Types of Sports.

Gameplay of Kho-Kho.

Each of the opposite teams consists of twelve players each, but only nine players take a part in the field for a contest. A match consists of two innings. An each innings consists of chasing and running turns of a 7 minutes each. Each eight members of the chasing team sits inside their eight squares on the central lane, alternately facing on the opposite direction, while the ninth member is an active chaser, and stands at either of their posts, ready to begin the pursuit. Members of the chasing team have to get their opponent out, touching them with their palms, but without committing any foul. The defenders, who try to play out the 7 minutes time and the chasers who try to dismiss them provide all the actions in Kho-Kho. A defender can be dismissed in the following three given ways:
1) if he is touched by an active chaser with his palm without committing any foul,
2) if he goes out of the limits by his own,
3) if he enters the limit late or not in time.

Defenders enter the limit, in batch of three. After the third and last defender of the batch is out, the next batch must enter the limits, before the successful active chaser gives a ‘kho’. Defenders have full freedom of movement on both sides of the central lane, but the active chaser cannot change the direction to which he is going to. He cannot cross the central lane. An active chaser can change the position with a seated chaser, by touching him from behind by his palm, and uttering the word ‘kho’ loudly and simultaneously and clearly, chase or attack is build up through a series of ‘khos’ as the chase continues with a relay of the chasers.
At the end of the each innings there is an interval of 5 minutes and an interval of 2 minutes, in between the turns. Each side alternates between chasing and defence.

Rules for Kho- Kho

Chaser.
The players who sit inside the squares are known as chasers. An attacker ( an active chaser) is a player who runs after the players of the opposite side (known as runners) with a view to tag and to touch them.

Runners.
The players of the other side other than the chasers side are known as runners. The runners who are inside the squares, limits for their turn of running are known as defenders.

To give Kho.
To give kho perfect manner, an active chaser should touch the sitting chaser by hand from behind and say only the word ‘KHO’ loudly and clearly. The feet of an active chaser should not go beyond the cross lane.

Foul.
If a sitting chaser or an active chaser violates or commits to break of any rule, it is known as a foul. A foul is to be declared by a continuous ’short’ whistle unless the foul is been corrected.

To take a direction.
If an active chaser goes from one post line to the other and after getting a kho, if he goes towards a particular post line, then he is said to have taken a direction.

Shoulder line.
An imaginary line running through the centres of the shoulders of the player is known as shoulder line.

To recede.
While going in a particular direction, when an active chaser touches the ground which the player had already covered, then the player is said to have receded.

To leave the rectangle.
When an active chaser leaves his contact of his feet with the rectangle and get to comes in contact with the ground between the post lines, then he is said to have left the rectangle (or Free zone).

To reach the rectangle.
When an active chaser leaves his contact of his feet with the ground and between the post lines and comes in contact with the ground of the rectangle, then he is said to have reached to the rectangle.

Out of limits.
If a defender loses his contact of the ground within the limits of the ground and comes in contact with the ground outside the limits, then he is said to have gone out of limits.

Badminton is a sport which is played with the racquet and a shuttlecock between two opposite players or two opposite pairs. These two opposite players and pairs take the position on opposite sides of the rectangular box and it is divided by a net. All players can score the points by just striking the shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and land in their opponents half of the court. The name of shuttlecock is the shortened to shuttle.

Badminton is an Olympic sport and it is divided into five disciplines: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles, in which each pair is man's and woman's. The first badminton club in the world, Bath Badminton club 1877, which transcribed the rules of badminton for the first time. In 1893, the badminton of England association is established the proper set of rules of badminton.

Many teens in high school want to try out for sports. A lot of them try because they think it will make them popular or get them more dates. While this may seem like a silly reason, there are lots of other benefits to sports that your child may overlook. Here are some reasons that you’ll find comforting.

With T.V., movies, computers, and video games becoming more and more popular, it has become so much easier for teens to be by themselves rather than going out with friends. Kids used to go hang out at the mall or drive around town, now they just sit at home. Getting a teen into a sport gives them an opportunity to go out and socialize themselves. While they may not find a new best friend, they will learn how to interact and work as a team with eachother something they’ll find useful later in life.

One of the biggest problems in our society today is obesity, and it’s not just a problem with adults by also in teen agers and some of the children. More and more kids are becoming overweight. Joining a team sport will help your teen get out and get some exercise without feeling pressured to lose weight or get in shape. Plus, if your teen sees that their physical condition is causing them to under-perform, they may be motivated to do other activities to get healthy. By the time your child reaches their teenager year, part of good parenting will be providing them with direction and encouragement and continuing to help them develop a healty style of living.

Sports include physical recreational activities that have elements of competition,struggle and play. They keep our mind and body ina a fit and perfect condition. They often involve spherical objects of different types and shapes but can involve a remote control, a couch and a bag of chips. For the people who are not into sports, one of the biggest problems in our society today is obesity, and it's not just a problem with adults it is also with teenagers and also in childhood period. More and more kids are becoming overweight day by day due to their less involvement or not taking a participation in sports. Joining a team sport will help your teen get out and get some exercise without feeling pressured to lose weight or get in shape. This would decrease their weight make them fit and healthy and they would not have to live with the diseases. Studies have shown that regular physical activity in the lives of girls reduces the risk of disease in adulthood, and can increase self-esteem and lower depression and many other such diseases.

Softball is a lot similar to the baseball. It is also played with a bat and a softer ball than the baseball. Softball is also played as in the same field as baseball is played and also has the same rules applied although softball often has additional bases called safe bases. Safe bases are the rules made where the first baseman and the other runner do not collide with eachother while playing the game. You can generally view these bases in the children's softball and women's softball games. As the points are calculated by how many players have crossed home plate in baseball,it also applies same in the softball. After hitting so many strikes, then each teams switch their places from outfield to the batting and the other team trys foe pitching.

Baseball is also one of the competetive sport played in todays world. This is also one of the game played with a baseball bat and a small hard baseball. The team who earns the most points earns victory in the game. The earned points then are calculated by calculating that how many players have crossed home plate of the game. In this game one of the team bats while the next team pitches and plays the outfield. Only two teams can be participated this game. After hitting many strikes, they switch places in time to time. The playing field is in diamond shaped and made up with green colored grass and dirt in the middle of the field in the shape of a diamond. The total number of players playing this game is 9. Each team plays this game turn by turn batting and picthing the ball in their turn.