How To Progress A Cognitive Training Programme.
Once your athlete has completed their training programme you will need to analyse their data to see how they performed and what needs to be improved on for the next programme.
Why You Should Be Using Time To Exhaustion Mode For Your Athlete's Cognitive Training Plan.
Increasing cognitive load by applying time pressure pushes an athlete to be fully engaged and focused with high levels of uncertainty.
Why You Should Be Using Detection Response Task Mode For Your Athlete's Cognitive Training Plan.
Making sure the cognitive workload is sufficient is an important aspect of program design and should not be overlooked.
Why You Should Be Using Consequence Mode For Your Athlete's Cognitive Training Plan.
Push athletes to their mental limits with consequences applied to modify their decision-making behaviour.
Why You Should be Using Error Detection Mode For Your Athlete's Cognitive Training Plan.
Error detection mode (EDM) allows coaches to objectively assess an athlete's behaviour to incorrect responses.
Why You Should be Using Audiovisual Feedback Modes For Your Athlete's Cognitive Training Plan.
Audiovisual feedback modes are designed to give performance feedback to an athlete to manipulate their behaviour and optimize cognitive performance. The feedback that is layered on top of the cognitive task will determine the effect on the athlete and cognitive training task.
Understanding Cognitive And Physiological Data Trends.
When you are monitoring an athlete's cognitive and physiological data trends you need to take into consideration multiple measures as well as the sessional load.
How To Apply Time Pressure To An Athlete's Cognitive Training Session.
Pressure in training can help athletes adjust to pressure in competition.
How To Progressively Overload Your Athlete’s Cognitive Training Plan.
The most straightforward way to progressively overload your athlete's cognitive training plan is to either increase the intensity or duration of the cognitive tasks each week.
Advanced: Cognitive Programme Design.
Advanced Cognitive Programme design is strictly for coaches who are using Soma Analytics.
Intermediate: Cognitive Programme Design.
If you have a background in cognitive training and are looking for more detail, this article will add another step and show you the easiest way to get started with our three-step process for cognitive training.
Beginner: Cognitive Programme Design.
If you are an absolute beginner and looking to get started with cognitive training, this article will show you the fastest and easiest way to get started with our two-step process for cognitive training.