Amanda walks through the softball pitching evaluation in a sequential order to understand more in depth about the processes that we are evaluating. She provides beautiful feedback and new insight on how each of these cognitive processes impact performance on the diamond at all levels. We also dive into the power of breaking down a pitcher’s unique pattern of cognitive advantages and disadvantages which gives you the ability to understand the ‘why’ behind a pitcher’s struggles and a pitcher’s exc...
May 12, 2023•44 min
Dr. Ted Bashore dives into two critical components of athletes split-second decision making: accuracy and speed. All of human performance can be impacted by tradeoffs between performing fast and performing accurately. There are often conflicts between speed and accuracy such that trying to perform a task really fast can often lead to risk of making more mistakes. Similarly, trying to be too cautious and a focus on being accurate can slow your performance speed. He explains how knowing this infor...
Apr 24, 2023•37 min
Dr. Ted Bashore addresses the difference between simple and choice reaction time and how they manifest in sports. He also addresses why simple reaction time does not predict in-game decision making or separate elite athletes from average athletes. Be ready for a history lesson on reaction time in sports with Dr. Ted Bashore!
Feb 18, 2023•52 min
Dr. Geoffrey Woodman details what Perception Speed or "Visual Processing Speed" is and how it reveals itself in everyday performance, and in high speed dynamic environments. We also discuss the way in which "Perception Speed" shows up in different sports such as football, basketball, soccer, hockey, and tennis. Dr. Woodman then dives into the scientific literature and what it says about improving "Perception Speed" in the context of your sport.
Jan 27, 2023•44 min
Coach Bobby Buchanan of High and Inside Softball joins the S2 Cognition Podcast today. He's also the Director of Scouting for Prospect Wire Softball, and Director of Performance for Bombers Fastpitch Softball. We dive into his experience with using the S2 Cognition Evaluation, how softball players can pinpoint their development work when it comes to decision-making in the batters box and on the mound, and how knowing your S2 score will change the softball recruiting world.
Jan 13, 2023•43 min
Coach Dub Maddox of @UnionFootball joins the S2 Podcast and we discuss the most important cognitive processes that a high school QB has to use on the football field, how that aligns with our findings of Colligate and NFL QB’s and their decision-making skills, how he's specifically worked on training “on-the-field” decision-making in quarterbacks, and how everyday coaches can implement these developmental strategies in their practices. For more info on R4 Training, visit this website: https://www...
Dec 30, 2022•35 min
Dr. Geoffrey Woodman defines what "Search Efficiency" is and how it reveals itself in everyday performance, and in high speed dynamic environments. We also discuss the way in which "Search Efficiency" shows up in different sports such as football, basketball, soccer, hockey, and lacrosse. Dr. Woodman then dives into the scientific literature and what it says about improving "Search Efficiency" in the context of your sport....
Dec 16, 2022•57 min
Dr. Chris Johnson dives into the value of understanding cognition in baseball, the value of player selection based on their swing decisions, why the World Series was a great reminder about the importance of making good split-second decisions, and how you can train to be a better decision-maker in the batters box.
Dec 02, 2022•48 min
Dr. Jami Lobpries of the Alliance Softball Organization and Coach Scott Smith of the Bombers Fastpitch Organization describe the real impact of knowing “why” their hitters excel or struggle with certain decisions skills in the batter's box, how they are training better rapid decisions on the field, and how cognitive science will ultimately transform development and recruiting of softball players.
Nov 18, 2022•48 min
Dr. Jami Lobpries of the Alliance Softball Organization and Coach Scott Smith of the Bombers Fastpitch Organization discuss the importance of measuring and understanding each athlete’s unique split-second cognitive skills. We discuss their excitement about the S2 Evaluation, used by top Division 1 college softball programs, as a tool for helping players and coaches better understand how athletes are uniquely wired for quick decisions and reactions, the impact on coaching efficiency, and how cogn...
Nov 09, 2022•33 min
Washington Nationals Hitting Coordinator, Joe Dillon, recalls winning a world series in 2019 and incorporating cognitive drills with their major league hitters, working with Bryce Harper when he won the MVP in 2021, how he continues to challenge professional hitters, the difference between "rhythm" and "timing" when it comes to hitting, and the importance of understanding your hitter's cognition to efficiently train elite decision-makers in the batters box.
Oct 31, 2022•57 min
Tommy details training the likes of Clinton Portis, Santana Moss, Ed Reed, Edgerrin James, and other Miami stars, what it was like receiving his first call from Nick Saban at LSU, the commonalities between all three LSU national title teams, and how stacked their 2019 National Championship team was from a cognitive perspective. Miss the first episode with Tommy? Here it is!...
Oct 28, 2022•52 min
Tommy dives into the humble beginnings of S2 Cognition, his reaction to the LSU Football staff understanding the information that S2's evaluation provides, how measuring processing ability is now quantifiable, and the consistent attribute to National Championship teams, and what is in his fridge that might surprise us.
Oct 21, 2022•44 min
Will reveals the importance of training the cognitive aspect of a quarterback's game, how he trains decision-making with the college quarterbacks he works with, how he has changed his training process of developing younger quarterbacks, and if Netflix produced a movie about his life, what actor would they hire to play him. Link to: @6pointsjax , @denny_thompson and @QBCollective...
Oct 07, 2022•43 min
Jack dives into the inspiration behind creating the world famous Marucci bat, why character is such a fundamental piece of an athlete's success at the next level, his transition from Head Athletic Trainer to Director of Performance Innovation at LSU, the most important LSU football study he's ever done, what clicked with the coaching staff in 2019 when looking at LSU player's cognition, working with the likes of Dan Quinn and Warrick Dunn, and one thing those closest to him don't even know....
Sep 23, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Terry reveals growing up in Louisiana but now being the General Manager of the rivaled Atlanta Falcons, why projecting a player's success is multifactorial, how he balances "subjective" and "objective" data when it comes to evaluating players, what set Drew Brees apart from other QBs that were more physically gifted, the importance of high-level cognition in successful NFL quarterbacks, and the most impressive NFL player he's ever seen in person.
Sep 09, 2022•44 min
Kirk dives into the hardest hit he's ever taken, how taking the S2 evaluation affirmed and offered new insights into how he processes split-second information at the highest level of play, what impulse control, distraction control, and improvisation look like at NFL speed, and the best one-liner a defensive player gave him after a sack. Check out these two articles that reveal why cognition is a separator for Quarterbacks in the NFL....
Aug 26, 2022•44 min
Scott Wylie reveals how MLB teams found S2 Cognition, what the most significant findings are in the MLB, and how our product fits in Youth Baseball. Paul Phillips adds how he used S2 Cognition with the Miami Marlins, how hitting/pitching coaches are using S2 Cognition's report to develop more efficient drills for players, and how the S2 evaluation can help youth players enhance their recruiting. Check out our article that details why cognition is so important in the game of baseball....
Aug 12, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Brandon Ally details LSU Football being S2 Cognition's first client, giving presentations to the entire LSU Football staff, his overlapping time at Tennessee with Peyton Manning and Todd Helton, which NFL teams used S2 starting in the 2017 NFL Draft, and the differences between vision and visual processing.
Jul 28, 2022•44 min
