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TRAZER Programming Opportunities
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TRAZER® PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES
The TRAZER Simulator TRAZER has served broad populations by providing interactive, 3-Dimensional, measurement based programming for health, fitness and athlete development for children, to pros, to seniors, as well as rehabilitative services delivered by clinicians.
©TRAZER TECHNOLOGIES INC ▪ TRAQ LTD ▪ WWW.TRAZER.COM ▪ WWW.TRAQ3D.COM
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Here’s a partial list of exciting, profitable programs enabled by TRAZER
Athlete Development - Testing and Training
Sports Injury Prevention
Vision Training
Healthcare
Performance Fitness
Training the Tactical Athlete
Resistive Training
Core Training
High Intensity Interval Training
Senior Health, Performance, Fitness and Safety
Learning Preparation and Brain Fitness
A New Fitness Report Card
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TRAZER is the product of over a decade of research and development in the use of computer simulation for the enhancement of health and physical and cognitive performance, which has resulted in eleven U.S. patents. TRAZER also serves as the core technology for our TRAQ 3D® health, fitness and performance centers.
U.S. Patents 5,524,637 | 6,073,489 | 6,098458 | 6,308565 | 6,430,997 | 6,749,432 | 6,765,726 | 6,876,496 | 7,038,855 | 7,359,121 | 7,791.808
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Sports physicians, therapists, trainers and
coaches agree that it is the athlete with supe-
rior abilities to react, start, stop and cut who ex-
cels in competition and is less likely to be in-
jured. All of which depend on the quality and
consistency of the player’s stance during game
play.
So how do you measure these core building
blocks of sports performance? You don’t if
you rely on conventional drills and a stopwatch.
Cone drills prescribe a movement path
known to the athlete in advance. While helpful
for the initial training stages, pre-planned train-
ing activities do not test or train the athlete’s
ability to sense, process, and adeptly execute
while maintaining proper body mechanics.
A stop watch measures total elapsed time; it
is incapable of measuring these core compo-
nents of performance:
Reaction Time - the athlete’s initial re-
sponse to the ball or opponent
Start – the athlete’s ability to accelerate/1st
step quickness
Stop - the athlete’s ability to brake/
decelerate
Cut – the athlete’s ability to rapidly change
direction
Stance – determine the stance that opti-
mizes the athlete’s agility, balance, stamina
and that reduces the risk of injury
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve
it!” If, for example, you can’t objectively deter-
mine the depth of stance that results in optimal
speed, agility and balance for your athlete, how
can you teach and refine this essential compo-
nent of performance?
It takes more than time to build the superior ath-
lete; you need immediate, hard data which only
TRAZER can supply.
For training athletes for reaction-based
sports, TRAZER’s difference can be
summarized by three words:
Movement TRAZER elicits both planned and
unplanned responses because game play
creates different neuromuscular or muscu-
loskeletal demands than pre-planned drills
do. Research has shown that ―training the
brain to respond to unexpected stimuli… is
more beneficial than performing rote training
exercises…‖ 1
Measurements TRAZER measures the previ-
ously immeasurable in up eight movement
directions. You’ll have the power to detect
movement asymmetries and weaknesses to
guide your performance enhancement and
injury prevention programs.
Motivation – TRAZER, with its interactivity
and game-type challenges, makes rigorous
training fun and competitive, driving players
to make maximum efforts.
1 Mclean et al, ―Fatigue-Induced ACL Injury Risk
Stems from a Degradation in Central Control,‖
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2009;
41 (8)
Athlete Development - Testing and Training
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Sports Injury Prevention
TRAZER sports simulation can be the
missing link in your injury prevention pro-
grams. It challenges both mind and body by re-
creating the complex physical and mental de-
mands of competition to build a safer, more
efficient and prepared competitor.
