Statements generated during the concept mapping brainstorming process including cluster in which the statement fits, mean importance and feasibility ratings, and Go-Zone quadrant for each statement
| Cluster statement | Mean rating (0–5)* for | Go-Zone quadrant† | ||
| Importance‡ | Feasibility§ | |||
| Lack of 11+ knowledge among coaches | 3.20 | 3.67 | ||
| 2¶ | Lack understanding that FIFA 11+ exercises have similar benefits with what they see on TV/social media with the ‘elite’ teams using resistance bands and different exercises in their preactivation warm-up | 2.53 | 3.57 | 3 |
| 8 | Coaches not seeing those at higher levels doing the programme | 2.71 | 2.57 | 4 |
| 10 | Not enough knowledge to facilitate the programme | 3.59 | 3.79 | 1 |
| 11 | Lack of adequate training of coaches and coach educators in injury prevention | 4.12 | 3.93 | 1 |
| 12 | Not being in the national curriculum | 3.06 | 2.93 | 1 |
| 16 | Lack of training in correct technique | 3.18 | 3.86 | 1 |
| 19 | Coaches don’t understand that they can implement this as preactivation exercises 15 min before actual training begins | 3.35 | 3.57 | 1 |
| 20 | Coaches not taking it seriously—particularly physical contact aspect | 2.88 | 2.93 | 1 |
| 27 | Coaching courses don’t teach how to incorporate the 11+ into training session | 3.88 | 4.07 | 1 |
| 30 | Lack of understanding of the benefits | 3.47 | 4.07 | 1 |
| 36 | Not trained in providing the exercises | 3.24 | 4.21 | 1 |
| 37 | Not believing that FIFA 11+ is really any better than the warm-up they have done for years up til now (my players haven’t had any major injuries so I must be doing it right—why change) | 3.24 | 3.71 | 1 |
| 40¶ | No wide recognition that female athletes experience this injury more commonly than men | 2.41 | 3.86 | 3 |
| 51 | Lack of knowledge that it will benefit the players and prevent injuries | 3.29 | 3.93 | 1 |
| 52 | Not informed enough of the cost (time) and benefits (injury prevention) | 3.12 | 4.00 | 1 |
| Lack of player enjoyment and engagement | 2.55 | 2.31 | ||
| 3 | The modern player does not understand the importance of getting to training early to allow the time needed to prepare to avoid injury | 2.47 | 2.71 | 4 |
| 5 | The girls lose attention and don’t focus on the exercises, after the initial few | 2.06 | 1.57 | 4 |
| 6 | Getting buy in from the players to use pretraining time to complete warm-up | 3.06 | 2.29 | 2 |
| 25 | Difficult to get it started at the beginning of training, with everybody there on time | 2.82 | 2.07 | 4 |
| 28 | Limited access to players (parents/players unable to arrive 15–20 min prior to training start time to complete) | 2.71 | 2.07 | 4 |
| 29 | Boring for young teenagers to be doing the same thing repetitively throughout the season, that is, 28–36 weeks | 2.59 | 2.36 | 4 |
| 31 | Difficult for coaches to motivate young players—programme is repetitive | 2.71 | 2.57 | 4 |
| 32 | Lack of variety and enjoyment in the programme | 2.65 | 2.79 | 4 |
| 34 | At least 50% of female players are there to socialise | 1.41 | 1.29 | 4 |
| 38 | Varying physical ability levels among groups means some find it too easy and boring while others probably don’t push themselves | 2.47 | 2.64 | 4 |
| 39 | Lack of progression or ‘advanced’ exercises to build up throughout the season | 2.94 | 2.86 | 1 |
| 41 | Coaches want to use age appropriate exercises | 2.59 | 2.50 | 4 |
| 53 | It isn’t fun | 2.65 | 2.00 | 4 |
| 58 | Limited progression over age groups | 2.53 | 2.57 | 4 |
| Lack of link to football-related goals | 3.10 | 2.84 | ||
| 1** | Difficulty prioritising it over ball skills and game training that could create immediate payoffs | 3.35 | 3.36 | 1 |
