Neurofeedback Helps Italian Soccer Players Stay on Top

Italy is a nation of soccer lovers — even its politicians have referred to it as “the soccer country in the world” — and members of Italy’s World Cup-winning team have used neurofeedback as a critical component of their training. Trainers from Melbourne-based practice The Mind Room used a multi-modal biofeedback system to monitor and assess the athletes’ physiological state, while guiding them through relaxation, meditation and visualization techniques to help them to achieve a state of quiet readiness. Using these techniques, athletes were better able to train themselves to get “in the zone” and stay performing at an optimal …