Neurotechnology for Sport

With a now greater understanding of how the visual system influences athletic performance, eye tracking has become a point of fascination in high-performance  sport. However, the expense of implementing eye-tracking technology often  extremely high. T here are many commercially available eye-tracking systems out  there that will give sport scientists the data they need to analyze an athletes visual habits . We believe eye tracking is hugely undervalued as a real training tool and should form another piece of the puzzle in high-performance sports.  Soma Technologies focuses on providing a mobile, affordable eye tracking solution for teams, clubs and brands, making it easy to implement an eye tracking cognitive training solution into their environment.  Soma NPT Vision utilises existing eye tracking software in mobile devices, rather than reinventing the wheel and making new eye-tracking hardware and producing large screens. Using mobile devices is a far more practical and cost effecti

High-performance sport is moving faster than ever. We have come so far over the last 20 years in physical preparation and now the super-elite are trying to unlock the neurological potential of every athlete.   Neuroscience and neuro-technology are advancing rapidly. Things have moved on from simply testing and studying the neurological potential of athletes. Now sporting organizations are looking for ways to include cognitive training into their athlete’s training regimes. There is now a shift from simply using ‘ brain training ’ apps and relaxation techniques to a more ‘hands-on’  approach to the actual training of mental skills and resilience. This shift has brought about more demand for neurotech.   Hardware for neurotech took an initial big step into the market. However, the situation in the world over the past 18 months has seen a second shift, now to more mobile technology. With many training facilities and athlete’s often separated, mobile technology is growing faster than ever.

Sport is becoming much more data-driven and teams, coaches, and brands want to look deeper look into an athlete’s cognitive performance. There are many fantastic systems available to track an athlete’s physical performance and manage their physical training load, but there are very few options when it comes to cognitive load monitoring.  The brain is the most overlooked aspect of performance and without it we do not  function. The brain is responsible for everything. Without a fine-tuned brain performance does not exist. In order to track an a thlete’s cognitive performance ,  you need to be looking at more than one metric. In this article, we will cover 4  important metrics for cognitive performance.  Currently, in the sports industry, there is a huge amount of hype around reaction  time but reaction time alone is just not enough to track cognitive performance or  cognitive fatigue. Below we will dive into each metric you should be measuring in  order to get a fully comprehensive pi