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What is the width of the lobby marked on each side of a kabaddi playing field?
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Answer: Option C — 1 metre
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A kabaddi playing field has a strip called the "lobby" along each of its two sides. Each lobby is 1 metre wide.
Kabaddi court measurements (senior men):
- The full field, including the lobbies, is 13 m x 10 m.
- Without the lobbies, the playing area is 13 m x 8 m.
- The court is divided into two halves of 6.5 m each by the midline.
- For women and juniors, the field is smaller: 12 m x 8 m including lobbies (12 m x 6 m without lobbies).
- What is the lobby?
The lobby becomes part of the playing area only when there is a "struggle", that is, when the raider and a defender (antti) touch each other. Once contact is made, both the raider and the defenders can enter the lobby. If a player goes into the lobby without a struggle, he is declared out.
Other lines on a kabaddi court:
Baulk line: drawn 3.75 m from the midline in each half (for men). A raider must cross this line for the raid to be valid.
Bonus line: drawn 1 m beyond the baulk line, towards the end line. A raider who touches it with one foot, while the other foot is in the air, earns a bonus point, provided at least six defenders are on the court.
End line: the boundary line at each end of the court.
Basic rules:
- Each team has 7 players on the court and up to 5 substitutes.
- A match lasts 40 minutes (two halves of 20 minutes each) with a 5-minute break.
- The raider must chant "kabaddi, kabaddi" without breaking breath (cant) during the raid; in modern rules, a 30-second raid time limit is used.
Why not the other options?
- ✗2 metres, 0.5 metre and 1.5 metres are not the official widths of the lobby; the correct width is 1 metre.
Quick tip
Remember: Kabaddi field = 13 m x 10 m including two lobbies of 1 m each (13 m x 8 m without lobbies); baulk line = 3.75 m from midline; bonus line = 1 m beyond baulk line.
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