what is this giant screen planted at the edge of the Marcoussis field?

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Its imposing frame means that it cannot go unnoticed. Since the start of the November tour, a giant has accompanied all training sessions of the XV of France. We are not talking about Romain Taofifenua or Emmanuel Meafou but aboutan XXL screen measuring 5 by 4 meters installed against the Marcoussis main field.

The latest spectacular technological innovation from Fabien Galthié, more than ever champion of rugby 2.0. After a role-playing workshop or an opposition, the Blues now appear in front of the big TV to an almost simultaneous debrief.

Live feedback from the field for the Blues

“It’s a different tool that we needed,” explains forward co-coach Laurent Sempéré. “With this screen we can provide live feedback of what is happening during training or present things directly on the field. It is rich for us in terms of meaning to be able to show on video what we are going to do on the ground. This also allows us to not disconnect from what we do in the room and to directly transform what we want to show to the players. »

For the exercise to work effectively, the Blues staff must communicate constantly with the video analysts, including Quentin Labit, son of the Stade Français manager, and former coach of 3/4 of the Blues. Equipped with a microphone, Fabien Galthié transmits his instructions to them and what he wants to emphasize.

An “impactful” tool

“We have 3 hyper-reactive people with a lot of experience,” says Laurent Sempéré. “We tell them live what we want to see and they are able to quickly cross-check it. They are very efficient and also proactive. We build the use of this tool together and we can see that it is impactful. »

The players indeed seem to agree with this discovery, which sometimes also allows them to somewhat lengthen the recovery airlocks between two sequences.

“It's another tool for performance that pushes the level of detail to its maximum. It allows you to provide live feedback on past action, whether positive or negative. It shows what is good and what that is wrong in order to be able to correct it on the field and this also saves time by dealing with possible problems on the field and not later in the room.”

One more step forward, therefore, after the GPS data, the connected balloons – the exploitation of the data of which is managed by an English service provider which revolves around the green rectangle – and the installation in the living room of another screen, smaller this time, on which the three-quarters and Fabien Galthié can interact via diagrams and arrows.

As for whether we will see the benefits of these high-tech sessions on Saturday against Japan, unfortunately no tool allows us to predict this…

ANTHONY TALLIEU, in Marcoussis

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