Research has shown there to have been a decline in the number of Male 11 a side adult teams partly due to a lack of volunteers and coaches. One reason for this was a lack of appropriate, accessible training courses.

As a result a Working Group was set up to develop an appropriate training course for people working in the grassroots 11 a side game, which would be the first of its kind in the world. The Module was launched nationally in November 2003.

The module includes both theoretical and practical work looking at Administration, Ethics, Child Protection and Best Practice, Fitness and Nutrition, Coach and Player Development, Communication, Warm Ups, Cool Downs, Appropriate Coaching Practices and Action Planning.

Resources have been developed to support the Course of training and each student will receive a Video, Administration Handbook, Coaches Handbook Laws of the Game CD Rom as well as a Certificate of Attendance on completion of the module.

The full scehdule for the course is: -