title: The reach and adoption of a coach-led exercise training programme in community football.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the reach and adoption of a coach-led exercise training programme for lower limb injury prevention.
  
  
  METHODS
  Secondary analysis of data from a group-clustered randomised controlled trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  A periodised exercise training warm-up programme was delivered to players during training sessions over an 8-week preseason (weeks 1-8) and 18-week playing season.
  
  
  METHODS
  1564 community Australian football players.
  
  
  METHODS
  Reach, measured weekly, was the number of players who attended training sessions. Adoption was the number of attending players who completed the programme in full, partially or not at all. Reasons for partial or non-participation were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In week 1, 599 players entered the programme; 55% attended 1 training session and 45% attended > 1 session. By week 12, 1540 players were recruited but training attendance (reach) decreased to <50%. When players attended training, the majority adopted the full programme-ranging from 96% (week 1) to above 80% until week 20. The most common reasons for low adoption were players being injured, too sore, being late for training or choosing their own warm-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The training programme's reach was highest preseason and halved at the playing season's end. However, when players attended training sessions, their adoption was high and remained close to 70% by season end. For sports injury prevention programmes to be fully effective across a season, attention also needs to be given to (1) encouraging players to attend formal training sessions and (2) considering the possibility of some form of programme delivery outside of formal training.
authors.affiliation: Australian Centre for Research into Sports Injury and its Prevention (ACRISP), Monash Injury Research Institute (MIRI), Monash University, , Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Caroline F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Finch
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Diamantopoulou
authors.forename: Dara M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Twomey
authors.forename: Tim L A
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.forename: Warren
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Bruce C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Elliott
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005538:Football / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D011364:Professional Practice; D014739:Victoria; D014904:Western Australia
keywords: Implementation; Injury Prevention