Personalized Training App Essay

Elevate works by first picking the skills you would like to improve, then from that data Elevate creates a personalized training program. They suggest you to train at least 3 times a week to improve results. You receive a new set of mental games each day to build the skills you need most. Elevate also has a detailed performance tracking that scores and ranks you on how well you do. Skills like focus, memory, processing, math, precision, and comprehension etc., are tested and claim to be improve with the use of the app. The second app, Lumosity works by having to tell the app your goals. The app focuses on memory, attention, flexibility, speed, problem solving. Then the app puts you through a series of choices of what aspects you want to improve …show more content…
Brain training apps might be used to enhance sport performance by improving certain aspects of the brain. One aspect, claimed by brain training apps to be improved is memory. Memory is used to enhance sport performance by remembering certain patterns and locations. For example a hockey player must remember where his or hers teammates are. Professional hockey players are excellent at remembering locations of players, as they almost always know where their teammates are on the ice or should be. This enhanced memory will give a player a competitive edge on a player who lacks this level of memory. Another aspect is attention and focus. Athlete’s attention and focus is crucial in sport performance. An athlete with good attention and focus will be able to block out any distractions of fans or from other players who are trying to distract you from your task. If a player is focused on their task at hand then they will perform at their highest ability. I was unable to find if any apps are endorsed by athletes or sport governing bodies, but I was able to find another brain training app out there called “Headtrainer”. This app is endorsed by a few famous professional athletes by the names of Jose Bautista, Richard Sherman, Caroline