| 13 | It doesn’t prepare players for learning concepts during the sessions | 2.47 | 2.14 | 4 |
| 15** | The desire to always have a ball and decision-making used in all warm-ups | 3.12 | 2.50 | 2 |
| 23 | Warm-ups are no longer a focus at lower age groups | 2.53 | 2.50 | 4 |
| 24 | It runs counter to what has been taught in FIFA Advanced Coaching Courses—where warm-ups are stressed as needing to be relevant to the topic of the session | 3.24 | 3.07 | 1 |
| 33 | Coaches don’t know how to incorporate the ball into FIFA 11+ exercises | 3.41 | 3.86 | 1 |
| 46 | Need to balance injury prevention with skill/tactical development | 3.53 | 2.50 | 2 |
| 47 | Competing against ideologies of traditional training | 3.13 | 2.71 | 2 |
| 50 | Coaching courses tell you to have the players on the ball as much as possible | 3.38 | 3.50 | 1 |
| 55 | The actions don’t reflect football playing actions well enough | 2.35 | 2.21 | 4 |
| 59 | Coaches want to focus on game skills and tactics | 3.59 | 2.93 | 1 |
| Lack of facilities and resources | 2.23 | 2.16 | ||
| 4¶ | Lack of support personnel | 1.88 | 1.79 | 4 |
| 18 | Discrimination in terms of resources and focus on female players in some clubs/areas | 2.06 | 2.57 | 4 |
| 21 | Clubs lack facilities to educate players and parents (video, projector, social room, etc) | 2.47 | 2.00 | 4 |
| 26 | Tightness of training space allocated | 2.06 | 1.43 | 4 |
| 44 | Lack of space available for coaches to set up training session prior to players arriving (especially when other age groups may be prior) therefore needing to set up while players are expected to complete FIFA 11+ unsupervised | 2.53 | 1.93 | 4 |
| 45 | Lack of measurements in place to know its working—for example, end-of-season or mid-season review of programme | 3.31 | 3.14 | 1 |
| 54 | Lack of resources and equipment | 1.71 | 2.21 | 4 |
| 56 | Female players are not generally looked after as well as the male players | 1.82 | 2.21 | 4 |
| Lack of leadership | 2.96 | 3.36 | ||
| 7 | Clubs are not set up to provide the necessary information | 2.88 | 3.21 | 1 |
| 22 | Lack of leadership from representative bodies such as FFV and FIFA | 3.24 | 3.79 | 1 |
| 35 | Lack of support from representative bodies such as FFV and FIFA | 3.24 | 3.79 | 1 |
| 43 | Lack of visible leadership from recognised role models (players) in the sport on value of injury prevention | 3.35 | 3.43 | 1 |
| 48 | Club leadership does not prioritise player welfare | 2.35 | 3.00 | 3 |
| 57 | Club/team culture that undervalues physical/psychological preparation | 2.71 | 2.93 | 3 |
| Lack of time at training | 2.70 | 2.19 | ||
| 9 | Preference for players to do it in their own time as homework | 2.41 | 2.14 | 4 |
| 14 | Coaches only train their team twice a week, 75–90 min per session | 2.18 | 1.93 | 4 |
| 17†† | Not believing that the time taken to the perceived benefit is worth it | 3.35 | 3.29 | 1 |
| 42 | More time is required at training for this to be implemented or successful | 2.76 | 1.64 | 4 |
| 49 | It takes too long | 2.81 | 1.93 | 4 |
*0 (least important) to 5 (most important).
†Go-Zone quadrants: 1, top right; 2, bottom right; 3, top left; 4, bottom left.
‡Fifteen participants rated all 59 statements for importance, one rated 57 and one rated 56 of the 59 statements for importance.
§Fourteen participants rated all 59 statements for feasibility.
¶Reassigned from ‘Lack of leadership’ cluster.
**Reassigned from ‘Lack of time at training’ cluster.
††Reassigned from ‘Lack of link to football-related goals’ cluster.
FFV, Football Federation Victoria; FIFA, Fédération Internationale de Football Association.