Research from University of Michigan titled
―Knee Injuries May Start With Strain On The
Brain, Not The Muscles‖ concluded that training
the senses and brain may be key in preventing
knee injuries:
―The research suggests that training the brain to
respond to unexpected stimuli, thus sharpening
their anticipatory skills when faced with unex-
pected scenarios, may be more beneficial than
performing rote training exercises...which is
much less random than a true competitive
scenario.‖
―...virtual reality technology can immerse ath-
letes in very complex athletic scenarios, thus
teaching rapid decision making.‖2
Yet, sports injury prevention programs rely pri-
marily on pre-planned training protocols.
The unpredictable nature of competition
exposes the athlete to sports injuries. To be
safe, the athlete must draw from a repertoire of
sensory-motor skills which includes the ability to
anticipate competitor responses, to generate
and control powerful, rapid, coordinated move-
ments, and reaction times that exceed those of
the opponent.
The penalty for a slow response or improper execution is sometimes severe and season-ending. In fact, serious, season-ending knee in-juries are epidemic in sport.
Athletes may be left vulnerable to the
intrinsic challenges of dealing with the
unpredictable nature of competition if their
training is unrealistic or devoid of the means to
measure key components of performance.
"If you expose [a person] to more scenarios, and
train the brain to respond more rapidly, you can
decrease the likelihood of a dangerous re-
sponse."3
TRAZER's realistic cues prompt a sport-relevant
movement response from the athlete, while high
-speed positional tracking enables real-time
measurement of reaction time, 1st quickness
(accelerations), speed (velocity), braking
(deceleration), cutting ability, dynamic posture
(stance) and the jumping/landing.
The same article reports, ―…expanding the an-
ticipated training to include shorter stimulus-
response times could improve reaction time in
random sports settings.‖4
TRAZER offers training designed to improve
attentional skills, focus, reaction time, proc-
essing and execution.
While practicing movement strategies for im-
proved reaction time and performance, athletes
can also practice safer and more effective bio-
mechanical postures and neuromuscular reactiv-
ity (firing patterns). With simulated play, athletes
learn to successfully prepare for situational un-
certainties that can predispose them to injury.
TRAZER works to “wire” the body so that the
athlete’s senses, mind and body work to-
gether at maximum efficiency and safety.
Plus, many prevention program simply are not
fun, often resulting in low rates of compliance.
TRAZER training is competitive and game-like to
ensure commitment.
2 ―Knee Injuries May Start with Strain on the Brain, Not the Muscles,‖ Science Daily, http://
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090724102915.htm
3 ―Knee Injuries May Start with Strain on the Brain, Not the Muscles,‖ Science Daily, http://
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090724102915.htm
4 ―Knee Injuries May Start with Strain on the Brain, Not the Muscles,‖ Science Daily, http://
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090724102915.htm
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3D simulations that teach and train realistic an-
gles of pursuit while measuring in real time key
performance factors such as reaction time, ac-
celeration and dynamic posture.
With its interactive stimuli that challenges the
client’s depth perception and spatial interpreta-
tion, TRAZER engages both mind and body to-
gether in active problem-solving.
TRAZER reinforces proficient mind-body inte-
gration by requiring controlled physical move-
ment to ―resolve‖ cognitively demanding chal-
lenges, and, vice versa, requiring quick
cognition to exe
cute physical
movement.
With TRAZER,
sports vision is
not tested and t
rained in isolate
ion, but rather as
the initial stage of
a continuum of
capabilities rang
ing from the ability
to recognize and
interpret sport-
relevant visual
information, to the
ability to adeptly
execute in a
correct manner.
TRAZER makes possible
vision training programs previously unimagined.
The benefits are numerous:
Superior eye-tracking due to state-of-the art
3D effects and large physical movement
area
Training of realistic angle of pursuit /
Interception
A ―digital‖ training experience that is
uniquely responsive to the client’s field
position
It is reported that eighty percent of the infor-
mation we glean from the environment is vis-
ual. Visual tracking is necessary for tasks rang-
ing from reading, to driving a car, to engaging in
a sport.
