In Chicago, @SwitchedonT founder and former athlete Brett Johnson uses Google Gemini to bridge idea and execution—collaborating with developers, analyzing user feedback, and building smarter tools.
1️⃣ week away from our next virtual Tech Talk: Tech-Driven Sports Performance on 10.12! From 4:30 - 6:00 PM CST, join our panel discussion on how sport tech startups, athletes, & investors are using innovative technology to transform athletic performance.
https://t.co/HHYCno6DxD
1️⃣ week away from our next virtual Tech Talk:Tech-Driven Sports Performance on 10.12! From 4:30 - 6:00 PM CST, join our panel discussion on how sport tech startups, athletes, & investors are using innovative technology to transform athletic performance.
https://t.co/HHYCno6DxD
4 footballers with the highest “Scanning Frequency” over the past 2 decades 👀🧠🔥
4️⃣Frank Lampard (0.62 scans per second)
3️⃣Ilkay Gündoğan (0.66 scans per second)
2️⃣Cesc Fábregas (0.76 scans per second)
1️⃣Xavi (0.83 scans per second)
🚨PROXIMITY SENSOR FEATURE NOW LIVE IN THE SWITCHEDON APP!
Touch-less response time measurement for easier and more accurate reactive agility assessments.
Update the app to try it 👍
Most warm-ups don't induce enough stress & anxiety, which is needed to perform your best.
Adding cognitive challenges (even if completely irrelevant to the task you're warming up for) is an effective way to help with this (Hordcare et al., 2016).
Learn more👇
TRAIN YOUR BRAIN 🧠
Here are 2 drills focused on training attention, working memory, and decision making.
These are not only important in sports but also everyday life!
0:20 work, 0:30 rest, for 3 sets each.
Drill is called “Stroop + Quick Feet” in the SwitchedOn app
MYTH BUST MONDAY:
❌ MYTH: You must react to sports-specific information to improve sports performance.
✅ TRUTH: Reacting to abstract cues (colors, numbers, etc.) can improve sports performance 17% better than reacting to nothing.
📑Read the study- https://t.co/B8Ho1QT3jz
🗣️“The difference between players at the first level and players at the second, third, and fourth level is not the technique. It’s not the physical. It’s the decisions. And you can’t make the decisions unless you look.” - Albert Puig
Agility is defined as "A rapid full-body movement with change of direction or velocity in response to a stimulus" (Sheppard et al. 2006).
You're not training agility if you're not responding to a stimulus.
🧠Cognitive challenges during warm-ups add a healthy amount of stress which research shows can increase motor readiness and performance (Hordcare et al., 2016).
🎾Great example of this by Iga Swiatek