Twisting three and a half times as if on an axis while somersaulting twice and finishing with a final 90 degree crank of his body for a solid landing…Most observers found their mouths hung open in awe at the end of Shaun White’s second run at the Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Equally precise in their actions are the other 24 medalists on the USA’s Olympic Team. These medalists have wowed us with their speed, strength and focus on the slopes, ice, and half pipe using skis, skates and snowboards. It brings many of us to wonder how these Olympic heroes are able to accomplish such feats. One piece of that puzzle is training: training of their minds and bodies.
While practicing their trade over and over again their brains begin perfecting millisecond timing. Millisecond timing is the most precise timing the brain has and its accurate functioning is integral to Shaun White and the other medalists’ safety and success. While Shaun twists his body in the air above the half pipe, there is no time for him to consciously think “Okay, now it is time to tuck my knees in for the flip and put my right arm on the snowboard, and…” He would come crashing down faster than he went up! His body and brain need to repeat the actions until they can work together at an unconscious level. This is easily done by improving the brain’s millisecond timing.
Athletes around the world seek out ways to improve their millisecond timing and thus make their actions more precise and advance their careers. VJ Singe decided to improve his millisecond timing using the Interactive Metronome technology. By executing one of 13 actions as close to the tone as possible and adjusting his performance per the immediate feedback given by the machine, this athlete was able to successfully improve his millisecond timing on the golf course.
VJ Singe is not the only one. The Miami Heat trained before they won the championship. The entire football team at St. Thomas Aquinas in Ft. Lauderdale, FL began training with the Interactive Metronome and found that their focus improved by 45% and the overall team execution went up 56%.
Non-athletes are also taking advantage of metronome beat technology to improve attention, focus, learning, reading, math, brain processing speed, decision-making speed, coordination, and communication. They might not be twisting and twirling meters above us in the air, but millisecond timing is key to more routine behaviors as well. Almost every complex action we do is related to the millisecond timing in the brain.
Improved millisecond timing has also helped people with issues like: ADD/ADHD, learning problems, injury recovery of activities like walking and talking, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Parkinson’s disease. Sherrie Hardy of the Hardy Learning Center has helped people all around the country with a variety of goals perfect their millisecond timing through her metronome beat training program called Rising Star.
Whether the goal is increased attention, faster learning, improved reading, better math scores, or higher grades, improved millisecond timing is fundamental to the process.
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