Bhutan Football Federation says Bhutan would have a good football team in future, if talented youth are trained at an early stage. In order to tap the potential from an early age the Federation is organising various grassroots coaching camps in the Country.
Recently, a four-day camp was organised in Tsirang. Choki Nima from the Bhutan Football Federation said such training would allow them to select best footballers in the region and will be further trained in the Thimphu to represent the Country in future.
“Ten years down the road we are expecting the performance level in our youth in our region, not world class but within our region like SAARC and Asian level,” said Choki Nima, adding that Bhutan would have a larger pool of players and would be possible to have quality selection.
Since good footballers need trained coaches, some 22 teachers from different schools in Tsirang were also given some training. The teachers said they have now acquired more knowledge to further train their students in football.
“It is important to coach them and there are age level where there is certain coaching practices to be followed,” said Anita Tamang, Sports Teacher, Damphu LSS.
Hem Kumar of Sergithang primary school has already thought out to make his action plan. “My school does not have such facilities, as it is quite remote. However, we can improvise such facilities like paper boxes or whatever we can find. I’ll train them for beautiful game of football.”
More than 200 students between the age of six and 12 from Damphu LSS attended the camp.
