In the world of motorsport, nothing may be more important than lap time.
Obviously, in car racing or any kind of race for that matter, the driver with the best and most consistent lap times often wins. After all, qualifying at the front of the field can be all the difference to your race result.
Here at Focus Driver Performance, we believe that cognitive development can help drivers improve their lap times. While we do help drivers keep their bodies in peak form through physical development, we also train their minds to best control their bodies.
By improving coordination, confidence, and concentration on the race track, we help drivers achieve their best lap times, which they can then build winning habits upon, allowing them to handle even the most intense of pressures.
Motorsport victories are often characterised by split-second margins. Losing focus could thus spell the difference between qualifying on the front row of the grid or at the very back of the field. A decision you make a tenth of a second too late while on the track could mean just getting first or second place.
Cognitive development can give drivers that extra edge to achieve lap times that will best the rest of the competition. What areas can cognitive development help with specifically? Find out below.
Going wheel to wheel In a race involves lightning-quick visual processing and tracking skills. Drivers have to impeccably keep an eye out throughout the lap on other cars positioning and intentions whilst also focusing fully on driving their own car at maximum pace. They cannot afford not to. In a sport where everything moves at impossible speeds, drivers’ eyes and brains have to be faster.
The “zone”is a state of mind that the best drivers go into to harness the highest level of attention and focus they need to outsmart their competition. Getting into the zone is one thing, staying there is another. With cognitive training, we can help drivers develop good habits so they can maintain laser focus and attention, allowing them to withstand any distraction.
Cognitive development teaches drivers to become the best problem-solvers they can be.How? Training sharpens their logic and reasoning skills to aid in planning or strategising for a race.
We train drivers to perfectly stay in sync with their surroundings while racing, including processing auditory information, such as communication with their coach/pit wall throughout a race. As this can typically be a distraction for drivers.
Our cognitive development programs help drivers process all kinds of data while racing. We train them to remember everything and make the right decisions without losing precious tenths of a second.
Do you want to know more about the cognitive development programmes we offer at Focus Driver Performance? Contact us today, we would love to tell you all about it.