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Nike launches mental training app to help soccer players win the mental game

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nike-pro-geniusNike Moves into Brain Train­ing with Launch of Pro Genius (Cre­ativ­i­ty):

“Nike has made its first move into the world of men­tal train­ing with the launch of Pro Genius, a series of tools and tech­niques designed to help young soc­cer play­ers devel­op the men­tal side of their game [Read more…] about Nike launch­es men­tal train­ing app to help soc­cer play­ers win the men­tal game

Sport-specific brain training programs gain adoption in basketball, ice hockey and soccer

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Intel­li­Gym Trains The Brain Of An Ath­lete Like A Fight­er Pilot (Sport­Techie):

“Fight­er pilots and peo­ple play­ing team sports have more in com­mon than you may have thought.

In fact, the cog­ni­tive func­tions play­ers need on the soc­cer pitch, the ice rink and the bas­ket­ball court are very sim­i­lar to those fight­er pilots use dur­ing aer­i­al com­bat. [Read more…] about Sport-spe­cif­ic brain train­ing pro­grams gain adop­tion in bas­ket­ball, ice hock­ey and soccer

Footballers add novelty, variety and challenge to sharpen cognitive and perceptual skills

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soccer_ballCan brain train­ing make bet­ter foot­ballers? (The Guardian):

“It sounds like a game designed for tod­dlers – throw­ing and catch­ing a ball to encour­age talk­ing – but, accord­ing to coach­es at Southamp­ton FC, brain-train­ing tech­nique Life Kinetik is the lat­est weapon in the war to stop mod­ern life ruin­ing the beau­ti­ful game [Read more…] about Foot­ballers add nov­el­ty, vari­ety and chal­lenge to sharp­en cog­ni­tive and per­cep­tu­al skills

New $3m European-Israeli collaboration to build brain training system and enhance football (soccer) players’ game intelligence

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The ini­tial pilot, fund­ed under the EU Hori­zon 2020 frame­work and to be com­plet­ed by 2017, will start with lead­ing Euro­pean soc­cer acad­e­mies includ­ing Ajax Ams­ter­dam, PSV Eind­hoven, AZ Alk­maar and FC Freiburg, in col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Sports Uni­ver­si­ty in Cologne, Ger­many. [Read more…] about New $3m Euro­pean-Israeli col­lab­o­ra­tion to build brain train­ing sys­tem and enhance foot­ball (soc­cer) play­ers’ game intelligence

Neuroimaging studies: In soccer, over one thousand “headers” per year can lead to brain injury and cognitive impairment

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Study indi­cates there may be a head­ing thresh­old above which the risk for brain dam­age increas­es sig­nif­i­cant­ly: An Inter­view with Michael L. Lip­ton (Dana Foundation):

“Dr. Lip­ton pio­neered the use of MRI tech­nol­o­gy to detect mild trau­mat­ic brain injuries (mTBI) from con­cus­sions. Such injuries, which may bring cog­ni­tive and behav­ioral impair­ment and even neu­rode­gen­er­a­tion lat­er in life in some indi­vid­u­als, is increas­ing­ly seen as a major pub­lic health prob­lem [Read more…] about Neu­roimag­ing stud­ies: In soc­cer, over one thou­sand “head­ers” per year can lead to brain injury and cog­ni­tive impairment

Needed: Clear protocols to deal with soccer-related concussions

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soccer_concussionsUruguayan mid­field­er stirs debate about con­cus­sions in soc­cer (The Globe and Mail):

“The team doc­tor stepped away from his patient and motioned to the coach­es on the far side­line. He rolled his hands one over the oth­er, the sig­nal that the stum­bling play­er beside him, Uruguay mid­field­er Álvaro Pereira, would have to be substituted.

In many sports, Pereira’s day would have been over. [Read more…] about Need­ed: Clear pro­to­cols to deal with soc­cer-relat­ed concussions