A method of athletic performance training comprising: establishing with an athlete a sensory semantic language for relating a number of sensory signals to corresponding possible actions, said sensory semantic language being essentially new to the athlete; instructing the athlete to perform an athletic exercise involving skills and full body movement, comprising providing during said exercise a selected one of said sensory signals to the athlete to require rapid discernment by the athlete of the semantic meaning of the sensory signal to correctly choose one of said corresponding possible actions, characterized in that said instructing comprises: - providing a central visual stimulus in a central field view of the athlete, the athlete being required to focus on said central field of view; and - providing at least one peripheral visual stimulus located in a peripheral vision region of the athlete; and - determining whether the athlete correctly responds to the selected sensory signal during said exercise, - wherein determining whether the athlete correctly responds to said sensory signal comprises: obtaining reaction time data from cognitive sensory human-machine interfaces regarding at least one of said actions: and processing said reaction time data according to said semantic meaning of said provided selected one of said sensory signals, wherein processing said reaction time data comprises extracting an athlete performance profile relative to the athlete's visual field. establishing with an athlete a sensory semantic language for relating a number of sensory signals to corresponding possible actions, said sensory semantic language being essentially new to the athlete; instructing the athlete to perform an athletic exercise involving skills and full body movement, comprising providing during said exercise a selected one of said sensory signals to the athlete to require rapid discernment by the athlete of the semantic meaning of the sensory signal to correctly choose one of said corresponding possible actions, characterized in that said instructing comprises: - providing a central visual stimulus in a central field view of the athlete, the athlete being required to focus on said central field of view; and - providing at least one peripheral visual stimulus located in a peripheral vision region of the athlete; and - determining whether the athlete correctly responds to the selected sensory signal during said exercise, - wherein determining whether the athlete correctly responds to said sensory signal comprises: obtaining reaction time data from cognitive sensory human-machine interfaces regarding at least one of said actions: and processing said reaction time data according to said semantic meaning of said provided selected one of said sensory signals, wherein processing said reaction time data comprises extracting an athlete performance profile relative to the athlete's visual field. - providing a central visual stimulus in a central field view of the athlete, the athlete being required to focus on said central field of view; and - providing at least one peripheral visual stimulus located in a peripheral vision region of the athlete; and - determining whether the athlete correctly responds to the selected sensory signal during said exercise, - wherein determining whether the athlete correctly responds to said sensory signal comprises: obtaining reaction time data from cognitive sensory human-machine interfaces regarding at least one of said actions: and processing said reaction time data according to said semantic meaning of said provided selected one of said sensory signals, wherein processing said reaction time data comprises extracting an athlete performance profile relative to the athlete's visual field. <EOS>