Visual Tracking Speed Is Related To Basketball-specific Measures Of Performance In NBA Players

Prior Perceptual-Cognitive Training Builds Mental Resistance During Acute Physical Fatigue In Professional Rugby Athletes

“…It has been shown that perceptual-cognitive training for the NeuroTracker task transfers into benefits for previously untrained tasks of social relevance such as biological motion perception (5) critical for high level sports performance (1,10). It was also demonstrated that measures on this task are predictive of sports decision making metrics in professional athletes (6) and that training on this task generates transfer in the field for sports related decisions during play (7). It is important to note that we have only isolated the physical fatigue component in the present study, as minimal mental resources are required for professional athletes to maintain heart rate at this fixed level.…”

“…This argues that the mental capacity for processing and learning this task is highly relevant to sport performance level. Furthermore, a recent study from a different laboratory using the same 3D-MOT methodology (NeuroTracker TM ) has shown that a preseason measure of the performance on this task was highly predictive of basketball decision-making performance metrics measured throughout the season for a professional NBA team (6). Another recent study has demonstrated that when soccer athletes from a university varsity team were trained on 3D-MOT they showed a 15% increase in passing decision success in short-sided games (evaluated blind) while active and passive control condition groups showed no improvement (7).…”

Physiological differences between advanced CrossFit athletes, recreational CrossFit participants, and physically-active adults

“…In more traditional sports (e.g., football, baseball, basketball, etc. ), identifying the key physiological and athletic characteristics that distinguish performance is common [15][16][17][18]. The practice enables strength and conditioning professionals to develop sport-specific training programs that are more effective in translating adaptations to in-game performance.…”

Performance following a first professional concussion among National Basketball Association players

“…SRCs are well known to adversely affect various neurocognitive functions including attention, reaction time, and processing speed, as well as the domain of postural stability (balance) [13][14][15][16][17][18]. Considering elite level basketball performance is reliant on these neurobehavioral domains [19,20], a transient neurologic injury has the potential to affect performance.…”