Getting Started with MemorySports: Memory Sports and Brain Training at a Glance
On MemorySports you can practice 11 memory-sport disciplines like numbers, cards, and names, play brain-training games, compete by grade and ranking, and challenge friends in multiplayer. The techniques themselves are taught step by step in the Learn section.
What is MemorySports?
MemorySports is a place to practice and track memory-sport disciplines and brain-training games right in your browser. There is nothing to install, and you can start immediately — from a quick drill on a single number to the challenge of memorizing a full deck of cards. This post walks through everything the site offers.
What disciplines can I practice?
You can practice the same events contested at world memory championships. Alongside memorizing numbers and memorizing a deck of cards, there are 11 disciplines in all — words, names and faces, historical dates, binary, images, and more. Each one times your memorization and recall separately and scores you the way a real competition does. Beyond the screen, you can print practice sheets for any discipline and work on paper, or create a room and invite a friend to compete on the same problem.
Are there brain-training games too?
Separate from memory sports, there is a set of short, light brain-training games. Reaction time, flash memory, working memory, and more — each run takes a minute or two, which makes them a good way to warm your mind up every day.
How do I see how I'm doing?
Once you save a result, each discipline gives you a grade and places you on a ranking that compares you with other users. As you repeat a discipline, a chart shows your score climbing, so your progress is easy to see. Solo practice and brain training are always free.
Where do I learn the techniques?
To do well at a discipline, you need the technique for memorizing. Those methods are covered step by step in the Learn section. Start with how to build a memory palace for the basic framework, then continue with how to memorize numbers fast and how to memorize a deck of cards for the per-discipline know-how.
The blog will go on to share new features and updates, memory-sport competition news, and notable research on memory and the brain. If you'd rather just try a discipline first, ease in with memorizing numbers.