Who’s Ball – VB Drill

Cognitive Vision Training (CVT)

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. Who’s Ball Instructions

All you need is a Vector Ball, a firm wall or hard floor, and 3 athletes.

1st example, we’ll use a hard floor.

3 athletes stand facing inward in a tight circle (about 6 feet in diameter). Assign each one a unique color: Red, Green, or Blue.

One athlete starts by bouncing Vector Ball into the center of the circle. On every floor impact, Vector Ball randomly turns red, green, or blue. Athlete assigned that color must react instantly, catch the ball, and immediately bounce Vector Ball back into the center to keep the drill tempo flowing.

Repeat continuously, forcing fast visual processing, quick decision-making, peripheral awareness, and competition in confined space. Try to maintain a relentless pace: "Go as fast as your brain can."

2nd example, we’ll use a firm wall.

3 athletes stand close together, about 6–8 feet from a wall. Assign each one a unique color: Red, Green, or Blue.

One athlete starts by bouncing Vector Ball firmly against the wall, trying to bounce it approximately eye level. On every wall impact, Vector Ball randomly turns red, green, or blue. Athlete assigned that color must react instantly, catch the ball, and immediately bounce Vector Ball back against the wall to keep the drill tempo flowing.

Drill Multipliers

To increase difficulty and cognitive load to this drill:

A) Incorporate a metronome (device that produces regular, audible ticks, clicks, or beeps at a precise rate i.e., beats per minute (BPM)). For example, set metronome to 70 BPM, and the athletes must keep tempo with the metronome, and bounce Vector Ball with each rhythmic audible “tick”.

B) Introduce a fourth (wild card) athlete that catches Vector Ball only when it turns the same color twice in a row. For example, Vector Ball turns blue and the athlete assigned blue catches and re-bounces it. Vector Ball turns blue again and the fourth, wild card athlete must catch it. This adds further chaos and requires extra concentration.

C) Add working memory. This is done by executing the drill based on the previous bounces/colors. The drill is executed in the same way except; the athletes must catch Vector Ball based on the previous bounce/color. For example, the athlete bounces Vector Ball and let’s say it turns green, they bounce it again and it’s red, and the athlete designated as green catches it because the previous bounce/color (visual cue) was green. Athlete bounces Vector Ball again and it’s blue, and the athlete designated as red catches it because the previous bounce/color (visual cue) was red, and so on.

D) Have athletes stand on one leg, adding the brain task of maintaining steady balance, while continuously focusing and tracking all the visual cues, and trying to catch only their Vector Ball color.

And as always – Go as fast as your brain can!

2. Benefits

This Vector Ball drill improves focus, concentration, and true quickness. The athletes’ eyes must lock on the color change right after impact (the critical decision window) and execute the correct action while maintaining a relentless pace: "Go as fast as your brain can."

Great for building reactive speed, focus under pressure, and team energy—perfect for baseball, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, or any sport with crowded, fast visual demands.

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 Concentration
Elite Reaction Time
Elite eyes to brain to muscle coordination

Don’t panic, train your brain. #BrainSweat

This challenging drill will sharpen your focus, enhance your concentration, and improve your real-world quickness. True agility is decision-based movement, which is what Cognitive Vision Training is all about.

See the visual cues: See the ball, opponent, teammate, boundaries.

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 5–10 minutes per session, and 2–3 times a week to achieve full benefits of Cognitive Vision Training with Vector Ball.

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 enthusiasts, or anyone training to think faster under pressure.