VR Training In Sports

• US Alpine Skier Mikaela Shiffrin underwent STRIVR’s VR training program

• The outcome? She bagged the gold medal 

•  Looks like VR training in sports works. 

Why does it work?

• VR helps in building Muscle Memory

• When on the field, we don’t have a lot of time to think, plan and act in a situation.

•  Just like driving a car, our responses should be in a flash. 

•  For it to happen, the way is to build strong muscle memory (motor memory).

• Every coach on the planet stresses this to the players To build muscle memory, the way is repetitions With VR, you can practice over and over again anytime, anywhere as if you are on field, court, ice, or course.

VR helps in Mental Imagery

• Sports psychologists use mental imagery to prepare athletes on the psychological level. 

•  For this, players repeatedly visualize the way they want to perform with all emotions and sensations as in a real game.  

•  Not all players have excellent visualization skills. 

•  For those who struggle with it, VR helps a lot.

VR brings in Personalization

• Specific scenarios can be personalized to a player’s skill set to improve where needed.

•  Let’s say for a cricketer who cannot play short-pitched balls, He can practice with opposition bowlers bowling short-pitched balls in VR.

•  Also, we can set the pitch conditions as needed.

•  As the players' practice, we can capture tremendous data. 

•  The data gives important insights to improve our game further. 

•  VR as a technology and its applications are still emerging.

• So there is a huge scope for careers in VR.