Frequently Asked Questions

NextPlay helps families save for youth sports through everyday spending, rewards, and automated spare change savings. Whether you're saving for registration fees, equipment, travel, uniforms, camps, or team dues, NextPlay helps make youth sports more affordable.

Simply connect your cards and bank account, create a savings goal, and continue spending as you normally would. NextPlay helps you save through round-ups and rewards that are automatically added to your wallet and applied toward your goals.

Yes. Families can get started with NextPlay's free tier. Additional premium plans may be available for families who want enhanced features, family contributor access, and higher reward earning potential.

You can save for virtually any youth sports expense, including:

• Registration fees
• Team dues
• Equipment
• Uniforms
• Tournament travel
• Camps and clinics
• Dance and performing arts expenses

When you make a purchase, NextPlay rounds the transaction up to the nearest dollar and deposits the spare change into your NextPlay wallet. That spare change is automatically saved toward your sports goals.

NextPlay will partner with participating merchants to help families earn rewards on eligible purchases. Rewards are deposited into your wallet and can be used toward your child's sports expenses.

No. Continue shopping at your favorite stores and brands. NextPlay is designed to fit into your everyday routine.

Savings vary based on spending habits, round-up activity, and rewards earned. Many families find that consistent everyday spending can add up significantly over time.

Yes. Eligible plans allow grandparents to contribute toward a child's sports goals through their everyday spending, helping families reach goals faster.

Yes. Depending on your plan, family members and trusted supporters can help contribute toward a child's sports expenses through their everyday purchases.

Yes. Families can create and manage goals for multiple children and activities within a single account.

Many families receive support from grandparents and relatives who want to help with sports expenses. NextPlay makes it easy for supporters to contribute without writing checks or managing cash transfers.

No. Families can use NextPlay to save toward sports expenses whether or not their organization currently uses the platform.

Yes. NextPlay is designed to help sports organizations reduce administrative work and support families at no cost to the organization.

Yes. When NextPlay launches, families will be able to use their savings toward dues at participating organizations.

Organizations will be able to:

• Track dues and payments
• Simplify payment collection
• Reduce administrative work
• Improve visibility into payment status
• Support families as they save toward sports expenses

Yes. NextPlay is being built with bank-grade security, encrypted connections, and trusted financial technology providers to help protect your information.

Yes. Secure account connections will be facilitated through trusted financial technology partners that use industry-standard security protocols.

No. Banking credentials will be securely handled by trusted financial connectivity partners and will not be stored by NextPlay.

NextPlay will work with trusted payment and financial technology providers that maintain industry-standard security and compliance requirements.

The cost of youth sports varies widely depending on the sport, competition level, travel requirements, and equipment needs. Many families spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars per year on youth sports participation.

Costs often include registration fees, uniforms, equipment, tournament entry fees, travel expenses, coaching fees, and facility costs. These expenses can add up quickly throughout a season.

Families can reduce the financial burden of youth sports by planning ahead, budgeting for upcoming expenses, earning rewards on everyday purchases, utilizing round-up savings, and accepting support from family contributors.

Many grandparents want to support their grandchildren's activities. NextPlay allows eligible family members to contribute through their everyday spending, helping children stay involved in the sports they love.

Families often use a combination of budgeting, savings plans, family support, fundraising efforts, sponsorships, and payment plans. NextPlay is designed to help make saving for youth sports easier and more automatic.

Travel baseball costs vary significantly based on team level, tournament schedules, travel requirements, and equipment needs. Many families spend anywhere from several thousand dollars to more than $10,000 annually.

Club soccer expenses can include registration fees, uniforms, coaching fees, tournaments, travel, and equipment. Costs vary by region and level of competition.

AAU basketball expenses may include team fees, tournaments, travel, uniforms, and equipment. Costs vary depending on the program and travel schedule.

Competitive cheer can include gym fees, uniforms, competition entry fees, travel expenses, choreography, and coaching costs. Many families find it to be one of the more expensive youth activities.

Club volleyball expenses often include club dues, tournament fees, travel expenses, uniforms, equipment, and coaching fees.

Competitive dance costs may include tuition, costumes, competition entry fees, travel expenses, and performance-related costs throughout the season.