Kho Kho Skills

Each player requires following Kho Kho skills to contribute and win the game :

  1. Chasing skills :
    Pole diving,
    Sudden Change of direction,
    Tapping,
    Diving,
    Grasping Direction,
    Fake Kho,
    Late Kho,
    Giving Kho &
    Getting in square and getting off from square
  2. Running Skills :
    Running : Zig Zag,
    Avoiding,
    Dodging &
    Position on Kho Kho Playground.

Running Dive Kho Kho Skills

A short description of Kho Kho skills are as follow :

  1. Giving Kho and Chasing the runner:
    A chaser must say “Kho” when he gives signal to sitting chaser so that he can get off from square and start chasing the runner. If he fails to say this word a foul is noted and considered as Kho Kho rules is not followed.
  2. Fake Kho and Sudden Kho:
    Fake Kho is way to deviate the attention or disturb the defender , the chaser pretends that he given Kho to his fellow team mates but he is actually chasing the runner.
    In sudden Kho the chaser gives immediate Kho to team mate making it hard for runner/defender to avoid getting caught.
  3. Choosing direction:
    Chaser/attacker team player must keep his foot out of box with care as his foot will decide which way he will run to chase the runner else a foul will be counted.
  4. Diving:
    Kho Kho skills pole diving
    This takes lot of training and practice to perform. This is very effective method of touching the chaser and catching him. In this process chaser pounces on active runner to touch him out. one special type of diving is Pole Diving . In this kind of diving the runner make sure he takes support of wooden pole and diving to touch the runner. For developing above skills players follow some specific Kho Kho Training techniques.