When people think of football players, they probably first think of their size, speed, and athleticism (and perhaps how hard they can hit!). But the mental aspect of the game is incredibly important. Of the different elements of sport cognition, one that plays a unique role is learning efficiency. This cognitive ability is critical to learning football techniques, skills, and strategy efficiently and recalling this information later, when needed.

In addition to impacting sports performance at all levels, dynamic cognitive abilities like Visual Spatial Processing have also been found to correlate with injury risk for elite athletes.