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Beach kabaddi is more challenging than Indoor kabaddi!

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Braving the elements like a scorching sun and sand is quite a task but players are hopeful of an exciting future. Kabaddi is part of the Khelo India Beach Games program

Khel Today Bureau

Diu: Beach kabaddi is looking to leave a long-lasting impression on Khelo India Beach Games 2025 in Diu. The popular form of kabaddi that’s played on a mat is very well received in India, and there is also a very popular kabaddi league that’s catering to the audience concerned. However, beach kabaddi is a new concept. Last year when the Diu Beach Games were organized, beach kabaddi was also the part of the program.
Simrat Gaikwad, working in the capacity of a venue coordinator and senior coach at the Ghoghla beach, the epicenter for all eight KIBG games, including two demonstration ones, believes these are exciting times for beach kabaddi. “It’s a new concept. Khelo India Beach Games are a great platform for the sport. It will definitely help popularize the sport,” she said.


Delhi girls kabaddi team coach Sunita also has high hopes. “It’s a totally different setting with the beautiful sea in the background. Kabaddi is anyway quite popular in India. Hopefully, beach kabaddi will make a mark too,” she said.
Beach kabaddi is more challenging than the popular kabaddi in that here you are dealing with the elements. For example, your feet are partially or fully buried in sand and that makes movements difficult. Then you play in the sun and as a result you require more stamina. Sea breeze also picks up at times and at other times, there is no sign of it. So, all these aspects affect a player’s performance, making beach kabaddi all the more challenging.


Sunita also added that non-coastal states have a little extra to deal with since the conditions here are totally alien to them. “The artificial sand turf that we have is good but the environment here is totally different and much more challenging,” she said.

Gaikwad, who has participated in seven national championships and has multiple laurels to her name, is currently is based in Thane, Mumbai. She believes the sport has a future even though at present there is a lot of progress to be made. “Once these events happen often, more and more people with gravitate towards it. You want to have a viable career option. Once that happens, beach kabaddi can grow in a desired way,” she said.
While the essence of beach kabaddi is pretty similar to that of popular kabaddi but in terms of rules and regulations, it’s slightly different. For example, it has four players a side, instead of seven. Instead of 20 minutes each, both the halves here are 15 minutes each. Players can’t be revived either. It’s a smaller field of play to boot. All these have been incorporated into the sport keeping in mind the challenging conditions at beaches.

At KIBG 2025, there are two pools across boys and girls with eight teams each. The top two teams from these groups will advance to the semifinals. The beach kabaddi matches kicked off on Tuesday and both the finals will be played on the final day of the KIBG on Saturday.

For more on Khelo India Beach Games 205 : https://beach.kheloindia.gov.in/
For Khelo India Beach Games medal 2025 tally: https://beach.kheloindia.gov.in/medal-tally

KHELO INDIA BEACH GAMES

This is the first Beach Games conducted under the Khelo India banner. The Games are being held under the vertical of sports competition and talent development of Khelo India Scheme from May 19 to May 24, 2025 in Diu, UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. This initiative aims to promote beach sports and to enhance the reach and popularity of the Beach Games. In this edition, there are six medal sports: Beach Soccer, Beach Volleyball, Beach Sepak Takraw, Beach Kabaddi, Pencak Silat and Open water swimming. Two (non-medal) demonstration sports: Mallakhamb and Tug of war have also been included in Diu.

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