For most sports, vision is the predominate
means of acquiring meaningful information.
Though there is no scientific consensus regard-
ing the efficacy of sports vision training, there
appears to be credible research that such train-
ing can actually enhance the ability of the brain
to process visual information and subsequently
mobilize the body into action to exploit such in-
formation.
Even participants in
less dynamic sports
such as golf are pur-
ported to benefit from
improved depth per-
ception, visual memory,
color perception and
excellent eye-brain-
body coordination. The
goals for vision training
include improved:
Depth perception
Visual reaction
time
Eye-hand coordination
Dynamic visual acuity
Mind speed/Anticipation skills
Peripheral awareness
The weakness of vision training methods
such as light boards; where players react to
―arrows and dots flashing across the screen‖, is
the absence of a sport-specific movement re-
sponses. Accordingly, often scores of elite ath-
letes are not differentiated from non athletes.
TRAZER employs simulation to test and train
the client’s entire perceptual-cognition-
kinesthetic linkage. Your client develops im-
proved visual and decision-making skills by
Vision Training
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TRAZER can enhance patient care
and expand business opportunities
for healthcare providers. Measurement and enhancement of movement
forms the core of virtually every rehabilitation or
training program. TRAZER’s measurement and control of
movement performance and physiological
response can be the foundation of
rehabilitation programs with improved patient
compliance and significantly enhanced real-time
data. Progressive movement challenges designed
to motivate and improve performance can be
as gentle as raising a hand or as demanding
as a series of reaction-timed vertical jumps. TRAZER improves safety and provides
the feedback that will enhance motivation
and compliance. Program can provide indi-
vidualized motivational targets while auto-
matically limiting the demands of each activ-
ity to match the current fitness level of
any user. Clinicians can enhance competitiveness,
expand their referral base, and increase
their profitability by adding new services
that are valuable for existing caseloads, but
that will also increase the referral base among
other medical providers. Senior health & fall prevention program
Pediatric obesity program
Cardiac rehabilitation
Stroke rehabilitation
Sports injury and orthopedic rehabilitation
Weight & chronic disease management
TRAZER provides the specialized, age
appropriate equipment and programming to truly
engage and progress the patient in the rehab
process. TRAZER can maximize the patient’s
functional recovery and return to independ-
ence with greater safety and self-confidence,
and a reduced chance of re-injury.
TRAZER enables the addition of private-pay,
cash-based programs and activities that will
actually leverage existing base of patients, their
families and friends, referring professionals and
the rest of the community network that a
clinician works so hard to build.
Kids sports fitness
Back-to-Sports for seniors
Sports performance enhancement & injury
prevention for the weekend athlete
Weight management
Extended rehab programs
TRAZER in a facility’s service area could be
a powerful marketing tool. Documentation of
improved outcomes should increase profes-
sional referrals, and exciting and engaging
treatment protocols will generate word-of-
mouth recommendations and improve
compliance.
Healthcare
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TRAZER enables a series of exciting and
effective performance training programs
precisely targeting your clients’ interests and
needs. For example:
Training the Tactical Athlete
TRAZER Resistive Training
Core Training
Senior Health and Fitness
High Intensity Interval Training
Increasing your clients’ performance
capabilities can be the most rewarding and
enjoyable way to improve their fitness, en-
hance their health and for them to achieve and
maintain optimal body weight. Improved
performance instills confidence and the
enthusiasm for your client to pursue a more
active and satisfying lifestyle. The goal is to build
a lean, agile physique and whole-body
performance.
Unlike conventional exercise machines and
programs that focus on isolated muscle
groups, TRAZER’s interactive, 3D movement
delivers a form of exercise designed to build the
agility, stamina and the physique of a
conditioned athlete. Whether your client’s goal is
to become a high-performance athlete, to move
more gracefully on the dance floor, or to improve
the competitiveness of their tennis or golf game,
interactive, multi-vector, functional, anaerobic
exercise engages mind and body as it burns
more calories without the drudgery of many
conventional programs.
