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Kho Kho

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Basics (how to play):-

  • Kho Kho is played by teams of twelve players who try to avoid being touched by members of the opposing team.
  • Only 9 players of the team enter the field.
  • In Kho-Kho, one team sits in the middle of the court, in a row, with alternate members in the row facing opposite directions.
  • The other team may send two or three members in the court.
  • The motive for the sitting team is to try to "tag" the opponents.
  • The chasers can only run in one direction and cannot cut across the sitters unlike the dodgers who can run randomly and in between the sitters.
  • They have to run round the entire row to reach the other side.
  • The other option is to pass the chasing job to another sitter whose back is facing the chaser as the chaser is running. In this option, the chaser touches the sitter he wants, usually nearest to the target and shouts "kho" to signify the change of guard.
  • The objective is to tag all the opponents in the shortest time possible.
  • Mainly played in India and Pakistan

FIELD:-

  • Kho kho playground is rectangular. It is 29 meters in length and 16 meters in width.
  • There are two rectangles at the end.
  • One side of the rectangle is 16 meter and the other side is 2.75 meters. In the middle of these two rectangles, there shall be two wooden poles.
  • The central lane is 907.50 cm long and 30 cm X 30 cm on the lane.
  • There are eight cross lanes which lie across the small squares and each of it is 500 cm in length and 70 cm in breadth, at right angles to the central lane and divided equally into two parts of 7.30 cm each by central lane.
  • At the end of central lane, two posts shall be fixed. They shall be 120 cm above the ground and their circumference shall be not less than 30 cm and not more than 40 cm.
  • The post shall be made of wooden poles which are smooth all over. The posts shall be fixed firmly in the free zone tangent to the post-line at a height between 120 to 125 cm.

Equipments used:-

  • Posts
  • Strings
  • Measuring tape (metallic),
  • Lime powder
  • Wire nails
  • Two types of rings having inner circumference of 30 cm and 40 cm, score shots (like a whistle, for instance)

Officials:-

  • A REFEREE
  • TWO UMPIRES
  • TIME KEEPER
  • SCORERS

Category (players):-

  • CHASERS
  • ATTACKER
  • RUNNERS
  • DEFENDERS.  

Rules And Regulations:

  • To give “kho” the player has to make clear sound while touching the player of concern.
  • When an attacker goes from one Post Line to another Post Line and/or after getting ''KHO'' he/she goes to a particular Post Line, he/she is said to have taken a direction.
  • SHOULDER LINE: An imaginary line running through the centre of the shoulders of an attacker is known as SHOULDER LINE.
  • TO RECEDE: When an attacker while going to a particular direction touches the ground which he/she had already covered, he/she is said to have receded.
  • EXPLANATION: The ground covered will always refer to ground covered by rear foot in opposite direction.
  • TO LEAVE THE FREE ZONE: When attacker loses contact of his/her feet with the free zone and comes in contact with the court by his feet, he/she is said to have left the free zone.
  • TO REACH THE FREE ZONE: When attacker loses contact of his/her feet with the court and comes in contact with the ground of the free zone by his/her feet, he/she is said to have reached the free zone.
  • OUT OF FIELD: If a defender loses contact of his/her feet with the field and comes out, he/she is said to have gone OUT OF FIELD.

ENTRY:

-A runner is said to have entered the field as soon as he/she loses the contact with the ground outside the field with his feet and comes in contact with the ground inside the field with his/her foot.

Regulatory Authority:-

-Kho- Kho Federation of India (K.K.F.I).
 
Major Tournaments:-

-National Championship
-State Championship
-Inter University Championship

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