This study aimed to investigate if a NeuroTracker training intervention could subjectively improve performance outcomes with elite athletes across a range of different sports.

What Was Studied

54 elite athletes from boxing, wrestling, women’s handball, women’s soccer, orienteering, biathlon, alpine skiing, sled hockey, badminton and table tennis completed at least four NeuroTracker sessions per week over a 5 week period. The athletes trained independently from the researchers, using personal NeuroTracker accounts. They were also not given any instructions on the training, to avoid potential biases. This NeuroTracker protocol used was the NeuroTracker Guided System, which starts at 2 targets and adapts up to 4 targets, according to current baseline scores. All the athletes completed pre and post Athlete Satisfaction Questionnaires (7 point Likert scale), to self-assess their current performance status.

What Was Found

Almost all the participants completed at least the minimum of 4 NeuroTracker sessions per week, indicating a high compliance. On average the athletes experienced an improvement in normalized NeuroTracker speed thresholds of 39% by the end of the 5 weeks. The results of Athlete Satisfaction Questionnaires showed an improvement from a rating of 18.9, to 19.2.

Takeaways

The researchers concluded that the study showed a significant training effect from NeuroTracker, and that the potential transfer to elite sports performance warrants further research.

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Reference: Frode Moen et al. ‘The effects of Perceptual-Cognitive training on Subjective Performance in Elite Athletes’ The Sport Journal, Vol. 24, 2018.

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