I wonder if we'll be getting one of these at Staplewood? It's a training system being used by Dortmund. It's worth watching this video - I've never seen anything like it but the impact it would have on control and accuracy is immediately obvious. http://www.givemefootball.com/196784-spaceage-training-the-secret-to-borussia-dortmunds-success? Dortmund are the first team to use it: "Anyway here's how it works. Dortmund's version uses a automatic ball-feeding machine placed into a 14 metre square area. The player, Gotze, Gundogan or Lewandowski, takes his place in the centre circle and the ball is randomly fired into the box at a variety of heights and angles, and at various speeds. The participant then must take a touch, look up, and identify one of 64 targets within the cube. One of the 64 goals will light up, and the player must hit the target in the quickest time, before getting back into position to receive the next pass." It does make me wonder just how exciting football will look when everyone's using it. Vin
I've seen it before, it looks interesting but I find it funny how all the headlines about it are all "Dortmund's secret revealed!" etc., as if they've been hiding it for 10 years using it to train up Gotze, Lewandowski, Kagawa etc., when in reality they first started using it in November. To me it seems more like they are marketing it than they are actually using it as the fundamental basis of their training. It's certainly the kind of training method we should focus on more over here though.
