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04/11/2026

Coaches tell us the same thing again and again. They do not need more data. They need a faster way to get answers from the data they already have.

That is why we built Soma Intelligence. It connects your Soma Analytics data to Claude, so you can ask in plain words and get an answer card in seconds.

Here are 10 questions you can put to it today.

1. The minute your athlete breaks
Ask: "Show me the minute Nova's reaction time starts to climb in her last 8 sessions." You get the minute, so you know where to aim the next block.

2. Their best time of day
Every session has a time stamp. Ask for the best time of day for one athlete, or list your whole squad by their best time.

3. Strongest and weakest demand
Ask which of the four cognitive demands is strongest and weakest: memory, attention, inhibition or decision making. Then ask how it has changed. The answer comes with the task results behind it.

4. Every task ranked
Ask it to rank every task from best to worst for one athlete. It shows where the weak spots sit.

5. Consistency
Ask about consistency within a session, from session to session, or across athletes.

6. Outlier sessions
Ask for outlier sessions. A single strange day is easy to miss on a long list. Ask for the time, intensity and duration of that session too.

7. Pre and post on one card
Ask for pre and post baselines on one card, task by task.

8. Athletes who have gone quiet
Ask which athletes have not trained recently and when their last session was.

9. A metric, explained
Ask: "Explain RCS using Kai's own numbers." The answer uses his sessions, not a textbook.

10. Long trends
Ask for any metric on any task over 3, 6, 12 or 24 months, with line graphs if you want a report.

Soma Intelligence is read-only. It never changes your data, and you can check every number in your Soma Analytics dashboard.

The decisions stay with you. We built it to get you to the answer faster.

Ready to start using Soma Intelligence with your athletes? Book a call. The link is in the comments.

04/11/2026

Mental fatigue did not hit every measure in this study.

Some dropped, some held. Our team finds the pattern more useful than any single number.

1. Reaction time dropped
After a 20-minute Stroop task on a mobile app, reaction time slowed by 46%. The control group changed by 12%, which was not significant. That was about 118 milliseconds on a 5-minute vigilance test.

2. The weaker hand dropped
Non-dominant handgrip fell by about 5%, roughly 2.3 kg. Earlier research has shown the same thing: the less-used hand is more affected by mental fatigue. The dominant hand showed nothing, so testing only one hand would have missed it.

3. The stronger hand held
Dominant handgrip did not change in either group.

4. Jump height held
Squat jump showed no significant change. The difference between the groups did not reach significance. The authors suggest lower-limb explosive power may be less affected by mental fatigue.

5. Back strength held
Isometric back strength showed no significant change either. Neither group changed significantly from baseline.

6. Motivation held
Motivation did not differ between the groups. The drops came with the same will to perform. Mental fatigue ratings still rose much more in the app group: 7.45 out of 10, against 3.91.

7. Where we would look
If your athletes are mentally fatigued, one big lift may look normal. In this study it showed in reaction time and the weaker hand, so test those. A test battery built only on max efforts could tell you your athletes are fine on a day they are not.

A good jump on the day doesn't mean your athletes arrived fresh. Check reaction time as well.

The full study is in our research library. The link is in the comments.

03/11/2026

Ask a coach where their athletes are right now, and the answer is almost never "all here". Some are in the facility. Some are at home. Some are on a plane.

Most training tools only work in one of those places. We built hybrid delivery into Soma so it works in all of them. Here are 8 reasons that matters for your business.

1. One plan, wherever they are
Some athletes train in the room and some train remote, on the same plan. You do not run two programmes.

2. Every session comes back to you
In person or remote, every session lands on Soma Analytics. You see what was done, when it was done and how it went.

3. Travel weeks still count
A session done in Madrid, Doha or Melbourne comes back to you like any other. Travel is no longer a gap in the plan.

4. Your reach grows
Remote clients let you coach beyond your town. A client in London, Doha or Sydney can follow your plan, and your business is no longer set by who lives nearby.

5. Your time goes further
In person sessions are where you coach most directly. Remote sessions keep the work going between them, so your hours go further and you can take on more athletes.

6. Teams stay together
A team on iPads trains together in one session. Injured athletes, athletes at home and athletes away still follow the team plan on their own phone.

