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Biofeedback Reaction-Time Training: Toward Olympic Gold

Biofeedback Reaction-Time Training: Toward Olympic Gold As part of a larger training program, applying a new biofeedback protocol for improving reaction time (RT) performance among elite speed skaters at the Canadian Speedskating National Training Center in Montreal, Canada, provided an advantage at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, allowing athletes to assert themselves and claim the best starting position during the event. Each athlete participated in a twice-weekly biofeedback RT training for 5 weeks, for a total of 600 RT practice trials, simulating speed-skating activities such as reacting to commands of “go to the start,” “ready,” and the sound of a signal from a gun to start. There was an overall improvement in RT performance from the beginning to the end of the 5-week period, with the largest improvement occurring between Weeks 4 and 5 of the training, F (1, 9) = 679.2, p = .001. The results suggest that biofeedback protocols will become an essential part of a winning strategy for future interventions in speed skater training. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biofeedback Allen Press

Biofeedback Reaction-Time Training: Toward Olympic Gold

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Allen Press
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Association for Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback
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SPECIAL ISSUE
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1081-5937
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2158-348X
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10.5298/1081-5937-39.1.03
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Abstract

As part of a larger training program, applying a new biofeedback protocol for improving reaction time (RT) performance among elite speed skaters at the Canadian Speedskating National Training Center in Montreal, Canada, provided an advantage at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, allowing athletes to assert themselves and claim the best starting position during the event. Each athlete participated in a twice-weekly biofeedback RT training for 5 weeks, for a total of 600 RT practice trials, simulating speed-skating activities such as reacting to commands of “go to the start,” “ready,” and the sound of a signal from a gun to start. There was an overall improvement in RT performance from the beginning to the end of the 5-week period, with the largest improvement occurring between Weeks 4 and 5 of the training, F (1, 9) = 679.2, p = .001. The results suggest that biofeedback protocols will become an essential part of a winning strategy for future interventions in speed skater training.

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Biofeedback – Allen Press

Published: Apr 1, 2011

Keywords: Keywords : biofeedback , reaction time (RT) training , optimal performance , sport

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