Be Your Best

Be Your Best is a VR football cognitive training platform from Norway's Be Your Best Global AS. Put on a Meta Quest headset and step into 800+ real match scenarios from the Premier League, Champions League, and more, training scanning, vision, decision speed, and game IQ from the on-field player's perspective. Co-founded by scanning research authority Professor Geir Jordet, it serves professional clubs, academy players, and parents — the benchmark tool in global football cognitive training.

Core capabilities

• 800+ real-scenario recreations: single-perspective immersive participation in 11v11 professional match clips, with 6 million+ total training sessions completed
• AI Matchplay open play: an AI mode called "the closest thing to a real match in VR", with free movement and real-time decision-making
• Scanning quantification system: head tracking objectively measures scanning frequency, timing, and key scans, scoring decision quality each rep
• 3D replay review: a tactical bird's-eye view replays every choice, clarifying the better pass and positioning at that moment
• Portal data hub: training history, cognitive progression, and global interactive leaderboards for comparing yourself against other players
• Scientifically validated: Germany's U16/U17 national teams raised scanning rates by an average of 28% after 9 weeks of training

Use cases Academy players aged 12-18 and their parents, injured players or those on winter breaks wanting to keep their "mind on the pitch", professional clubs and coaching staff, and ambitious amateur players chasing a mental edge. Prerequisites: you own a Meta Quest headset and accept the subscription outlay — if you only want entertainment or physical training, it isn't the fit.

Unique advantages Unlike Rezzil's broad module set, Be Your Best perfects the narrow cognitive skill of "scanning": a science-founder pedigree, objective head-tracking quantification, and endorsements from top players like Martin Odegaard and Aurelien Tchouameni, plus a friendlier individual subscription. The team is explicit that it is a professional performance tool, not a game.

Editorial verdict In VR football cognitive training, this is currently the benchmark product most worth trying: a quantifiable training loop, a solid sports-science foundation, and customer support that replies within 48 hours. Deductions for the double cost of hardware plus subscription, no free trial, and some technical bugs. For players and parents serious about raising game IQ, the value beats private coaching lessons.