Coach assessment of the coaches' training course
| Intervention group* | Control group* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statement | Percentage positive responses | Score | Percentage positive responses | Score |
| Language used in the manual was easy to understand | 100 | 4.4 | 73 | 3.9 |
| Trainers' language on the course was easy to understand | 90 | 4.5 | 82 | 4.1 |
| Understood everything in the Football for Health manual | 100 | 4.5 | 91 | 4.3 |
| Trainer made it easy to understand the health messages | 100 | 4.7 | 100 | 4.7 |
| Trainer made it easy to teach the health messages | 100 | 4.6 | 100 | 4.7 |
| Training course was long enough | 50 | 3.3 | 55 | 3.5 |
| I was well prepared to implement the health messages | 100 | 4.5 | 100 | 4.7 |
| I was confident to implement the health messages | 100 | 4.5 | 91 | 4.5 |
| Overall rating of the training programme | 100 | 4.9 | 100 | 4.6 |
| Overall rating of the trainers | 100 | 5.0 | 91 | 4.6 |
| Mean value | 94 | 4.5 | 88 | 4.4 |
A ‘positive response’ equates to a response of ‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree.’ ‘Mean score’ refers to the group's weighted mean response (five-point scale) to the statement.
↵* 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.