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Welcome to NXT Athletics Institute for Learning!

What is NXT Athletics?
Move. Learn. Fun!

NXT (Neuro-X-Training) Athletics is a non-profit led by world-class coaches and strategic advisors to redefine how multiple youth sports are introduced in a fun, whole-family, whole-brain, experiential learning environment.

“NXT Athletics Institute for Learning is a breath of fresh air in youth sports, focusing on the means to an end for so many families, kids, and communities. Their structure and content target children's natural curiosity by focusing first on their emotional, physical, and intellectual development, which better prepares them for competition when they are ready!”

Jim Loehr, EdD. Co-Founder

Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute

World-renowned Performance Psychologist

Why has NXT Athletics developed this program?

At a time when youth sports are often dominated by early specialization and performance pressure, we offer a different approach — one where kids and parents learn to play WITH, not against, one another.

70% of kids quit organized sports by age 13, often due to burnout, pressure, lack of enjoyment, or the cost of sport participation (“pay-to-play”). Exercise and participation affect not only the physical body but are also directly related to brain function and learning.

“Exercise is the best medicine for the brain”.

― John J. Ratey, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

John Ratey, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Phychaitry, Harvard Medical School

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What is the NXT Athletics Experience?

The NXT Athletic experience provides innovative, whole-brain, whole-body training programs of fun activities to develop True Players. The NXT curriculum is built around 5 core principles that form the cornerstones of all sports!

Move to Learn – Play to Learn – Track – Receive – Deliver

Our programs introduce and develop these principles in a safe, enjoyable, collaborative learning environment that promotes skill acquisition and exploration with a learning partner. Our activities, games, and challenges stimulate participants’ natural curiosity, discovery, cooperation, creativity, and problem-solving.

“One of the prominent features of exercise, which is sometimes not appreciated in studies, is an improvement in the rate of learning,”

― John J. Ratey, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

NTX Athletics Program Participants

Overview

Every sport that includes a ball, a puck, or a birdie has three foundational elements, and we use two performance principles, Move to Learn and Play to Learn, to coach these 3 elements, the fundamental sequence :

Tracking

First, you learn how to track, being aware of where your partner is.

Receiving

Second, you learn how to move in order to receive the ball.

Delivering

Third, you learn how to deliver the ball to your partner.

These activities, games, and challenges build teamwork and confidence while having fun. We have created a WITH learning environment rather than an AGAINST one. NXT Athletics is the bridge between unsupervised play and competitive play.