The Concordia Stingers men’s hockey program will be the first Canadian university team to use IntelliGym, a cognitive-training system for athletes.
IntelliGym technology is a breakthrough concept that has improved the performance of thousands of athletes by more than 30 per cent. The goal is to improve crucial skills, previously perceived as untrainable. These include skills such as awareness, reading plays, anticipation, decision making under pressure, execution, long-term concentration and avoiding errors.
“We’ve agreed to be the test team in Canada for the high performance hockey level,” said Concordia Stingers head coach Kevin Figsby. “We start in August.”
The program runs on a computer and training sessions last up to 30 minutes. It is recommended that athletes complete two training sessions per week.
Training data is sent online to the IntelliGym servers, which then personalize the training program to each individual based on his strengths, weaknesses and progress.
Figsby will receive attendance and progress reports. On the ice results are seen after 10 to 15 training sessions on average.
Concordia is at the forefront of innovation at the elite hockey level. In addition to working with IntelliGym, the men’s program is involved in concussion research and hockey product development.
“We are continually working to move the game forward at the elite level,” Figsby said. “It’s an exciting time to be a part of Concordia hockey.”
