisting of chasing and running turns of 9 minutes each. One team sits on their knees in the middle of the court, 8 in a row, with adjacent members facing opposite directions. The runners play in the field, three at a time and the team that takes the shortest time to touch all the opponents in the field, wins. There is a pole at each end of the field and the runner is allowed to go between two sitting players, but the chaser is not allowed to turn back while running or go between the players i.e. the chaser must run in the same direction.

This sports played in the rectangular field.The central lane’s dimensions are 24 m × 30 cm. There are eight cross lanes which lie across the central lane, whose dimensions are opposite side of the field 16 m × 35 cm. It makes the small rectangles and each of them are 16 m × 2.3 m .There are usually two referees standing on the opposite sides of the rectangular field. Both carry a stopwatch and each of them is responsible for giving a decision on their opposite side of the field.

This game helps in building physical fitness, strength, speed and stamina. It also develops qualities such as obedience, discipline, sportsmanship, and loyalty between team members. The game is interesting because the position of the players sitting is dynamic; one will never find the same sequence of players sitting in the same order as when the game starts.

Credits: Jothika M.G

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