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Project Restart latest as close contact training halves ahead of Premier League return
Premier League clubs have substantially changed the way they train amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the average time players spend within two metres of one another almost halving during the first week of contact sessions.
'Project Restart' is stepping up ahead of the top-flight's resumption on June 17, with clubs given the green light to move from socially-distanced small group training to contact sessions on May 27.
The Premier League worked with STATSports to help shape those sessions as its technology provides data on the movement of players and how often they come into contact with each other, enabling clubs to assess the risk of different aspects of training.
The company's Player Proximity white paper found the average duration of a player's incursion within two metres of another was 3.3 seconds before Covid-19 - a figure that has now dropped to 1.8 seconds as clubs alter their operations.
