10.13.2004
Sports, Reaction Time, and Memory
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credit: kurt rogers/sfchronicle
Can improving your focus help you in other ways besides staving off memory loss? Probably, scientists are at work on new techniques for performance enhancement. Some of these I have alluded to in recent posts. (read below)
For a dramatic, albeit anecdotal example, take a look at the resurgent Cal Bears football team. The team's coach, Jeff Tedford, uses a unique reverse-checkers speed game to teach quarterbacks how to read defenses and react quickly. You can read about it in the San Francisco Chronicle, a Hearst newspaper.
What have the results been - a number 8 national ranking, plus, a near-upset of the USC Trojans, ranked #1. More pointedly, Tedford's latest prodigy, Aaron Rodgers, completed 23 straight passes into the teeth of the defense. Look out Cardinal, um, Indians.
But, maybe not so anecodotal. Using our software a well-known major league baseball player in the southland pulled off one of his best seasons, likewise, a Wimbledon tennis pro. We'll keep you posted.
