Hand touch
this is one of the most important skills for raiders in kabaddi. Most of the raiders score their raid points while touching their hand. Ajay Thakur, Rahul Choudary, and many other raiders are known for their hand-touch skills.
what is hand-touch and how to apply it while doing raiding?
when a raider touches a defender with his hand it is called a hand touch. Doing this skill is as much as difficult as it seems easy in reading and listening. you need speed, perfect timing, and stretching.
Types of hand-touch in kabaddi
There are two types of hand-touch in kabaddi
- one is standing hand-touch
- second is running hand-touch
Standing
Standing hand-touch means when the raider touches the defender on his own raiding corner. Ajay Thakur is a very big example of it. Ajay Thakur is a master in this skill.
Running
By the name, you can guess this easily running when a raider touches defenders with his hand while running is called running hand-touch. Pardeep Narwal and Pawan Sherawat are two big examples. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar97KpofzWk