- Generally speaking, athletes start to see physical declines at age 26, give or take. (This would seem in line with the long-standing notion in baseball that players tend to hit their peak anywhere from ages 27 to 30.) For swimmers, the news is more sobering, as the mean peak age is 21. For chess grandmasters, participating in an activity that relies more than mental acuity and sharpness rather than brute, acquired physicality, the peak age is closer to 31.4.
- http://www.wired.com/2011/07/athletes-peak-age/
- Many sports teams around the world are beginning to turn to neurofeedback in order to become more successful on the playing field. In 2006, the Italian soccer team received neurofeedback training and when they won the World Cup, they attributed their win to that very training (Wilson et al., 2006). The Canadian free ski team also used neurofeedback to reach peak performance levels in the 2010 winter Olympics (Starkman, 2009), while the Vancouver Canucks turned to the same training in their race for the Stanley Cup in 2011 (Vancouver Canucks, 2011). In addition to the successful Italian soccer team and Canadian skiers and hockey players, the tennis champion, Mary Pierce, and Olympic gold medalist skier, Hermann Maier have spoken in support of neurofeedback training (Max, n.d.).
- For setting world records in a given athletic discipline, the mean age is 26.1,
- http://theneurofeedbackinstitute.com/peak-performance/
- Albright, C. (2010). How Neurofeedback Therapy Can Help Athletes Reach Peak
- Performance Levels. Retrieved on September 9, 2011 from: http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Neurofeedback-Therapy-Can-Help-Athletes-Reach-Peak-Performance-Levels&id=3589814
- Max, D.T. (n.d.). Wired for Victory. Can a bunch of electrodes and a computer screen help you swim faster, sink your putts, and swish your free throws? Retrieved on September 9, 2011 from: mensvogue.com
- Wilson, V., Peper, E., & Moss, D. (2006). “The Mind Room: in Italian Soccer Training: The Use of Biofeedback and Neurofeedback for Optimum Performance”: Biofeedback, 34 (3), 79-81.
- Winning with Sports Neurofeedback Training. 2008. Retrieved on September 9, 2011from: http://moonviewsanctuary.com/optimal-peak-performance/sports-neurofeedback-training.html
- Additional References with respect to athletic performance http://peakmind.dk/stress%20and%20performance%20research.html
