FEATURE: FIFA 11+ +… KIDS FIRST! implementation in the fi eld (as for other on a concept mapping approach to communication), club (e.g. acceptance injury prevention programmes) remains identifying the barriers to implement and culture), governing bodies (e.g. game a challenging task. From 2009 to 2016 11+ in adolescent female soccer teams schedules) to environmental aspects F-MARC (within the FIFA organization) in Victoria. The fi ndings of this study (e.g. weather). Evidence-based prevention has promoted and disseminated showed how an ecological, systems exercises or programmes should be worldwide the 11+ among its Member approach, not only focusing on coaches tailored to individual player profi les Associations. Some examples have also education, but linking the 11+ more and adapted to the overall team been published (countrywide campaigns, closely to match-related skills is needed training planning. or various cooperations with National to address the barriers to coaches Football Federations), but these are implementing 11+. James O’Brien, an Hopefully the 11+ kids will get the same nowadays merely remembered as Australian PhD, PT, working at FC Red or more attention than the “11+”, not “positive initiatives”, which even more Bull Salzburg (Austria, Europe) has necessary in terms of research, but highlights the need of specifi c investigated the use of injury prevention moreover towards much needed injury implementation strategies among exercise programmes (mostly the 11+) prevention implementation strategies the diff erent stakeholders and all in professional youth football teams, also at grassroots level, where everything actors involved in football. aiming to identify barriers and facilitators begins… just think about the recent to successfully implementing these reports on the “epidemic” knee injuries Dr. Alex Donaldson (La Trobe University, programmes under real-world conditions. in children and youth (Dr. Kate Webster, Melbourne and ACRISP, Australia) has His publications showed a wide range of La Trobe University). So, let’s start early conducted and published some pioneer barriers/facilitators, ranging from players with warm up-s… with 11+ kids! research in this important fi eld. As an (e.g. motivation and absences), coach/ example, one of his last projects focused team staff (e.g. planning and 16 VOLUME 36 • JUNE ISSUE 2018