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For UNLV Men’s Basketball

Give each player one useful nudge, right when he needs it.

Journey checks in by text, learns the blocker, then sends one small nudge at the moment it can help. Before study hall. Before practice. After travel. Before bed. If a nudge is not enough, Journey makes the human handoff easy.

Check-ins this week
Small actions from one text thread. Anonymized.
Guard, So.set one practice goal in 15 seconds before warmup
Forward, Fr.named lineup anxiety instead of carrying it into practice
Guard, Jr.used “next possession” after a mistake
Center, Fr.found mental performance support he did not know existed
Forward, Sr.asked what to do after heavy minutes instead of guessing
Guard, Fr.started a 15-minute Stats block before study hall
Transfer, Jr.confirmed degree progress before registration
Forward, So.called home after practice instead of carrying it all night
Guard, Sr.said something hurt and got the trainer, not another tip
Center, Jr.put the phone across the room after travel
Transfer, Sr.replied “stuck” and got the task cut to one first move
Guard, So.talked through lineup pressure in the same text thread
Forward, Fr.got one simple cue eight minutes before practice
Guard, Jr.opened the gradebook and circled the actual problem
Guard, So.set one practice goal in 15 seconds before warmup
Forward, Fr.named lineup anxiety instead of carrying it into practice
Guard, Jr.used “next possession” after a mistake
Center, Fr.found mental performance support he did not know existed
Forward, Sr.asked what to do after heavy minutes instead of guessing
Guard, Fr.started a 15-minute Stats block before study hall
Transfer, Jr.confirmed degree progress before registration
Forward, So.called home after practice instead of carrying it all night
Guard, Sr.said something hurt and got the trainer, not another tip
Center, Jr.put the phone across the room after travel
Transfer, Sr.replied “stuck” and got the task cut to one first move
Guard, So.talked through lineup pressure in the same text thread
Forward, Fr.got one simple cue eight minutes before practice
Guard, Jr.opened the gradebook and circled the actual problem
OctJanApr
Season in review · anonymized roster
81%
of the roster answered a check-in in a typical week
420
Check-ins answered
96
Nudges acted on
31
Staff handoffs
0
Countable minutes

Illustrative. Coaches see team trends, not private replies.

Trusted by universities

University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of New Haven
University of Michigan
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of New Haven
University of Michigan
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Try it yourself

One question. Then the next right nudge.

Pick what is up. See the next text.

Built from a former Division I athlete who wanted a 15-second practice goal and somewhere private to put lineup anxiety.

How it works

Ask. Nudge. Help.

01 · Ask

One question.

A short text before practice, study hall, travel or bed.

02 · Nudge

One next step.

One goal. One timer. One reminder. Not a plan.

03 · Help

One person, if needed.

Bring in the tutor, trainer, advisor or mental performance staff only when it helps.

Already working with students

Students answer texts.

At the University of New Haven, the same nudge engine produced:

University of New Haven · Aug 2025 → May 2026
74%
Weekly engagement
100+
Campus connections
50% → 94%
High-risk first-year retention

“Journey is the first thing I’ve seen that students actually answer.”

Jens Frederiksen · President · University of New Haven

The basics

Three questions.

What does a coach see? +

Team trends, not private replies. Individual conversations follow the player’s consent and your approved support rules.

Does this count toward CARA? +

It is designed to stay voluntary: no required replies, no attendance, and no tie to playing time. We set the final guardrails with compliance before launch.

Have you run it with a Division I roster? +

Not yet. Journey already works with college students, including at UNLV. The roster experience would start as a pilot built with the department.

Try it with one roster.

20 minutes. See the texts, the privacy model and the pilot.