Nation's Best is an elite, two-day middle school experience that combines college coach training and live SIXES play. The Nations Best format allows athletes to design a personal experience by drafting training blocks and game play based on NCAA college conferences. Athletes pick the conference, college coaches do the training, every athlete gets purposeful exposure and competes for a spot at the Nations Best ID Experience.
Dates
July 24-25
Location
The Proving Grounds
725 Conshohocken Rd
Conshohocken, PA 19428
Ages
2029-2031
ON FIELD PROGRAM COMPONENTS:
- Each “College Coach Training Block” is run by coaches representing their conference affiliation and affording the athlete the opportunity to be introduced to their style of play; Ie ACC, Big Ten, CAA etc.
- Athletes will be assigned their personal training schedule to learn from the best coaching minds across top conferences!
- Athletes will have the chance to select a la carte additional training sessions, positional training or sixes games to supplement their “NB” experience.
- Each “Sixes Game” will also be led by the coach representing their respective conference, furthering the athlete's exposure to differences between conference play.
- Each athlete will partake in “Combine Testing” and can enhance their individual experience by utilizing our Wearable Technology, “Player Data”
- Every athlete will have the opportunity to access event Film from their Sixes games.
OFF FIELD PROGRAM COMPONENTS:
- Athletes will optimize their digital footprint via the “Social Media HUB” by creating professional headshots
- Athletes will engage with “Stick RX” to learn how to improve performance through equipment enhancement
- “Highlight Reels” can be daunting; but learning the building blocks of careful content selection allows for optimal impact
- Athletes will be given an exclusive “Nations Best New Balance Gear Haul” including custom hoodies, pinnies and more!
SCHEDULE DESCRIPTION:
Nations Best is an individualized experience and will vary by athlete. The core components for all athletes will be the same; however, the conference rotations and exposure will differ.
- “SIXES”- Each player's schedule will consist of TWO sixes games with TWO unique conferences
- “Coach Training Blocks”- Each player's schedule will consist of THREE training blocks with THREE unique conferences
- Conference exposure may overlap between sixes and training blocks, but no overlap will exist within the individual modules.
- Players will have the option to select additional “Training Blocks”, additional “Positional Training” or additional “Sixes” games as an a la carte to their schedule.
SAMPLE SCHEDULE
DAY 1:
Afternoon July 24
2pm CHECK IN
3pm Warm up/Stickwork/Drills
4pm - 8pm LIVE SIXES game coached by NCAA college coaches & Staff
4pm-8pm A la carte training block/positional
4p-8pm Combine Testing
Access to IQ Village throughout the event
DAY 2:
Morning July 25
8:30am CHECK IN
9am Warm up/Stickwork
9:30am Training Block I
10:30am Training Block II
11:30am Training Block III
12:30pm A la carte Training Block IV/Positional
1:30pm A la carte Training Block V/Positional
2:30pm A la carte Training Block VI/Positional
Access to IQ Village throughout the event
Cost: $615 per athlete and includes: 2 SIXES game, 3 college coach training blocks, Nations Best New Balance player gear pack, IQ Village, Social media HUB, Combine testing
*Three Step member club players included in costs
*Non Three Step club members will pay an a la carte fee for Video and Player Data
WANT MORE?
- ADD additional “COLLEGE COACH TRAINING BLOCKS”- $65 per block
- ADD additional “SIXES” games at $65 per game.
- ADD “FILM” (*Three step club players included) $20 for the Sixes games
- ADD “PLAYER DATA” wearable technology (*Three step club players included)
If you have questions, email Chris Harren, chris.harren@threestep.com
Cost: $615 per athlete and includes: 2 SIXES games, 3 college coach training blocks, NB player gear pack, IQ Village, social media HUB with head shot and combine testing