For NFL players, Gervais tailors mental exercises to fit their particular needs. Some Seahawks don't do any mindfulness practice at all. The team now uses a mindfulness app called Vision Pursue , which offers meditation exercises and mindfulness training to help players practice the mental skills they've learned. However, when they stopped practicing the mindfulness exercises after the study period and were re-tested, the improvement was no longer there. "Mindfulness training can keep a player in the moment and heighten their ability to make plays and adapt quickly to an environment as it unfolds.

Source: CNN November 23, 2017 09:11 UTC