See what happens when a group a employees from a legal firm take part in a training program usually reserved for elite athletes

1. CHALLENGE, FUN &
ENJOYMENT – FEEDBACK FROM
NEUROTRACKER PROGRAM AT
UNDISCLOSED LAW FIRM
By Robert Gronbeck, BPsych(Hons)
Cairns Sports Performance Clinic

2. AREAS COVERED
 Who were our sample group
 Delivering the Neurotracker training program
 Results
 7 ratings scales
 4 descriptive categories
 Final thoughts & comments

3. WHO WERE OUR SAMPLE GROUP?
 Ten volunteers recruited by email inviting to take part in…
 “training program usually reserved for elite athletes being trialled in a corporate
setting.”
 Nine XYZ Law (Cairns) employees participated
 (one did not commence)
 Cross section of staff (HR, commercial, IT, operations, associates).
 Average age ~ 25

4. DELIVERING THE NEUROTRACKER
TRAINING PROGRAM
 20 minutes per day for each participant allocated
 1 – 2 Individual Neurotracker sessions per day (7 ½ min each)
 Varying due to training for each varying session, employees
availability, elaborated discussions
 Participants seated 2m from 76 inch 3D projection screen
 Eyes level with fixation point at centre of display
 With 3D glasses, visually follow 3-4 target balls for 8 seconds while
4 distractor balls seek to take your attention off the target balls.
 Correctly identify 4 targets, next trial faster. Incorrectly identify
targets, next trial is slower. 20 trials per session.

5. RESULTS
Averages
 Six training days attended
 (range 5 – 7)
 Completed ten Neurotracker sessions
 (range 7 – 13)
 1st session score: 0.88 (S.D = 0.2)
 Final session score: 1.47 (S.D. = 0.28)
 Visual tracking speed improvement: 66.36% 0
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Visual Tracking
Speed Thresholds

6. 7 RATINGS SCALES
(10 = HIGHEST, 1 = LOWEST
 1st Fun & engagement = 8/10
 2nd Learning & insights = 5.5/10
 2nd Self development & improvement = 5.5/10
 4th Would like to continue program = 5.25/10
 5th Subjective improvement in day to day attention = 4.4/10
 6th Relevance to work role = 4.2/10
 7th Improved confidence & self-esteem = 3.68/10

7. DESCRIPTIVE CATEGORIES
Use several key words to describe the program
 Challenging (4)
 Fun (4)
 Outside the square, unusual, different, innovative (4)
 Enjoyable, Engaging (3)
 Focus improvement
 Self-Competition
 Balls, Balls, Balls
 Thought provoking, insightful, progressive

8. DESCRIPTIVE CATEGORIES
Describe the facilitator’s style, manner and interpersonal skill
 Friendly (6)
 Approachable, easy to talk to, casual (4)
 Good fun, made it enjoyable, very entertaining (3)
 Encouraging, enthusiastic (3)
 Informative, knowledgeable (2)

9. DESCRIPTIVE CATEGORIES
What circumstances have you noticed improvements in your
attention, peripheral vision or hand/eye coordination?
 Increased visual field & attention, attention, putting more attention
on tasks, noticed more in surroundings (5)
 Peripheral vision (3)
 Driving, attention while driving (3)
 Playing the piano, helped a lot actually (1)
 Strengthening self-control (1)
 Length of time I can remain focused (1)
 Died less in games (computer) (1)
 Nil & slight improvement (2)

10. DESCRIPTIVE CATEGORIES
How did the program meet your expectations (or not) for what was
described?
 Met, as described (5)
 Knew little and exceeded (2)
 Surprised & excited with the result (1)
 No expectations (1)
 Didn’t know what to expect (1)

11. DESCRIPTIVE CATEGORIES
Open comments for feedback to XYZ Law and Rob Gronbeck for
program improvement & development
 “Such a forward thinking program, enjoyed being a part of it”
 “Would appreciate information on how to continue with the
program and skills learned”
 “More frequent sessions (x2/week) I think would cement the
neurological changes”
 “Keep it going. I found it really useful & presume others did as well.”