Your client will immediately recognize the vast
difference between simulation from
―exergaming‖ toys like Wii Fit
that essentially offer interactive
calisthenics in a very small
movement space with
unrealistic movement patterns
and limited feedback of
performance. Rather than
simply waving hands or arms
around to control the game
action, sports simulation elicits
authentic movement patterns
and real-time measures of
actual real-world performance.
Performance Fitness Programs
often have a two-tiered
approach:
Resolve existing health risk factors by
creating an exercise experience that your
client enjoys.
Instill in your client the performance capabili-
ties for life-long enjoyable and successful leisure
activities and/or competitive sports participation.
Based on your client’s initial consultation
and on the results of a comprehensive
TRAZER assessment, you can develop a
precisely targeted personalized program.
Your client typically begins with simple, easily
performed reactive movement tasks, with
TRAZER varying the intensity and complexity of
the movement challenges over time based on
real-time performance to ensure safe and
satisfying progress.
Performance Fitness
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For training military personnel, first respond-
ers (rescue/fire) and law enforcement
officers, TRAZER provides a more realistic
training experience than traditionally
employed, with the added benefit of real-time
measurement of the previously immeasurable
fundamental building blocks of physical
performance.
Performance enhancement programs based on
pre-planned training drills do not replicate the
unpredictable, highly kinetic environments that
the tactical athlete must perform within. Nor do
such drills measure and report the key
performance parameters so necessary for
motivation and optimal program management.
Tactical athletes may be left vulnerable to the
intrinsic challenges of dealing with the
unpredictable nature of their working
environment if their training is unrealistic or
devoid of the means to assess key performance
limits. TRAZER subjects the tactical athlete to
an ever-changing, interactive (virtual) training
environment that better prepares your client to
anticipate and react in real-world situations.
The reality is that rapidly changing environments
create different musculoskeletal stresses for
your clients; cone drills and similar prescribe a
movement path known to your client in advance,
and therefore does not train your client to sense
changes in the environment, for their brain the
process the available options and for their body
to work effectively in harmony.
A June 2009 article from Science Daily states,
"If you expose [a person] to more scenarios, and
train the brain to respond more rapidly, you can
decrease the likelihood of a dangerous
response."
This same article reports, ―…expanding the an-
ticipated training to include shorter
stimulus-response times could improve reaction
time in random sports settings.‖ 5
While practicing movement strategies for im-
proved reaction time and performance, tactical
athletes can also practice safer and more ef-
fective biomechanical postures and neuromus-
cular reactivity (firing patterns).
TRAZER hones the ability to anticipate and
react to visual changes in the environment. It
improves attentional skills, focus, reaction time,
processing and execution. Simulated drills and
gaming activities challenge the tactical athlete’s
musculoskeletal, sensory and cognitive systems
for superior performance enhancement and in-
jury prevention programs. It can be a powerful
new testing and training tool for your client.
With TRAZER, tactical athletes learn to
successfully prepare for situational uncertainties
that can predispose them to injury. TRAZER
works to ―wire‖ the body so that the senses,
mind and body work together at maximum
efficiency for maximum safety.
“I highly recommend the Trazer2 to anyone who wants to simultaneously increase their strength, endurance, and mind-body connection in one simple to use, exciting workout system.”
Ryan Bodenheimer, United States Air Force Fighter Pilot
Training the Tactical Athlete
5 ―Knee Injuries May Start with Strain on the Brain, Not the Muscles,‖ Science Daily, http://
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090724102915.htm
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If your client’s physical activities include
starting, stopping, rotating, pushing, pulling,
running or walking; building horizontal and
rotational strength and power is essential for
their performance and safety.
Whether opening a car door, swinging a golf
club or making a tackle, the primary forces that
your client must deal with in their daily activities
are horizontal and rotational.
