Indoor Games
Carrom
Carrom is a tabletop game of Indian origin in which players flicks dices, attempting to knock them to the corners of the board,
Chess
Chess is a board game between two players. The current form of the game emerged in Spain and the rest of the Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century. Chess game is an Indian origin in 5th or 6th century by Chaturang an intellectual
Ludo
Ludo is a strategy board game for two to four players in which the players race their four tokens from start to finish according to the rolls of a single die. Ludo is derived from the Indian game “PACHISI”
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players(singles) or two opposing players(double) who take positions on opposite halves of rectangular court that is divided by a net. It is the world’s fastest racquet sport played using racquet to hit a shuttlecock across the net. It is the second most popular sport in the world.
Outdoor Games
Basketball
A game played by two teams of five players who score points by throwing a large ball through an open net hanging from metal ring. The game was invented by Canadian physical education of Spring field instructor and graduate student James Naismith in 1891.
Volley Ball
It is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on other team’s court under organized rules. Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan physical director of the YMCA(Youngman’s Christian Association) in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Kho -Kho
It is a traditional Indian sport that dates back to ancient India. It is the second most popular traditional tag game in the Indian Subcontinent after Kabaddi. It in played by two teams of 12 players.
Rope Pulling
Rope Pulling is a sport that pits two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope a certain distance in one direction against the force of the opposing team’s pull.
Kabaddi
Kabaddi is a team sport that requires seven players in two teams. The aim of the sport is for a single player on offense to run into the opposing team’s court up to an extent and then tag out as many defenders of the opponent team as possible and return to the respective court anyhow without getting touched.
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