Table 1. The main focus areas for injury/illness prevention and performance, identified by medical staff and their priority scores from survey I.
| Focus areas | Priority score | Identified as a priority? | |
| Points | % | ||
| Social/behavioural/lifestyle | 882 | 40.8 | |
| Sleep | 258 | 11.9 | Yes |
| Nutrition | 198 | 9.2 | Yes |
| Hydration | 174 | 8.1 | Yes |
| Nutritional supplements | 59 | 2.7 | Yes |
| Players’ education level | 52 | 2.4 | Yes* |
| Motivation/mental preparation | 38 | 1.8 | Yes* |
| Fitness level (physical condition) | 38 | 1.8 | No |
| Mental strength | 30 | 1.4 | Yes* |
| Rest | 20 | 0.9 | No |
| Weight monitoring | 15 | 0.7 | No |
| Exercise programmes/training | 578 | 26.7 | |
| Nordic hamstring exercise | 147 | 6.8 | Yes |
| Training load monitoring | 82 | 3.8 | Yes |
| Strength training (eccentric) | 67 | 3.1 | No |
| Copenhagen adduction exercise | 57 | 2.6 | Yes |
| Proprioception exercises | 50 | 2.3 | No |
| Prewarmup exercises | 42 | 1.9 | Yes* |
| Balance training | 32 | 1.5 | Yes |
| Motor control and postural pattern | 24 | 1.1 | No |
| Core exercises | 20 | 0.9 | Yes† |
| Preseason preparation | 18 | 0.8 | Yes† |
| FIFA 11+ | 16 | 0.7 | Yes |
| Warm-up | 16 | 0.7 | Yes* |
| Plyometric training | 7 | 0.3 | Yes |
| Management | 285 | 13.2 | |
| Communication/cooperation between technical and medical staff | 78 | 3.6 | Yes |
| Training attendance | 37 | 1.7 | No |
| Preseason medical screening | 33 | 1.5 | No |
| Injury management | 30 | 1.4 | No |
| Annual match calendar scheduling | 30 | 1.4 | No |
| Communication between the club and the national team | 22 | 1.0 | No |
| Staff availability to look after players | 20 | 0.9 | No |
| Stability of technical and medical staff in the club | 17 | 0.8 | No |
| Non-supervised prewarm-up ball availability on the pitch | 16 | 0.7 | No |
| Player health monitoring across age categories | 2 | 0.1 | No |
| Recovery | 259 | 12.0 | |
| Recovery | 124 | 5.7 | Yes* |
| Stretching (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation) | 57 | 2.6 | Yes |
| Cold water immersion | 42 | 1.9 | Yes* |
| Massage | 25 | 1.2 | Yes* |
| Jacuzzi/hot tub | 11 | 0.5 | No |
| Equipment | 111 | 5.1 | |
| Shin guards | 74 | 3.4 | Yes |
| Training equipment/pitch conditions | 19 | 0.9 | No |
| Football shoes | 18 | 0.8 | Yes |
| Other | 46 | 2.1 | |
| Manual therapy presession/pregame | 20 | 0.9 | No |
| Kinesio taping | 17 | 0.8 | Yes† |
| Acclimation | 9 | 0.4 | No |
| Sum | 2161 | 100.0 | |
*
Focus area was combined with another through the development process of IP.2.
†
Focus area evolved during the development process.