Hot Potato – VB Drill

Cognitive Vision Training (CVT) is for all athletes and fitness minded humans.

CVT with Vector® Ball improves athletic performance for practically every sport including Basketball, Hockey, Baseball, Football, Pickleball, Softball, Volleyball, Lacrosse, Tennis, Soccer, Cricket, Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts, Motor Sports, and more.

CVT with Vector® Ball is scalable. It improves athletic performance regardless of your skill level or age (youth to professional).

• True agility is decision-based movement.
• True quickness isn’t just physical – It’s mental.
• Don’t panic, train your brain. #BrainSweat

1. Hot Potato Drill Instructions:

All you need is a Vector Ball and 3 athletes.

Athletes stand in a small circle, about 6–8 feet apart and assign each athlete a color (either red, green, or blue). Vector Ball will turn either red, green, or blue each time it is caught, and the athlete must quickly toss it to his or her teammate who was assigned that color.

If the athlete catches their own color, then they must toss it back to the athlete who tossed it to them.

The object is to complete as many correct passes as they can in 1 minute. And the other teams will try to best that number.

Drill Multipliers

• A) Extend the time allotted to work on cognitive endurance.
• B) Athletes stand on one leg, adding the brain task of maintaining steady balance while focusing on catching and tossing Vector Ball to the right teammate.

And As Always – Go As Fast As Your Brain Can!

2. Benefits

This Vector Ball drill helps develop concentration in a team environment and includes a competitive element.

In sports like Basketball, Lacrosse, Handball, or Water Polo you are constantly passing the ball to gain a position of advantage. And split-second decisions must be correct, lest your opponent seize the advantage.

The “game” is blasting visual information at you like a firehose, and your ability to see and process that information is the difference between amateur and elite.

Cognitive Vision Training with Vector Ball helps you obtain elite.

• Elite Visual Processing Speed
• Elite Focus and Attention
• Elite Reaction Time
• Elite Hand-Eye Coordination
• Elite eyes to brain to muscle coordination

Don’t panic, train your brain. #BrainSweat

Most sports require teamwork to be successful. And successful teamwork requires multiple athletes to have a uniform level of high concentration. This is what the Hot Potato Drill is all about.

See the visual cues:

• See the ball, opponent, teammate, boundaries, condition.

Process what they mean:

• Process, calculate, assess, and choose action set.

Execute decisive action:

• Execute precise actions that provide a vector to victory.

Train the executive functions of your brain to coordinate with your body.

3. Let’s Go

We recommend about 5 minutes per session, and 2–3 times a week to achieve full benefits of Cognitive Vision Training with Vector Ball.

This drill can be done in almost any room with some open space. And you can easily work it in during your normal workout routines.

We also recommend Cognitive Vision Training with Vector Ball during pregame warm-ups. This helps get your mind and body ready and gives you the Cognitive Vision Training edge.

Perfect for athletes, physical therapy, fitness/health enthusiast, or anyone training to think faster under pressure.