Key Cognitive Skills for Sports Performance

By Dr. Bernard Croisile, posted on August 15, 2009 at 11:52 pm

Did you manage to match the right sports with the right skills?

Here are the answers from the prior blog post:

Sports Skills
Hockey: - Depth perception
- Reaction speed
Racquetball: - Visual trajectory analysis
- Visuo-spatial exploration
- Anticipation
Rowing: - Team coordination
- Planning/strategic skills
Hiking: - Visuo-spatial awareness
- Depth perception
Sailing: - Environment analysis
- Team management
Snooker/Pool: - Visuo-spatial perception
- Planning/strategic skills
- Concentration
Basketball: - Strategic team work
- Court sense
- Anticipation
Archery: - Focused attention
- Resisting interferences
Horseshoes: - Eye-hand coordination
- Focus
Tai Chi: - Motion control
- Concentration

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