7. Clients stay connected
A client who trains at home between visits stays part of your programme. You see their sessions and can adjust before you meet again.

8. It is ready from day one
Soma NPT runs on iPhone and iPad. Your athletes use a device they already have, with 80+ cognitive tasks across touch, voice and motor. Nothing to ship, nothing to set up in their home.

Coaching once ended at the facility door. With hybrid delivery it carries on beyond it, and you still see every session.

Ready to add Soma to your business? Book a call. The link is in the comments.

03/11/2026

Baselines matter more to coaches and athletes than almost anything else in a plan. They are also where coaches spend the most time making charts.

With Soma Intelligence, the pre and post comparison is a single question.

Here are 6 ways to read baselines in one answer.

1. Pre and post on one card
Ask: "Show me pre and post baselines for Mila." You get every task side by side on one card. Each task shows the pre result, the post result and the change.

2. Pick the metric
Ask for reaction time, accuracy, speed or RCS. Speed and RCS often show change that reaction time alone does not. Ask for more than one metric on the same card.

3. Go to minute level
Ask for minute-on-minute pre and post on one task. You see if your athlete now holds longer before reaction time climbs. Ask for it on every baseline task to see where the change was biggest.

4. Group by demand
Ask for the change grouped by memory, attention, inhibition and decision making. It shows which demand moved most. If one demand barely moved, you know where the next block should start.

5. Let it run each day
The baseline report skill checks every day for athletes who have finished a post baseline. It builds the report, a results video and an email for your athlete. You can check the report against the dashboard before anything goes out.

6. Compare across your group
Ask for the pre and post change for every athlete with the same tag. It uses only your own athletes, never outside numbers. You see who moved most and who needs a different approach next time.

Soma Intelligence is read-only. Every baseline number comes straight from Soma Analytics, so you can check it in the dashboard before anything is sent.

What you share with your athlete, and how, stays with you.

Ready to start using Soma Intelligence with your athletes? Book a call. The link is in the comments.

03/11/2026

Men who played padel twice a week improved 32% on a strength test, against 9% for walking.

Both groups trained for the same two hours a week.

32 inactive men aged 55 to 65 were split at random into four groups for 8 weeks.

They played padel twice a week, played padel once a week, walked twice a week, or did no training.

Each session lasted one hour.

Padel is a racket sport like tennis, and it asks players to track the ball, react and decide.

Walking gives the exercise without those demands.

Chair stands in 30 seconds rose 32% with padel twice a week, 12% once a week, and 9% with walking.

Arm curls rose 29%, 14% and 7%, in the same order.

Six-minute walk distance rose 8.5%, 3.5% and 2.8%.

Correct answers on a Stroop test rose 7.0%, 4.4% and 4.2%.

The group with no training got worse on all four tests.

Walking helped, but the same hours of padel helped more.

Pick exercise that challenges cognition, such as padel, and plan two one-hour sessions a week

02/11/2026

Coaching cognitive training does not call for a lab coat.

It calls for a system where the science has been done properly, so you can focus on coaching your athletes. That is what our team spent ten years building at Soma.

Here are 6 reasons you don't need to be a scientist to use Soma.

1. The research is already done
Soma is a research-grade system, backed by 25+ published, peer-reviewed studies. It is used in research at 30+ universities and research institutions. You start on work that has been tested, not on an idea.

2. The tasks and metrics are validated
Every athlete is measured with validated tasks and metrics. You don't have to design a test or check that it measures what it claims to measure.

3. Onboarding teaches you the metrics
Every account includes onboarding. You connect your first athlete, learn what each metric means, and build and progress a plan with our team.

4. You ask in plain words
With Soma Intelligence you ask a question the way you would ask a colleague. "When is Jordan fastest" gets you an answer card, not a spreadsheet to decode. Reports and videos are written for you, ready to send to your athletes.

5. Research updates come to you
The Soma Hub runs every week with research updates on new studies, live Q&A with our team and programming ideas you can use the same day. When a new study comes out, you hear what it means for your sessions.

6. You can go as deep as you want
The Course has 20 sections, 69 lessons and 65 programmes, with certification and a private 1-hour Q&A. Soma is the only platform with education in cognitive training.

