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French turf technology to reduce Hammers injuries

rushgreenpitches726West Ham have called in a Paris-based turf technology firm in a bid to beat their spate of injuries that have hampered the Hammers in recent seasons. West Ham have followed Arsenal in installing AirFibr technology on their training pitches at their new training facility at Rush green.

The technology has been use at Arsenal’s training ground goalkeeper area for nearly two years before they opted to roll out across all training pitches earlier this year.

Natural Grass’ experts claim that their AirFibr grass reduces the risks of players’ injuries by as much as 20 to 40 per cent. The all-weather resistant turf is made of 100 per cent natural grass anchored in an artificial rootzone formed with sand, synthetic microfibers and granulated natural cork.

The turf has already been in use at Real Madrid, Lyon and throughout stadiums that hosted fixtures during Euro 2016.

 

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I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called MooreThanJustaPodcast.co.uk. A Blogger on WestHamTillIdie.com a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball, I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh. Life Long singer of bubbles! Come on you Irons! Follow me at @Westhamfootball on twitter

2 comments on “French turf technology to reduce Hammers injuries

  1. Correct me if I am wrong but don’t Arsenal also have a terrible injury record ?

  2. Probably a case of reducing the extent of the injury. Come down hard on a knee and this new grass might add extra cushion which softens the blow by 20%. Player still gets injured but it could have been worse previously.

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