| The Hockey IntelliGym™ in the News |
| May '10 |
The Hockey IntelliGym, a product co-developed by USA Hockey and Applied Cognitive Engineering, has won the gold medal at the Brain Fitness Innovation Award.
The award, in its first year, recognizes organizations that are devising and implementing results-oriented and scalable initiatives that demonstrate their commitment to the brain fitness of their clients, members, patients, students or employees, and showcase innovative uses of non-invasive tools to improve cognitive and emotional functions and real-world outcomes.
The Hockey IntelliGym is a software-based program that allows players to develop perception, short-term memory focus and decision-making skills, as well as enables coaches to fine-tune programs and follow up on each player's progress. The program adjusts automatically and continually to each individual's strengths and weaknesses, and was created in a game-like atmosphere, keeping it engaging and fun for players of all ages.
The technology for the Hockey IntelliGym was initially created to train fighter pilots on the cognitive brain level. USA Hockey provided the appropriate knowledge to help adapt these similar cognitive skills to the game of hockey, and players at USA Hockey's National Team Development Program utilized the product during its development throughout the course of the 2009-10 season.
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| August '09 |
Some of the most experienced coaches and administrators in
hockey -- including 2010 U.S. Olympic head coaches Ron Wilson and Mark
Johnson -- will speak to the more than 550 coaches registered from around
the United States at USA Hockey National Hockey Coaches Symposium. The event
is set for Aug. 12-15, at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, MN. "The National Hockey
Coaches Symposium is a showcase event that offers aspiring coaches an
opportunity to learn from some of the very best in the game," said Mark
Tabrum, director of USA Hockey Coaching Education Program. "We have an
unbelievable lineup of speakers that will help educate and influence America's
coaches." As part of this event, USA Hockey's and ACE will present the
co-development of The Hockey IntelliGym program, including the research and
trials performed with the young national teams at the NTDP.
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| January '09 |
| "Wayne Gretzky was renowned for his uncanny ability to
see the game evolve well ahead of everyone else. This ability to anticipate and
make a play that nobody in the building expects is a result of having great
awareness. Most people call it hockey sense.
There has always been a debate about whether or not hockey sense can be
taught. Some coaches believe you can improve a player’s hockey sense by
repeatedly placing them in game situations. Others believe that you are just
born with. The current leaning science says that while everyone has his or her
personal limits, we can all improve our hockey sense. And in the near future,
making improvements in your on-ice play may be as easy as playing a video
game."
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| December '08 |
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Hockey, with partners ACE
(Applied Cognitive Engineering) and the BIRD (Binational Industrial Research and
Development) Foundation, have announced plans to develop a revolutionary product
that will, for the first time ever, provide players a training tool to develop
"hockey sense."
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“We’re really into unchartered territory with the
development of Hockey IntelliGym,” said Dave Ogrean, executive director of USA
Hockey. “With the expertise of ACE and the support of the BIRD Foundation, we’ll
be able to produce a product that will give our players an opportunity to
improve in areas that training has never before been available.”
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