What your clients need is a coach who knows how to apply the work. Running the study is not your job. Bringing it into their training is.

The researchers have done their part. Your part happens in your facility.

Ready to add Soma to your business? Book a call. The link is in the comments.

02/11/2026

Pre-training, intermixed, post-training and concurrent all work.

The real question is which one works for your athlete right now. Your data can show you.

Here are 5 ways to compare two placements with Soma Intelligence.

1. Compare by date
If you moved from pre-training to post-training on a set date, ask for the same task before and after that date. Every session is time-stamped, so the split is clean. Keep the tasks the same on both sides, or you are comparing two things at once. Same tasks, same metrics, different placement.

2. Expect post-training to look harder
Post-training work happens with your athlete already fatigued, so the same task is more demanding. Slower numbers there do not mean the placement is failing. It trains decisions in the state late-game demands create.

3. Look at the shape, not just the mean
Ask for minute on minute on both placements. A 2 x 10 after training gives a longer curve and a cleaner signal than four short blocks. Look for the minute reaction time starts to climb in each. A later climb under the harder placement is a good sign.

4. Use the right monitoring tool
Pre, intermixed and post use the PVT-B around the session. Concurrent uses the PFTT, because it is the only tool that tracks the threshold during physical work. Compare like with like. Concurrent belongs in the off-season and pre-season only.

5. Read the cost
Ask for Jonas's post-session lapses under each placement. The one that lands in 1 to 5 without pushing his next pre-session read above 3 is the one he is absorbing. If both placements land the same, keep the one that fits your week more easily.

If you are not sure where to begin, our advice is to start with post-training. Then let your own data show whether a second placement adds anything.

Ready to start using Soma Intelligence with your athletes? Book a call. The link is in the comments.

02/11/2026

After a 20-minute cognitive task, active adults reacted 46% slower, yet their jump power did not change.

Physically active adults were split into two groups.

One group did a 20-minute cognitive task.

The other group watched a documentary.

Then everyone did reaction time, grip strength and jump tests.

After the cognitive task, reaction time was 46% slower.

Grip strength in their non-dominant hand fell 2.3 kg, about 5%.

That is the hand they use less.

Jump power did not change.

So in a jump test, they still looked ready.

Their reactions told a different story.

A jump test on its own would have missed the change.

Test reaction time as well as jump power when you check readiness.

02/11/2026

This video shows how a coach can compare the squad's baseline at the end of a block with the one at the start, using group baselines in Soma Analytics.

The block is done. The question is what changed between the first baseline and the last.

So the coach types one plain question: "Show the squad's last complete baseline."

Soma Intelligence compares the pre baseline on Jun 2 with the post baseline on Sep 29, 2026, for 14 athletes and 112 results.

The answer: the squad got faster on all 4 baseline tasks.

Overall, mean reaction time went from 452 ms to 421 ms, down 6.9%.

PVT-B: 331 ms to 309 ms, down 6.6%.

PFTT: 368 ms to 344 ms, down 6.5%.

Dots Task: 446 ms to 419 ms, down 6.1%.

Spatial Stroop: 663 ms to 612 ms, down 7.7%, the biggest change.

For a coach, this is the end of block review in one card, ready to share with staff and to shape the next block.

Ask your athlete data anything | Soma Intelligence

01/11/2026

Under mental fatigue, the control group's endurance fell 13%, while the mindfulness group's did not drop at all.

Elite handball players did the same physical training for 6 weeks.

One group also did 20 minutes of mindfulness every day.

Mindfulness means paying calm attention to the present moment, such as your breathing.

The control group did the same training without it.

Both groups were tested fresh, and again when mentally fatigued.

Mentally fatigued, the control group's endurance was 13% lower than when fresh.

The mindfulness group's endurance did not drop.

When fresh, their score on the Yo-Yo test, a back-and-forth running test, rose 9%.

Their effort ratings fell 12% when fresh and 10% when mentally fatigued.

Under extra load, their reactions got 10% faster and their accuracy rose 7%.

Heart rate variability under stress, a sign of how the body copes with stress, rose 11%.

The physical training was the same, so these gains did not come from extra physical work.

Add 20 minutes of mindfulness a day, and keep the physical training the same.

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