Sports Mind Skills is continually searching for quality mental training resources so we were very pleased when we found Basketball IntelliGym.
Decision making skills in fast-moving team sports like Basketball are particularly hard to train. There is just so much involved in making the right choices in a high-intensity game.
Skilled performers are able to encode and retrace sport-specific information more successfully than their less skills counterparts. This ability enables them to recognise and recall patterns of play more effectively, thus enhancing anticipation.
Experts are also able to detect and locate objects of relevance within the visual field more quickly than novice performers. This ability allows them to quickly locate important objects such as the ball from background distractions, thus reducing response time.
The Basketball IntelliGym is a training tool that enables basketball players to fast-track the improvement of their game-intelligence skills. The trainer directly stimulates the brain functions that are responsible for basketball's cognitive skills. By doing so, the IntelliGym trainer enables quick development of proficiencies that were once considered impossible to teach.
The IntelliGym has been developed by American company Applied Cognitive Engineering, based on technology first developed for air-force fighter pilots. It comes in two versions:
The Personal Edition ($US99.95) is designed for 4 to 6 months of brain training. The program starts with a baseline assessment in order to adjust the program to your strengths and weaknesses. 
The training program contains 19 training sessions of brain training in game-related skills such as decision-making, court vision, anticipation, shot selection, team play, and execution. For best results, the players are advised to start practicing 1-3 training sessions a week of approximately 30 minutes per session. After the first 10 sessions, the time between sessions grows to 1-2 weeks. The level of the training gradually increases. In most cases, by the time the player has completed his or her 8-10 training sessions, the results are clearly seen on the court.
The Gold Edition ($US189.95) is intended for committed players who are involved with year-round competition, and in addition to the full Personal Edition content, includes training under extreme time constraints emphasizing shot-clock time management. 
Another key element included in the GOLD edition is the IntelliGym Maintenance Training Phase. This part of the training program will help you cope with the influence of routine and fatigue and will allow you to remain alert and sharp throughout the season. The Maintenance Sessions are designed to be practiced once every 2-3 weeks following the completion of the Initial Training Phase.
The Basketball IntelliGym on ESPN
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