𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐎𝐧 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥 🧠 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Shoutout to JW22 Goalkeeper Clinic for telling me about the SwitchedOn® Training app. This app allows you to flash colors on your electrical devices screen so you can train reactive multidirectional speed and awareness. ⚡️

Cognitive Training for Agility: The Integration Between Perception and Action: Strength & Conditioning Journal - MUST READ 🧠💪 journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/fullt…

Learn why adding increased cognitive demands to your agility training might help develop quicker decision making and better transfer to your sport, and how to effectively apply this using just the SwitchedOn app. switchedontrainingapp.com/new-blog/think…

Clinicians use internal focus of attention >90% of the time. But sport requires an external focus of attention, reactivity, dual-task ability, & real-time error correction. Here are some examples of how to turn internal focus into external focus w/ different ACLR exercises 👇

“Clear improved efficacy of cognitive-motor training (CMT) protocols on sport performance and cognition compared to training based on motor exercises only.” 🏀 ⬆️17% sports-specific tasks 🎯 ⬆️28% response accuracy. 🧠 ⬆️pre-frontal cortex activity mdpi.com/1431360

🧠Cognitive challenges during warm-ups add a healthy amount of stress which research shows can increase motor readiness and performance (Hordcare et al., 2016). 🎾Great example of this by Iga Swiatek

Agility is defined as "A rapid full-body movement with change of direction or velocity in response to a stimulus" (Sheppard et al. 2006). You're not training agility if you're not responding to a stimulus.

🗣️“The difference between players at the first level and players at the second, third, and fourth level is not the technique. It’s not the physical. It’s the decisions. And you can’t make the decisions unless you look.” - Albert Puig

MYTH BUST MONDAY: ❌ MYTH: You must react to sports-specific information to improve sports performance. ✅ TRUTH: Reacting to abstract cues (colors, numbers, etc.) can improve sports performance 17% better than reacting to nothing. 📑Read the study- mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/1…

TRAIN YOUR BRAIN 🧠 Here are 2 drills focused on training attention, working memory, and decision making. These are not only important in sports but also everyday life! 0:20 work, 0:30 rest, for 3 sets each. Drill is called “Stroop + Quick Feet” in the SwitchedOn app

Most warm-ups don't induce enough stress & anxiety, which is needed to perform your best. Adding cognitive challenges (even if completely irrelevant to the task you're warming up for) is an effective way to help with this (Hordcare et al., 2016). Learn more👇

🚨PROXIMITY SENSOR FEATURE NOW LIVE IN THE SWITCHEDON APP! Touch-less response time measurement for easier and more accurate reactive agility assessments. Update the app to try it 👍

If sports are ~90% mental and ~10% physical, why is most training ~90% physical and ~10% mental?

Here’s how you can easily perform reactive agility assessments with accurate data using just your smartphone 📲⏱️📈

REACTIVE AGILITY TESTING - WHY & HOW 🧠

Pro tennis player Luisa Stefani working on reaction speed, concentration, and hand-eye coordination 🧠💪

4 footballers with the highest “Scanning Frequency” over the past 2 decades 👀🧠🔥 4️⃣Frank Lampard (0.62 scans per second) 3️⃣Ilkay Gündoğan (0.66 scans per second) 2️⃣Cesc Fábregas (0.76 scans per second) 1️⃣Xavi (0.83 scans per second)

1️⃣ week away from our next virtual Tech Talk:Tech-Driven Sports Performance on 10.12! From 4:30 - 6:00 PM CST, join our panel discussion on how sport tech startups, athletes, & investors are using innovative technology to transform athletic performance. 1871.com/event/tech-tal…

1️⃣ week away from our next virtual Tech Talk: Tech-Driven Sports Performance on 10.12! From 4:30 - 6:00 PM CST, join our panel discussion on how sport tech startups, athletes, & investors are using innovative technology to transform athletic performance. 1871.com/event/tech-tal…

Passing warm up drill 👊 with FTFS Soccer-Football-Futbol #soccer #mlsnext #houstonrangers