At the VITENSO Health Center by Merck, the Skill Court awaits you—an innovative training system that promotes movement, coordination, reaction speed, and mental fitness all at once. Exercises are displayed in real time on an interactive LED surface and feedback is provided immediately. This allows you to see right away how precisely you are training and to improve your workout in a targeted manner.
Your training, your progress
The Skill Court combines physical training with cognitive challenges. Whether it’s quick changes of direction, balance exercises, or reaction games, each session strengthens your body and your brain at the same time. The exercises are tailored to your individual fitness level, allowing you to prevent injuries and improve your performance.
Your advantages at a glance
- Holistic training: Physical fitness and cognitive performance in one session.
- Measurable progress: Instant feedback shows your training progress.
- High motivation: Interactive exercises and gamification make every workout exciting.
- Efficient & flexible: Short, intensive sessions for maximum effect, ideal for everyday working life.
- Integration into physical therapy and prevention: Perfect for rehabilitation programs and health promotion measures.
Training that works
The Skill Court at the VITENSO Health Center by Merck is more than just a piece of fitness equipment—it is your key to greater fitness, coordination, and mental strength. Experience innovative training that is fun, effective, and challenges you to perform at the highest level—exclusively for all Merck Group employees in Darmstadt.
The Skill Court in detail
Discover the Skill Court at the VITENSO Health Center by Merck
At the VITENSO Health Center by Merck, your health, fitness, and well-being are our top priority. Covering more than 1,300 square meters, we offer you a premium range of services that combines fitness, physical therapy, and occupational health management. An absolute highlight of our Health Center is the Skill Court—a state-of-the-art training system that takes your physical and mental performance to a whole new level.
What is the Skill Court?
The Skill Court is an interactive training system that simultaneously promotes movement, coordination, reaction speed, and cognitive abilities. Exercises that train your responsiveness, speed, accuracy, and balance are displayed in real time on an illuminated training area with modular LED panels.
Thanks to immediate feedback, you can see right away how precisely you are performing the exercises. This allows you to optimize your training in a targeted manner. Unlike traditional fitness equipment, the Skill Court combines physical activity with cognitive challenges—an ideal solution for all employees who want to strengthen both their bodies and their minds.
Approach and scope of application of the Skill Court
The Skill Court approach is based on combining physical exercise with mental stimulation. This means you not only train your muscles and endurance, but also your concentration, responsiveness, and coordination.
At the VITENSO Health Center by Merck, the Skill Court is used in various areas:
- Prevention: Improve your balance and coordination to prevent injuries.
- Rehabilitation: Use the Skill Court to support movement and balance training after injuries or operations.
- Improve performance: Train your responsiveness, agility, and cognitive fitness in a targeted manner.
Direct feedback during the exercises allows you to see your progress immediately and tailor your training to your individual needs. This makes every session effective, motivating, and safe.
The main focus areas of the Skill Court
The training focus of the Skill Court is varied and scientifically based. At the VITENSO Health Center by Merck, the focus is primarily on the following areas:
- Cognitive stimulation: Each exercise challenges your attention, speed, and decision-making skills. Your brain is actively trained.
- Coordination and agility: Changing direction, jumping, and balance exercises improve your agility and body awareness.
- Speed and responsiveness: The LED panels train your reaction speed and help you respond to visual stimuli at lightning speed.
- Strength and stability: Specific exercises target muscle groups that are important for stable posture and injury prevention.
- Motivation through gamification: Point and level systems make training fun and increase your motivation.
These focal points make the Skill Court a unique training system that goes far beyond traditional fitness equipment. Especially at the VITENSO Health Center by Merck, where state-of-the-art equipment and a professional team of trainers await you, the Skill Court is a central component of our premium offering.
Advantages of Skill Court for you
The Skill Court offers numerous advantages that are particularly interesting for Merck Group employees in Darmstadt:
- Holistic training: Physical fitness and cognitive performance are promoted simultaneously.
- Customizable: The exercises adapt to your fitness level, goals, and health condition.
- Measurable progress: With digital feedback, you can immediately see how you are improving.
- High motivation: Interactive elements and playful challenges make training exciting and motivating.
- Efficient: Short, intense sessions achieve maximum results—ideal if you don’t have much time.
- Integration into physical therapy and prevention: Our physical therapists use the Skill Court specifically for rehabilitation programs and prevention courses.
In addition, you can train together with colleagues, thereby strengthening team spirit and motivation—an additional benefit of our occupational health management program.
Skill Court – Your key to modern health promotion
The Skill Court at the VITENSO Health Center by Merck is more than just a training device. It is an innovative system that sustainably improves your physical fitness, coordination, responsiveness, and cognitive performance.
Whether prevention, rehabilitation, or performance enhancement—the Skill Court offers you customized training with measurable progress. With state-of-the-art technology, high-quality equipment, and an experienced team of trainers, the VITENSO Health Center by Merck sets standards for premium fitness and occupational health management.
Experience the combination of innovation, motivation, and health—exclusively for you as an employee of the Merck Group in Darmstadt—and use the Skill Court for training at the highest level.