The obvious limitation of conventional strength
training with free weights is that it relies on
gravity for resistance in the vertical plane (up/
down direction).
With TRAZER,
strength and
power building
programs are
interactive,
weight-bearing,
anaerobic, total
body and 3-
dimensional.
TRAZER
provides func-
tional variable
resistance in
multi-vectors.
TRAZER em-
ploys up to 4
special elastic cables attached to the body-worn
belt that your client wears, with the opposite
ends securely attached to the floor at the edges
of the TRAZER playing field. Two additional
cables can be hand-held by your client for total
body training.
Since cables aren’t dependent on gravity for
resistance, they enable exercise patterns in
addition to the vertical plane. This ―freedom‖
from pure vertical allows more precise training
of muscle groups and function.
As a result, TRAZER training improves muscle
strength, size and performance in the planes of
motion that traditional weight training can not
address. Functional strength and power that is
applicable to all their daily physical activities In
addition to TRAZER’s control of the client’s
movement responses, the physiological and
musculoskeletal demands placed on your client
can also be varied
Multi-directional resistance can be applied to
your client to tailor the forces your client
receives in each movement direction. Cable
placement and training objectives determine
whether forces associated with the client’s
movement.
Predicated on cable placement and resistance
level, you can provide assistance to your client’s
movement in
the prelimi-
nary phase of
a movement
leg, while
concurrently
serving to
resistance
the client’s
movements
in the second
phase of the
movement
leg.
It acts to rein-
force proper
mechanics,
build strength, power and stamina, and condition
the client to deal with fatigue and the imposi-
tion of unpredictable forces. And the associated
real-time measurement and feedback regarding
the client’s response to the imposed forces
maximizes results.
Your client’s joints experience the largest
resultant forces during braking and abrupt
directional changes. PowerTRAQ builds
functional movement capability and cardiovascu-
lar conditioning while effectively reducing such
stress on the joints. Clients are able to work
harder (and therefore get better faster) with
reduced risk of injury and joint and muscle
soreness.
TRAZER Resistive Training
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With TRAZER, your client’s core training pro-
grams become anaerobic, multi-vector, inter-
active and measurement-based. And a real
blast!
Most exercise machines, such as treadmills
bikes and ellipticals, only exercise the muscle
groups that propel your client forward. Such sin-
gle plane training devices leave your client’s lat-
eral and rotational strength and power undevel-
oped, and their core underdeveloped as well.
TRAZER differs by exercising the muscle groups
that propel your client backward, side-to-side, up
and down, and that allow them to twist and turn
and stop and start. This delivery of lateral and
rotational movements is essential for core
strengthening and toning.
It is multi-vector training that uniquely
strengthens the core muscles - internal and
external obliques, abdominals and hip flexors
and spinal erectors, improving both your client’s
performance and appearance as a result of
stronger core muscle tone and a flatter stomach.
The interactive, game-like nature of TRAZER
keeps your clients motivated to ensure their
compliance with your exercise prescription.
Resistance is delivered by adding specially
calibrated elastic cables during TRAZER
play. Elastic cables are attached to your client’s
body worn belt, with the opposite ends attached
at the edges of TRAZER’s playing field. Plus two
additional cables can be hand-held for total body
training.
Your client’s movement speed, power, agility,
and stamina are all improve while delivering an
incredible core workout.
In summary TRAZER-based core training offers
distinct advantages over conventional programs.
It is progressive, multi-directional, anaerobic and
interactive. It improves your client’s global
performance capabilities and cardiovascular fit-
ness while providing a fantastic core workout.
HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING
(Tabata-Style Training)
High intensity interval training is an incredi-
bly effective training routine appropriate for
most of your clients. The obvious challenge of
such a time efficient, but physical strenuous form
of training is maintaining motivation; four total
minutes of high intensity training can be the
most challenging of workouts.
