COGNITIVE SKILL IS REQUIRED TO FULFILL PHYSICAL & TECHNICAL POTENTIAL
BENEFITS:
Better transfer from individual training to competition
Enhanced focus, awareness, decision making, cognitive processing, and memory
Improved speed, agility, reactions, and athletic performance
Reduced risk of injury
Easily applicable for individual, partner, or team training
Performance analysis and feedback to record and track progress
WHY USE SWITCHEDON?
50 to 90 percent of sports is mental, yet the training done by most athletes does not reflect this. This is especially true with individual training which all of the greatest athletes in the world will tell you is essential to get ahead of the competition. Individual training involves performing pre-determined actions where you know what you will do and when you will do it, but playing in games requires the exact opposite. You must have the cognitive skill to quickly process external information and make split-second decisions in order to use your physical skills successfully during games. These cognitive skills are what separate the good from the great, and must be trained in conjunction with your body in order to have best transfer to competition.
SwitchedOn® is essential for any athlete looking to take their game to the next level. It allows them to practice their physical and technical skills in a reactive game training environment that replicates what is experienced during competition. Users associate sports-specific actions or movements with the randomized cues that the app provides (colors, numbers, or arrows), which forces them to PERCEIVE the external stimulus, process that information to DECIDE what action it was associated with, and then to REACT as quickly and efficiently as possible, which is similar to what they have to do during games. This is called Perceptual Cognitive Motor (PCM) training, and is designed to improve physical and cognitive performance simultaneously in a way that transfers to competition. Currently being used by top pro teams around the world, SwitchedOn® provides PCM training with the convenience of your smartphone that can be done essentially anywhere, with little to no other equipment needed.
If you are not sure how to use it, there will be pre-set training programs for 8 different sports (baseball, basketball, soccer, football, lacrosse, tennis, hockey, and volleyball) that will constantly be updated, or you can check out our social media pages @switchedontraining for ideas. This app also provides a feedback system that includes the ability to measure and track response time and accuracy, as well as post-training self-evaluation questions that are designed to measure and track your effort levels and increase self-awareness about your performance. This is more than JUST a PCM training tool, this app is designed to help athletes to take control of their development so they can go from good to GREAT!
