The Sepaktakraw game began in Nagaland as an entertainment sports with Holshe Khrieo, Physical Education Teacher and the Technical Assistance rendered by the Sports Authority of India (SAI), Dimapur. In 1995, the game became popular among the Sports Person and soon the Nagaland Sepaktakraw Association (NSTA) was formed in the year 1996 with Mr. Nungsang Aier as its first President and late R. Ketsore Mekro as its General Secretary.

Holshe Khrieo was sent for Diploma course in Sepaktakraw at the National Institute of Sports (NIS), Sports Authority of India (SAI)Kolkata, by the Directorate of School Education, Govt of Nagaland and on completion made the first Sepaktakraw Coach in the Department of Youth Resources & Sports, Nagaland in 2003...