EVESHAM United got a taste of the Premiership when former West Bromwich Albion star and first team coach, John Trewick delivered a One on One Skills Coaching course to the club's junior section coaches.

The course run by Premier Skills and funded through the Open Colleges Network aims to give as much help, back-up and information to grass roots football.

Lasting 20 hours over two weekends, with both practical and classroom tuition, United's coaches were instructed on many issues including role and function of the coach, football philosophy, child protection, health and safety, diet and nutrition, analysis of individual players and teams, psychological factors and how to plan, prepare and deliver structured coaching sessions.

Trewick played at the highest level as a professional for 18 years for West Bromwich Albion, Newcastle United, Birmingham City and Oxford United.

Since then, he has been coaching players from eight and nine years of age at Centres of Excellence and Academies to seniors and international players.

He was previously first team coach at West Brom and until recently at Derby County.

He has joined the premier Skills team, which he says is an excellent new initiative. He was assisted on the Evesham course by another former player, Joe Gallagher and ex-New Zealand national team coach, Roger Wilkinson.

Simon Parry, chairman of Evesham United's junior section, said: "The course has been invaluable and, to have someone as experienced and knowledgeable as John Trewick instructing us, has been a real bonus. We all learnt a great deal and we will be putting it into practice."

The ambitious club provides training for boys and girls between six and 18. To find out more about training sessions, phone Simon on 01386 48088 or Dave Whittaker on 01386 40883 or Ruth Middlicott (girls) on 01386 423425.