Table 2

Percentage of correct responses to the 20 health-related questions given by the coaches before and after their Football for Health training programmes

Percentage of correct responses (%)
Coach groupPretrainingPost-training*Z test; p value
Control71.770.90.719
Intervention75.495.4<0.001
  • * Post-training results relate to the 5-day training programme (Play Football+Play Fair) for the intervention group and the initial 2-day training programme (Play Football) for coaches in the control group.