Device and method for disengaging conscious brain influence during certain complex athletic movements
a conscious brain and athletic movement technology, applied in the neurophysiology of complex motor movements, can solve the problems of over-frustration in mastery, ineffective swing, repeatability,
Inactive Publication Date: 2012-12-20
ALLEN GEORGE
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"The present invention provides a system and method for improving complex athletic movements, such as golf swings, by disengaging the conscious brain from interfering with the movement. The system detects movements of the body part being trained and triggers a timer to provide feedback to the user in real-time. This feedback helps the user focus on the desired movement and disengage from other aspects of the movement. Overall, the system helps the user learn and master the movement more efficiently."
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In this example, the activity selected is the sport of golf, which involves a sequence of seemingly simple movements that are in practice quite complex and can be (as virtually any golfer will attest) exceedingly frustrating to master.
The swing is repeatable but may not be very effective for hitting the ball straight, or as far or as high as desired, etc.
What the rational, conscious brain would like to do is get the pre-motor and motor cortexes involved again to change the swing and get the desired results, but it cannot because it does not know exactly what it wants changed, and neither do the pre-motor and motor cortexes.
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[0013]Throughout the specification and claims, the following terms take at least the meanings explicitly associated herein, unless the context dictates otherwise. The meanings identified below do not necessarily limit the terms, but merely provide illustrative examples for the terms. The meaning of “a,”“an,” and “the” may include plural references, and the meaning of “in” may include “in” and “on.” The phrase “in one embodiment,” as used herein does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment, although it may.
[0014]The present disclosure relates in various aspects to the principles of training the cerebellum to perform complex motor skills automatically and without conscious interference by the cerebral cortex, exemplary support for which may be found in various passages from “The Brain: A Neuroscience Primer” by Richard F. Thompson and “Medical Neuroscience” by Thomas C. Pritchard and Kevin Douglas Alloway, herein incorporated by reference in their entirety.
[0015]Briefly stated, e...
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A system and method are provided for substantially real time disengaging of undesirable conscious brain influence during a complex athletic movement such as for example a golf swing. A plurality of sensing modules detect movements of an associated body part of a user. A controller is linked to each of the sensing modules and configured to identify a predetermined movement combination with respect to each of the plurality of sensing modules, such as in the golfing example a downswing. Upon identifying the predetermined movement combination, a timer is triggered for tolling of a predetermined time period, and upon lapsing of the time period, a sensory output signal is generated to the user in substantially real time. Through repetition, the conscious brain becomes trained to focus on the desired time period for completion of the complex movement and is disengaged from further interference with other aspects of the movement.
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[0001]A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material that is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the reproduction of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever.CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0002]This application claims benefit of the following patent application(s) which is / are hereby incorporated by reference: NoneBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]The present invention relates generally to the neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of complex motor movements. More particularly, the present invention relates to a device that disengages the rational, conscious brain from interfering with the ability of the user to perform certain aspects of an athletic endeavor such as a golf swing.BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0004]As an illustrative example within the scope of the present invention, t...
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IPC IPC(8): A63B69/36
CPCG09B19/0038
Inventor ALLEN, GEORGE
Owner ALLEN GEORGE