Keeping your clients motivated is the key to
success, TRAZER makes interval training
interactive and game-like and therefore really
fun and competitive for your clients. Plus, unlike
1-dimensional training apparatus, your clients
receive the additional benefits of improved
functional physical performance; reaction time,
agility, balance, and coordination.
And adding resistance during TRAZER play in
the form of strategically positioned resistive
bands accelerates the building of lean muscle,
strength and power while reducing the stress on
your client’s joints...all while ramping up the
intensity.
We’ve found that TRAZER HIT protocols pro-
duce results consistent with what studies have
shown:14 minutes of high intensity interval
training actually produces greater benefits than
60 minutes of steady-state running. A training
program comprised of just six 20-second bursts
(in the form of TRAZER games) of high intensity
exercise interspersed with 10-second rest
periods—just 2 minutes of total exercise time
plus warm-up and cool-down, produced superior
results to a program of running at 70% of your
client’s aerobic capacity for 60 min.
For your weight loss programs, TRAZER
offers a form of high intensity training that
keeps your clients compliant with your
exercise prescription. The results can be
amazing; research by Dr. Izumi Tabata, the
inventor of the Tabata training, has
demonstrated that this type of training is 50%
more efficient at burning fat compared to
low-intensity training.
TRAZER Core Training and High Intensity Interval Training
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Most of your middle aged and older clients
train to stave off the effects of aging. Your
clients age at different rates based on their
medical history, genetics, and lifestyle. Thank-
fully, only one-third of the physical function loss
that comes with aging is attributable to heredity.
With disuse and aging, their “wiring” begins
to corrode. Cognitive and movement skills be-
gin to degrade. Fast-twitch muscle fibers, those
fibers responsible for the superior power and
strength of younger people, weaken. With dimin-
ishing reaction time, power, and balance, there
more at risk for injury.
Your client’s ability to perform adeptly and
safely is critical to their independence and
ability to maintain an active, enjoyable life-
style. Yet conventional senior fitness programs
currently rely on strength machines and ―low-
tech‖ implements such as balls and bands to
build fitness and performance levels in seniors.
Accordingly, many facilities are seeking tools to
improve their client’s compliance with their exer-
cise prescription as well as to document and im-
prove their client’s functional, reaction-based,
weight-bearing movement capabilities.
TRAZER is uniquely capable of assessing
and improving your client’s 3-dimensional
performance. Exercise that includes 3-
dimensional movement retraining, postural
control, cardiovascular and muscular
strengthening, and visual/cognitive processing
may be the best performance enhancement and
injury prevention program.
TRAZER’s mentally stimulating interactive
games and activities elicit reaction-based,
multi-vector, weight-bearing movement
responses to improve safety and self-
confidence, and thereby promoting independ-
ence and an active lifestyle. It develops effective
movement strategies while measuring and
improving balance, coordination, reflexes,
movement speed and power, and
cardiovascular fitness.
For aging clients, TRAZER can be a “time
machine” – shaving precious fractions of a
second from reaction time, honing cognitive
skills, awakening fast twitch muscle, improving
balance and restoring physical performance
capabilities to those of years, and maybe even,
decades past. It may be the best fall prevention
training. And for building confidence for the
pursuit of a healthy, active lifestyle.
With its patented measurement of reaction time,
movement speed and posture in response to
spontaneous cues, simulation provides valid
measures to assess your client’s risk of injury as
well as performance deficits that can be re-
solved with a targeted exercise program.
Clients have a blast moving linearly, laterally,
vertically and rotationally – often covering more
than the length of a football field. Clients value
such easily digestible performance stats; for
example, grandpa moved the length of 3.5 foot-
ball fields in all directions this week in training.
TRAZER 3D simulation trains strategies for
successful weight-bearing, reaction-based
movement. Forget about waving the arms about
with an exergaming toy; simulation enhances
the entire kinetic chain.
