Invest in the most promising talents first
Assess & recognise future potential of your current and possibly new players. Complete your talent profiles with game intelligence data.
Brain-based talent identification platform
100% remote, bias-free, data-driven & neuroscience-based

Discover tomorrow’s winners today
Soccer players, hockey players, volleyball players & amp; tennis players at the highest level are, among other things, more game-intelligent than their less performing colleagues. After 6 years of scientific brain research, BrainsFirst has succeeded in translating the magic of game intelligence into a useful test tool that can be used for talent recognition.Aiming for more legitimate admissions and rejections in your Academy? Contact us.
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Game
Play 4 brain games, measuring game intelligence objectively. Online. On a desktop, laptop or tablet.

Insights
See the strong & less powerful brain skills of all your (academy) players in a simple overview in PDF. And discover their future potential.

Select
Check & compare game intelligence-scores in real-time. Adjusted for age and performance level.

Decide
Know in which players it makes sense – brainwise – to start or continue to invest. Include this metrics in the final talent decisions.
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Top 3 frequently asked questions
From what age can the games be used?
The games are used for talent recognition from the age of 10. The interpretation and predictive value of the scores differ for players up to 14.5 and players from 14.5 years.
Can we – as a club or association – use BrainsFirst for talent development?
BrainsFirst provides a talent identification tool and helps you determine if players have the brain potential to become a top player. We help clubs to invest primarily in the (potentially) best players.
Can you improve brain skills through gaming?
Previous research has shown that the effect of cognitive PC training is limited. You may be able to change “a 6” to “a 7”, but not to “a 8” or higher.
Choose today’s tool to recognize tomorrow’s winners
BrainsFirst is the result of 6 years of solid neuroscientific research to detect the biological building blocks of human performance.
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