Sustained attention
Remain engaged with the information that matters as duration and fatigue increase.
Cognitive performance under fatigue
Brain Endurance Training with Soma NPT.
Train what remains when fatigue begins deciding for you.
Coach-led cognitive training for race drivers, athletes, founders and high performers who need attention, inhibition and decision quality to remain available under load.
Inside the race environment
Brain Endurance Training, inside the race environment.
Morris Schuring completing a Soma NPT cognitive-priming protocol during the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Later that weekend, Schuring won the LMGT3 class and received the Wingfoot Award. The image documents how cognitive work can be integrated into a real race programme; it is not presented as proof that one intervention caused the result.
See how we document performance work →The definition
What is Brain Endurance Training?
Brain Endurance Training is the deliberate use of cognitive load to build resistance to mental fatigue.
Demanding cognitive tasks are programmed before, during or after physical work. The objective is not a high score while fresh. It is better access to the cognitive qualities that performance depends on when the system is already under pressure.
That makes BET fundamentally different from casual brain games, reaction lights or random app sessions. The task, dose, timing, progression and response all need to serve a specific performance demand.
The real target
Fresh performance is not the target.
The decisive question is how much of your capacity remains accessible after heat, time pressure, decision density and accumulated fatigue.
FreshUnder load
Untrained access
Capacity decays early
Trained access
Quality remains available longer
What we protect
Cognitive quality that survives the workload.
The programme is built around the demands of your environment, not a generic library of drills.
Inhibitory control
Suppress the wrong response and protect judgement when speed and pressure rise.
Decision stability
Reduce the deterioration in reaction quality and consistency across a demanding session.
Load tolerance
Build the ability to work through cognitive strain without allowing effort to dictate execution.
The Maverick system
Soma provides the platform. We provide the programme.
Data only matters when it changes a decision. We use Soma NPT to deliver and monitor cognitive work, then place every result inside the athlete’s complete training context.
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Assess
Establish cognitive performance, variability and the demands of the real environment.
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Prescribe
Select the tasks, intensity, duration and timing that match the limiting factor.
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Load
Progress cognitive demand deliberately instead of chasing scores, streaks or novelty.
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Integrate
Coordinate cognitive work with strength, conditioning, recovery and competition.
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Re-test
Review reaction time, accuracy, consistency and trends, then adapt the programme.
Inside your programme
A programme, not an app subscription.
The exact tasks and dose change. The coaching structure does not.
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Baseline assessment
We establish the demand, your current response and the performance problem worth solving.
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Individual Soma NPT programming
Tasks, intensity, timing and progression are selected for the athlete, not copied from a template.
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Remote or physical integration
Complete sessions remotely or integrate them into strength, conditioning and trackside work.
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Coach review and adjustment
We interpret response, variation and total load, then adjust the next block.
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Re-testing and progress report
We re-test the relevant qualities and report what changed, what did not and what comes next.
Built for the demand
One method. Different performance environments.
Decisions at speed
Protect attention, inhibition and precision through long stints, heat, traffic and escalating cognitive load.
Explore motorsport →Execution under fatigue
Integrate cognitive demand with endurance or sport-specific work to develop more durable execution.
Discuss your programme →Judgement under pressure
Train the capacity to sustain attention and decision quality across dense, high-consequence work.
Explore founder performance →Evidence before hype
Promising. Specific. Still evolving.
Current research suggests Brain Endurance Training can improve endurance-related performance and help protect cognitive performance under mental fatigue.
The evidence is less consistent for fresh baseline cognition, maximal strength and repeated-sprint performance. Protocols also vary, which is why dosage and interpretation matter.
BET is an adjunct. It does not replace physical training, sleep, nutrition, recovery or technical skill.
Research
Systematic review of Brain Endurance Training
Reports promising effects on endurance performance and performance under mental fatigue, while noting substantial differences between protocols.
Open source ↗ResearchBrain endurance training and mental fatigue
Reviews BET as a strategy for reducing the performance cost of mental fatigue and highlights the need for precise task selection and progression.
Open source ↗ResearchBET in professional football players
A controlled study reported improvements in physical, cognitive and multitasking performance after a combined training intervention.
Open source ↗ResearchPractical considerations for BET
Emphasises individualisation, monitoring and integration with the athlete’s wider training load rather than isolated app use.
Open source ↗Continue the research
Understand the demand before choosing the tool.
Race-driver guide
Brain Endurance Training for race drivers
How cognitive load fits heat, traffic, stint duration and decision density.
Read the guide →Performance scienceCognitive fatigue in motorsport
What begins to change when the brain is asked to keep deciding under load.
Read the article →Performance assessmentThe Driver Readiness Index
Place cognitive performance inside a broader view of race-driver readiness.
Explore the index →Physical capacityRace-driver neck performance
Connect cognitive endurance with head control under repeated load.
Explore neck training →ThermoregulationHeat training for race drivers
Prepare for the thermal strain that changes attention and execution.
Explore heat performance →Applied workField cases and reasoning
See the context, intervention logic and limits behind selected performance work.
Explore cases →Frequently asked
Brain Endurance Training questions.
01What is Brain Endurance Training?
Brain Endurance Training, often shortened to BET, uses demanding cognitive tasks as a programmed training load. The aim is to improve the ability to sustain physical and cognitive performance when mental fatigue begins to accumulate.
02Is Brain Endurance Training the same as reaction training?
No. Reaction time may be measured or trained, but BET is not a collection of reaction games. A serious programme controls task demand, duration, timing and progression, then evaluates how performance changes under load.
03What is Soma NPT?
Soma NPT is the cognitive training platform Maverick uses to deliver, monitor and adapt selected cognitive tasks. The platform provides the tools. Maverick provides the assessment, programming, interpretation and coaching.
04How often do athletes perform BET?
Frequency depends on the athlete, training phase, cognitive demand and total workload. We prescribe the smallest useful dose, monitor the response and adapt it alongside physical training and recovery.
05Can Brain Endurance Training be done remotely?
Yes. A programme can be delivered remotely through Soma NPT, or integrated into in-person performance coaching. In both cases, the work is reviewed and adjusted by a coach.
06Who benefits from cognitive training?
BET is most relevant where decisions, attention and execution must remain available during prolonged pressure. That includes race drivers, endurance and team-sport athletes, founders and other high performers. Suitability is assessed individually.
Do not train a faster answer. Train access to the right answer under load.
Tell us where performance begins to decay. We will determine whether a coached Brain Endurance Training programme fits the demand.
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