Revitalization of Chinese soccer on agenda in Beijing

“Research findings should be brought out of the lab and implemented onto the pitch,” he added

Fan Zhanbei, chairperson of the Council of Beijing Sport University, insisted that the foundations of China’s soccer revitalization lie in youth development with scientific support.

“Only by taking science as the foundation and integrating academic research into the practice of grassroots training can we achieve steady and long-term development,” he said.

A number of noted scholars and experts from home and abroad shared their research findings at the conference and explored future development paths from the perspectives of digital-intelligent integration, scientific training, management innovation and consolidated foundation for youth development.

At the end of the conference, the consensus among industry insiders was that, in future, soccer development should be focused on shifting experience-driven training to science-led development to boost the sustainable competitiveness of the sport in the long run.