Murray State University Athletics
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MSU Alumnus Donates Senaptec Swift Touch To Racer Athletics
10/29/2020 9:26:00 AM | General
Murray State Athletics has added a new sensory performance device that all Racer student-athletes will be able to use to enhance their sensorimotor skills, which will, in turn help them perform better in their particular sport.
The Senaptec Swift Touch is a state-of-art training device designed to improve several fundamental skills for human performance using a modern light board that runs off proprietary software. The system was donated to MSU Athletics by Chris Andrews, president of Bernell Corporation, and 2007 Murray State graduate. With this donation, Murray State became the first athletics program, professional or collegiate, to implement this new technology which will hit the market in early November 2020.
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"We are very excited to add the Senaptec Swift Touch to our training regimen here at Murray State," said Eric Frederick, Assistant AD for Sports Medicine. "We spend a lot of time and effort in helping our student-athletes be the best and healthiest person they can be. Training for sensory coordination is going to make us better. This program is also going to be a fun thing that our student-athletes can do, see their improvement and compare results across all of our teams."
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The Senaptec Swift Touch is a great way to give student-athletes a path to better eye-hand coordination in a fun and efficient manner. The program offers a multitude of training drills, including eye-hand coordination, center/peripheral vision coordination, go/no-go, split attention, visual memory and reaction time. All training drills are easily customizable to meet the student-athlete specific needs. As the student-athlete gets better at the skills, the training adjusts automatically to remain challenging and promote continuous improvement.
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"It has been a personal mission of mine to raise awareness about the benefits a sports vision training program could have on the student-athletes at Murray State," Andrews stated. "The Senaptec program creates a unique opportunity to gain a competitive edge. This donation will provide the Racers access to elite sports vision equipment, which they can immediately begin utilizing to enhance their visual skills and elevate their athletic performance."
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"I want to thank Chris Andrews, Dr. Klosterman and the team at Senaptec for their generous donations of resources and time, in an effort to provide Murray State Athletics with an elite vision training program," said Director of Athletics, Kevin Saal. "From the outset, Chris has been focused on giving back to Murray State Athletics and enhancing the student-athlete experience, for which we are grateful."
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Studies show on average that humans dedicate 80 percent of their brain to sensory processing. As such, our senses dominate our ability to control movement and responsiveness. The ways student-athletes can improve their games by engaging the sensory system is immense with the Senaptec Swift Touch, especially in the sports of baseball, basketball, football, rifle, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball.
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The Senaptec Swift Touch is a state-of-art training device designed to improve several fundamental skills for human performance using a modern light board that runs off proprietary software. The system was donated to MSU Athletics by Chris Andrews, president of Bernell Corporation, and 2007 Murray State graduate. With this donation, Murray State became the first athletics program, professional or collegiate, to implement this new technology which will hit the market in early November 2020.
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"We are very excited to add the Senaptec Swift Touch to our training regimen here at Murray State," said Eric Frederick, Assistant AD for Sports Medicine. "We spend a lot of time and effort in helping our student-athletes be the best and healthiest person they can be. Training for sensory coordination is going to make us better. This program is also going to be a fun thing that our student-athletes can do, see their improvement and compare results across all of our teams."
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The Senaptec Swift Touch is a great way to give student-athletes a path to better eye-hand coordination in a fun and efficient manner. The program offers a multitude of training drills, including eye-hand coordination, center/peripheral vision coordination, go/no-go, split attention, visual memory and reaction time. All training drills are easily customizable to meet the student-athlete specific needs. As the student-athlete gets better at the skills, the training adjusts automatically to remain challenging and promote continuous improvement.
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"It has been a personal mission of mine to raise awareness about the benefits a sports vision training program could have on the student-athletes at Murray State," Andrews stated. "The Senaptec program creates a unique opportunity to gain a competitive edge. This donation will provide the Racers access to elite sports vision equipment, which they can immediately begin utilizing to enhance their visual skills and elevate their athletic performance."
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"I want to thank Chris Andrews, Dr. Klosterman and the team at Senaptec for their generous donations of resources and time, in an effort to provide Murray State Athletics with an elite vision training program," said Director of Athletics, Kevin Saal. "From the outset, Chris has been focused on giving back to Murray State Athletics and enhancing the student-athlete experience, for which we are grateful."
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Studies show on average that humans dedicate 80 percent of their brain to sensory processing. As such, our senses dominate our ability to control movement and responsiveness. The ways student-athletes can improve their games by engaging the sensory system is immense with the Senaptec Swift Touch, especially in the sports of baseball, basketball, football, rifle, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball.
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