Episode 5

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9th Jun 2024

Beast Thinking: How Top Athletes Use Cognitive Training to Dominate the Field

Tuck Taylor is the CEO and head mental performance coach for Neuro Beast, a training facility and program. His work attracts NBA, MLB, and NFL athletes and is designed to improve sport specific cognitive functions like attention, reaction time, memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility as well as combat the negative effects of mental fatigue and improve skill acquisition.

Neuro Beast brought together a research team of performance specialists, sports psychologists, optometrists, neuroscientists, and more to develop their elite programming that allows all the time athletes spend in the gym and practicing to show up on game day.


They utilize a variety of cognitive equipment like Fitlight, Blaze Pods, SwitchedOn , Vector Ball, Senaptec, Virtual Reality, Muse2, Mind Monitor, Heco Stix, and more which are shown in this episode.


He has a background playing college basketball, coaching basketball, and moved into strength and conditioning before integrating mental performance into his coaching programs.


Tuck is a public speaker, co-authored a book called Beast Thinking, and runs his own Neuro Beast Podcast.


To learn more about Tuck Taylor and his work, check out:


https://www.instagram.com/neuro.beast?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==


https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/neuro-beast-podcast/id1578729113


https://www.overtimeathletes.co/cognitiveperformancesystem3i5da9yiv1


https://linktr.ee/neurobeasthq

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