Senior Health, Performance, Fitness and Safety
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TRAZER offers a promising new approach to improving student working memory, concentra-tion, focus, visual tracking and therefore academic achievement. Additional anticipated benefits include improved student health risk factors and physical perform-ance capabilities, as well as a reduction in disci-plinary incidents. Though it is anticipated that all students will benefit, it is our belief that it has particular relevance to our special education population with deficiencies in reading and attention. Exercise and Literacy Research has demonstrated that vigorous exercise prior to challenging academic classes significantly improves a student’s academic performance: In Naperville, Illinois, students participating
in a ―Learning Readiness PE‖ class that used an exercise-to-academics model
dramatically improved their reading and math scores in one semester.
Research published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise showed that students participating in vigorous physical activities did approximately 10% better in their core courses.
Dr. John Ratey, MD, professor of psychiatry
at Harvard Medical School and author of the book Spark—The Revolutionary New Sci-ence of Exercise and the Brain, character-ized exercise as ―Miracle-Gro for the brain‖ and stated that ―exercise influences learning directly, at the cellular level, improving the brain’s potential to log in and process new information.‖
TRAZER and Cognitive/Literacy We’ve seen that exercising vigorously prior to class bestows significant benefits in the class-room. TRAZER’s programs, however, differ markedly from activities that exercise the student’s body prior to exercising the student’s mind. With TRAZER, students exercise their bodies while exercising their minds—they solve stimulating cognitive problems while performing 3-dimensional body movement that works to effectively elevate their heart rates and burn calories. Such programs require controlled physical movement to solve cognitively demanding challenges, and simultaneously require quick responses to execute the physical movement essential for interacting with the TRAZER simulator. This mind-body integration to accomplish a common goal exploits the power of synergy: exercising your mind and body together produces greater results than exercising either separately. Benefits of Kinesthetic Learning We learn better and have more fun when we involve multiple senses—our eyesight, hearing, and sense of touch; TRAZER uniquely involves the entire body (―kinesthetic learning‖) in the brain-building process. Kids have so much fun that they’re unaware of the intellectual boost they’re getting - and as a huge bonus, they’re also improving their fitness, health, and sports performance. TRAZER Programs will be especially beneficial for those who lack concentration or focus, keep-ing them from reaching their potential in school.
Learning Preparation and Brain Fitness
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TRAZER’s patented measurement technology makes Kinetic Health Assessment possible. TRAZER creates new opportunities for educa-tors to improve children’s health, safety and scholastic performance. TRAZER quantifies each student’s fitness and performance, provides customized programs, documents results, and motivates children to achieve higher activity levels. TRAZER is a powerful tool for assessing reaction time, balance, coordination and agility. As such, it is a valid biomarker of Functional Age - measuring each student’s ability to respond to dynamic, unpredictable and complex real-world challenges.
TRAZER tests provide previously unavailable data relating each student’s: Kinetic (―movement‖) Health Functional Cardiovascular Status Ability to navigate the environment safely
and adeptly Sport-Specific Performance Capabilities TRAZER training (“play”) can reap huge benefits now and for decades into the future: Aerobic exercise in childhood can resolve
risk factors that, left unattended, negatively impact health and longevity many decades into the future.
Performance enhancement increases safety, self-confidence, success in sports, and en-joyment of leisure activities – key factors for healthful and successful aging.
TRAZER in Health & Physical Education There are few if any sports-relevant, sport-
specific exercise systems in even the most modern schools.
There are no exercise systems that
objectively measure functional performance. There are no interactive systems that auto-
matically adapt to each child’s capabilities to improve movement skills, increase fitness and build confidence…
TRAZER is functional, motivational, adaptive and fun. TRAZER Goes to School… Makes PE classes fun for all while providing
health-enhancing exercise Detects movement performance deficits Allows objective design of programs to
enhance movement skills and functional endurance
Provides precisely targeted intervention for movement abnormalities and weaknesses – weight loss, too
Exciting applications for the entire academic community from sports to special education, and from research to health education
Positive PR and media exposure for school programs
Exciting new applications for learning enhancement
A New Fitness Report Card