NM-Sport is an outgrowth of the success of the Neurosequential Model in Education (NME) and built upon the core concepts found in the Neurosequential Model* itself. The NM-Sport is not a specific “program” or “intervention.” It includes a “capacity-building” process that provides an introduction to important concepts related to engagement and performance in sport by focusing on how the brain works, develops, changes and is impacted by developmental adversity including trauma.
In application, NM-Sport can inform effectiveness in coaching, performing, training and a host of key skills needed for success in sport. The NM-Sport initiative explores these intersecting concepts. The goal is to integrate sport into the healthy therapeutic web of children, youth and families and to help individuals and programs involved in sport improve their effectiveness in providing healthy developmental experiences and improved performance.​​
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The Neurosequential Network has created a self-paced course to learn more about the NM-Sport.
The Introduction to NM-Sport
This is a 6-session training series that presents the set of core concepts related to brain organization, the stress response and neuroplasticity (how the brain changes) applied to the coaching, training and performance context. This basic overview provides immediate practical applications as well as the necessary background required to benefit fully from future, more in-depth training opportunities that focus on the advanced applications of the NM-Sport. Participants may view recordings at their convenience.
Sessions and Topics
Session 1 - Brain Basics: Structure, Processing Sensory Input & the Roots of Rhythm
Session 2 - Understanding the Power in Stress: The Stress Response, Resilience, Focus and Flow
Session 3 - Neurosociology: The Neuroscience of "Team" - Connecting and Competing
Session 4 - State-dependent Functioning: Keeping Fear from Destroying Performance
Session 5 - Understanding the Power Differential: Creating a Sense of Safety & Other Powers of Leadership
Session 6 - Q&A
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Enroll in the Intro to NM-Sport Here
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