The FA’s Director Of Football Development Sir Trevor Brooking is positive that the actions that are taking place to coach the younger generation of footballers will ultimately be able to provide England with a higher standard of player.

Speaking at The FA’s Roadshow at West Bromwich Albion FC on Monday, where 60 local children received specialist coaching from five different Skills Coaches as part of The FA Tesco Skills Programme, Brooking revealed the importance of teaching young footballers the right skills at the right time and that the new scheme could be a catalyst for this.

“We believe we should look at this and give it every chance because it is important," said Brooking, after seeing the coaching for himself at Albion's Academy indoor facility.

“The 5-11 age group is a key area and The FA Tesco Skills Programme aims to introduce players of this age to top quality coaching.

“It is an important time for footballers in their development and when they can learn the most from their coaches or teachers.

"We want them to come along, enjoy it, go away and then come back again.

"We work on the players so that they have the ball individually and they're involved, rather than having one touch every six minutes or so and they can go away excited and leave thinking that they want to experience it again.

"They can then go on the website and see how they can improve."

Head Coach Steve McClaren also backed Brooking’s thoughts after seeing five of The FA's Skills Coaches from the West Midlands in Mark Walters, Iklak Hussain, Jimmy Haarhoff, Alex Bedford, Marianne Spacey and Alex Bedford working with 60 local children between the ages of nine and 11.

"It's a great initiative by The FA," said McClaren.

"Trevor has worked very hard for the last two years, from the grassroots through to the elite level to develop our young players.

"It's not just for now but for the future and we'll hopefully see a conveyer belt of England players coming through."