What is kabaddi sport? Download and print this article in an easy-to-read format. Save as PDF Kabaddi Sport Find out what is kabaddi sport, where it was first played and how you can introduce it to your class. We also included some handy resources to help you teach it. What is kabaddi sport? Kabaddi, also known as kabbadi or kabadi, is a popular contact sport played by two teams on opposite halves of the field. Each team has seven players and the objective of the game is for a single player on offence, called a raider, to run into the opposing team part of the filed and tag out as many of their defenders as possible. When they cross onto the other team’s side, riders repeat ‘kabaddi, kabaddi’. The player has to return in its own half of the field in a single breath, without being tackled by the defenders. Points are given for each player that the raider successfully tagged, while the other teams earns points if they can stop the raider. Also, the players are out of the game