11-year-old Anusa Khasu was happy to take football training at the Daraithanti playground in Rampur Vijaypur. She used to spend her time playing at home after school. But now she was very excited to learn various technical aspects of football on the field.

``I used to use mobile phones at home and play that much,'' said Anusa, ``Now I am happy that I can come to the playground and learn a lot to play football.'' 12-year-old Propose Sen, who participated in the grassroots football training run by the Rampur Municipal Sports Development Committee, is also happy. He said that he was able to learn a lot about the technical aspects of football on the playground after school. "We didn't have the opportunity to learn anything except sitting at home and doing homework," Sen said, "I got to learn a lot by coming to the football field." Vinisa Pandey of Rampur Municipality-10, Gezhaki is happy to be able to take volleyball training. Pandey, who used to play normal volleyball with her friends at school, said that now she has learned a lot from the national coach. ``I have learned many technical subjects through training,'' she said, ``I have come to understand that playing volleyball requires a lot of technical aspects.''

Rampur municipality believes that sports training will help young children and students in their overall development by keeping them disciplined. Therefore, grassroots training has been conducted with a duration of one month.

Chairman of Municipal Sports Development Committee Kamal Sen informed that the training was given with the aim of increasing interest in football and volleyball by reducing the attraction towards mobile phones and gadgets.

According to him, the tendency of children to stay at home and use the Internet and mobile phones is increasing recently. "This program has been conducted to reduce this trend and increase interest in sports," he said. He also informed that about 700 participants were expected to participate in the training.

Football coach Anil Shahi Thakuri said that there was enthusiastic participation in the training conducted with the aim of sharpening the skills of the players and producing new players. Children from 8 to 12 years of age were involved in football, while players under 20 years of age were involved in volleyball.

About 500 people participated in football, 100 for women and 200 for men in volleyball, President of Volleyball Association Palpa and General Secretary of City Sports Development Committee Raju Gurung informed. Children and adolescents were trained in two shifts, morning and evening.

For those who could not come to Rampur market area for volleyball training, mobile training was given to the respective villages. The national volleyball referee for volleyball and the trained players of ANFA for football were trained . Volleyball coach Kamal Rana said that

training has created enthusiasm for producing new players. He expressed his belief that along with increasing urbanization, it has helped in developing the sense of sports in children.

Anant Prasad Shrestha, the national coach of volleyball, expressed his belief that good players can be produced in the future with the enthusiasm seen in teenagers. Laxman Malla, Vice President of City Sports Development Committee also said that it will give positive results.

Rampur Municipality has been holding various sports competitions under the Mayor Cup in the past and this year, it is believed that it will help in the production of sportsmen in the future by training young children, informed Kapil Bahadur Khand, spokesperson of the municipality "Instead of spending time at home on cell phones, television, unnecessary time, the aim is to bring children and teenagers to the field to socialize, teach discipline and increase interest in sports," he said, "In the coming days, it will have a positive effect on the production of football and volleyball players." Concluding the

training, Mayor Raman Bahadur Thapa informed that the training was conducted to produce capable players. He said that the aim is to support children in discipline, physical, mental and emotional development through sports. "Many children could not get the opportunity when Mayor's Cup was conducted in the past," he said, "that's why a special training program has been conducted." Ward no. Diwakar Devkota, Ward President of Class 6, said that the training has changed the thinking and behavior of the children. Ward no. Ward President Dovraj Tiwari of 7 informed that the municipality is making necessary investments for the development of the sports field.