"How do we take those years and years of pattern matching and turn it into… [an] experience where every spectrum of what you would get from these expert coaches is now manifested in a product that can teach you in a more real-time basis."
Chris O'Dowd
Nov 18, 2021
EFR 550: Improving Athletic Performance Through Virtual Reality Training with Chris O’Dowd
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EFR 550: Improving Athletic Performance Through Virtual Reality Training with Chris O’Dowd
Chris O’Dowd is the Founder and CEO of WIN Reality, a virtual reality company geared towards baseball and softball players.
WIN Reality is not just a game, it’s a completely immersive training experience. WIN Reality’s mission is to help athletes hone their skills, improve their performance, and simply get better.
As a tech-enthusiast and former professional baseball player, Chris knows the ins and outs of what it takes get your mind and body to the next level. Better yet, he figured out how to get you to the next level faster and more effectively through virtual reality.
In this discussion, Chris and Chase discuss why VR is the best technological solution for enhancing human performance and how this innovative technology is benefitting Chris and other athletes. They highlight the major potential of virtual reality for training junior athletes, fostering team building, and creating high-performance pro athletes. Plus, Chris details what it’s like to immerse yourself in the WIN Reality VR platform.
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Key Highlights
There is a limited number of expert coaches in the world and limited accessibility to coaches for aspiring professional athletes. Technology enables athletes to gain access to the valuable knowledge and practice required to improve their game.
With virtual reality, you’re able to learn and achieve more in less time. WIN Reality’s athletes are now some of the best in the world.
Data and measurement has transformed human behavior, yet in sports, it’s not that simple. WIN Reality VR helps players experience, understand, and learn from the data they receive.
The possibilities of VR in sports include teaching young athletes the principals of performance improvement, like consistency and healthy habits, that go beyond data and statistics.
When it comes to the pursuit of living life ever forward, sacrifice and commitment play huge roles.
Powerful Quotes by Chris O’Dowd
The reason athletes do not continue to pursue is because of the hurdles in improvement and the way we think about product development and the services that we provide is: How do we take those years and years of pattern matching and turn it into… [an] experience where every spectrum of what you would get from these expert coaches is now manifested in a product that can teach you in a more real-time basis.
We’re really trying to push the bounds on how people learn and ingest information in sport via this mechanism.
We want people who are all in. And that doesn’t mean that you can’t have a family and support your kids, but it means you’re thinking, you’re breathing, you’re taking ownership, accountability, you are in a position every single day where you want to drive forward.
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