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The football simulator that could save clubs MILLIONS in transfer fees: Norwich City become the first English club to fork out £750k on high-tech SoccerBot360, which tests players' ability to make hundreds of snap decisions in a game

Norwich City are set to become the first football club in England to install the futuristic SoccerBot360 simulator at their training ground.

Costing £750,000, the German-made technology features a circular pitch surrounded by video walls onto which a series of projectors beam simulations of match scenarios.

A player stands in the centre and makes passes towards the video wall with a football, which bounces back at them, developing reaction speed and decision-making.

Norwich will next year become the first English club to install the futuristic SoccerBot360 machine at their training ground
Players stand on a grass pitch surrounded by a 360 degree video wall onto which training simulations are projected

Players stand on a grass pitch surrounded by a 360 degree video wall onto which training simulations are projected

The screens can be used to project realistic player-view simulations of scenarios within matches for tactical analysis

The screens can be used to project realistic player-view simulations of scenarios within matches for tactical analysis

The idea is to replicate the exact conditions of a match, when players have to process the quick movements of team-mates and opponents before making the correct pass.