Unproductive Raid Rule

Unproductive Raid Rule:

The Asian Amateur Kabaddi Federation at the behest of certain member countries introduced the Unproductive Raid Rule.The'rules reads as follows."if in three consecutive raids by a side no points is scored by either side,the opponent's will get a point.The referee shall immediately declare such  point which is to be recorded in the running scores sheet by cutting the number with a cross mark "X" The counts of such unproductive raids shall not be carried over to the game after "Lona".recess at half time and to extra time As per the rule,in case no point is scored in three consecutive raids,the opponent's side automatically gains a point.The referee is to immediately declare the point which shall be recorded in the running score sheet with the mark 'X' Through the score sheets records the scoring of a point, there is to be no revival of teammates as in the normal points points scored.The idea behind the introduction of this rule was to make sure that the raider went all out to struggle and gain points in order to avoid the risk of giving away points to the opponent's side through three consecutive unproductive raids.However,it did not work out the way in which it was visualized ,since the game lost some of its thrill and the scores did not reflect true picture of the team's performance.

After practicing the rule for three years in the National as well as Inter-National level,it was unanimously decided by the Asian Amateur Kabaddi Federation and the Amateur Kabaddi federation of India to cancel the rule.Now the rule is not in force at either the National or the inter-National level anymore.