How does brain training for athletes differ from, say, doing a bunch of Sudoku puzzles? John Kennedy, founder and primary neuroplastician of Combat Brain Training, explains more about brain training and how it can benefit athletes. This is Part 2 of a two-part series.
Plus Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about how to prepare hitters to face different pitchers with differing velocities. And find out how to win YBE swag!
In this 33-minute episode, you'll learn:
- the basic idea of challenging the brain
- five components of executive function
- how challenging the brain helps boost self-confidence
- how John's program challenges various areas of the brain
- whether brain training helps younger athletes
- whether improvements are noticeable or incremental
- how to recreate pro athletes' ability to slow things down
- how brain training can improve kids' attention to detail
- whether gains from brain training can be lost in absence of continuous training
- how to handle the law of diminishing returns over time
- whether gains from brain training can be lost in absence of continuous training
- the difference in difficulty for 8-year-olds vs an 18-year-old
- what a sample session looks like and how it progresses in difficulty
- the difference between John's program and sites like Lumosity
- what "digital dementia" is
- how brain training can help outside the baseball field
- Combat Brain Training
- Mental Performance Institute
- Justin Stone's EliteBaseball.tv
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