main sports in kerala

main sports in kerala

The people of Kerala give much importance to sports. The men and women put great effort, and as a result they achieve greater heights. The oldest form of martial arts is kalaripayattu. Its origin is in kerala. In kerala there are many experts in kalaripayattu and teaching to common people is also carried out.
Football is the most popular sport in kerala. Kerala has contributed many superstar footballers like I M Vijayan, Papachan, Sathyan, Jo Paul Angery, N P Pradeep and many more. When children have got vacation we can see on every ground kids playing football. When a world cup arrives all the people are in front of the television.
Now a days cricket is becoming the much followed sport. The kids in kerala are dreaming to became sachin and yuvraj. Lots of people are watching and playing cricketlot of money is spend for the development of cricket and to find suitable talent for cricket. Two ranji trophy players have gained test selection. Sreeesanth and Tinu Yohannan are the players.
Other important sport include badminton, volletball and kabadi. Kerala has produced some excellent badminton players. They have reprasented matches for India. Also for volleyball there are some well known players. They include jimmy george, kapil dev, Jaisamma muthedam etc. The interseting thing about kabadi is that Indians are always the champions.