Accommodation for the players of the French team and training complex, the National Center of Clairefontaine nestled in the heart of the forest of Rambouillet, in the west of Paris, will expand its range of services next September with a new center of research dedicated to football and its future.
The team reveals this Wednesday the outlines of this new project which will allow the French Football Federation to better anticipate the evolution of the game
.
We want to see what happens at ten years old
,” Franck Thivilier, assistant to national technical director Hubert Fournier, told the daily.
Thanks to this tool, the National Football Directorate aims to be at the forefront of new football trends.
The French Football Federation but also the training centers will be able to benefit from the work which will explore several areas "
data, technologies, new learning processes, each time at the service of performance
", specifies L'Équipe.
Well-being at the heart of researchers' concerns
The contribution of statistics, now an essential field in the world of football used to dissect performance, will allow this laboratory to focus on game issues, but not only.
The daily specifies that the well-being and the mental and physical health of the athletes will be central subjects.
The French Football Federation will thus collaborate with companies specializing in stress management in order to study avant-garde therapies on this subject.
Bubble seats supposed to promote player relaxation will be tested.
Finally, virtual reality tools will be used with the support of university work, in particular the University of Rennes II, a specialist in this type of question.
