What is Next Play?

Next Play Canada helps improve the youth sport experience by focusing on the behaviour of the adults around the game.

We focus on the influence adults have on young athletes and provide simple strategies that can be applied when adversity and emotional moments arise.

Why Next Play Exists

Kids Are Learning More than Basketball Skills

Youth sport is full of adversity — mistakes, tough calls, pressure and disappointment.

Young athletes learn how to handle those moments not only through what they're told, but through what they see from the adults around them.

Next Play helps turn those everyday moments into opportunities to model resilience.

PRE-SEASON EDUCATION FOR COACHES

Prepare Your Club Before the Season Starts

A positive sport culture doesn't start with the first game. It starts with how you prepare the people around it.

Next Play offers interactive pre-season education sessions that help coaches understand the influence their behaviour has on young athletes and provide practical ways to model resilience when adversity inevitably shows up.

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Training and Development

Next Play offers practical resiliency and mindset training designed to help athletes, officials, coaches, and parents handle pressure, adversity, and emotional moments in sport more effectively.

  • Officials Resiliency Training

    Practical tools to help officials manage pressure, communication, emotional regulation, and difficult interactions with coaches during competition.

    COMING SOON 

  • Athletes Resiliency Training

    Helping athletes build resilience, recover from mistakes, gain confidence, and learn mindset tools to help them stay focused on the Next Play.

    COMING SOON 

 Fundraise With Purpose 

Give your team a way to raise money while helping spread the Next Play message and contribute to a more positive sport culture.

Explore our Fundraiser