Operating venue
NEX Pickleball @ The Podium
Sports LifestyleMalaysia-born sports lifestyle platform
NEX connects venues, player development, community, competition and equipment — building a Malaysia-born sports ecosystem designed to grow nationally, regionally and globally.
NEX begins with real courts, real players and real programmes. Our progress is grounded in operating experience, completed education projects and hands-on product development.
NEX Pickleball @ The Podium
A working community hub in Kuching
Completed with three institutions
Prototype validation underway
Operating and project figures shown are completed or currently active as of 2026.
NEXMOVE SPORTS SDN. BHD. is built with a national and international outlook. Sarawak was chosen as NEX's first operating chapter not primarily as a market-entry move, but in recognition of the state's longstanding sporting strength, competitive character and talent potential. Beginning with a meaningful challenge gives NEX a stronger foundation for disciplined expansion.
Pickleball is NEX's first and primary operating sport. The same venue, academy, community, event and equipment capabilities form a platform designed to extend selectively into other sports over time.
Real-world touchpoints where players meet, play and return.
↗Structured pathways for juniors, beginners and developing players.
↗Programmes that turn participation into belonging.
↗Competitive and social formats that create momentum.
↗Products shaped by feedback from real playing environments.
↗A focused, multidisciplinary capability network turns strategy into venues, products, programmes and partnerships.
Sets the direction of NEX, connecting venue operations, brand development, partnerships and new business opportunities.
Strengthens operational coordination, procurement discipline, risk controls and business continuity across NEX.
Connects complementary resources and coordinates stakeholders to move complex opportunities towards execution.
Applies commercial-design thinking across selected equipment, packaging and brand applications to build a cohesive product experience.
Translates operational requirements into practical venue layouts and technical documentation for selected projects.
Supports base preparation, levelling and sports-floor execution against NEX project requirements.
NEX's first five-court indoor pickleball venue in Kuching, Sarawak — where the model is strengthened through daily operations, programmes, coaches, players and events.



Court access, junior programmes and structured coaching belong to one pathway — from first contact to confident play and, for the most committed, competition.

Seven completed courts across three education institutions connect infrastructure with long-term player development. NEX contributes through sponsorship, implementation support, project partnership and programme delivery.
Delivered across education initiatives
Supported through integrated partnerships
Approx. 9.14 m × 18.29 m
Approx. 10.36 m × 19.51 m
NEX supports selected players, teams and competition opportunities through practical participation, brand visibility and targeted sponsorship. Individual names remain private unless separately approved.

Selected players represented NEX at a recent tournament.

Team participation connects brand visibility with real competition.

A NEX-supported mixed-doubles pairing achieved a category runner-up finish.
NEX is developing performance equipment from the playing environment outward — shaped by real operating experience, player feedback and a hands-on development process.


A local brand created to carry Malaysian ambition onto a global stage.
Product choices are informed by real participation, not catalogue selection alone.
Performance, design and accessibility are developed as one proposition.
A clear record of operating proof, community building and disciplined product development.

The Podium establishes NEX's operating foundation.
Seven courts are completed across three education institutions.
A specialist product-development collaboration is formalised in Xiamen to strengthen prototyping, quality and production readiness.
NEX's first equipment generation enters prototype validation.
Building the courts is only the first step. NEX focuses on what happens after opening: turning first-time users into returning players, creating clear pathways for juniors and advancing athletes, sustaining programmes, communities and events, and translating real operating experience into stronger products, partnerships and long-term platform value.
A five-court indoor venue, active programmes and seven completed education courts ground NEX proposals in operating and delivery experience.
Access, social play, structured coaching, junior development and competition pathways are designed as one connected journey.
Venue operations, academy, community, events and equipment are designed to reinforce participation and complementary commercial layers.
Each operating chapter adds insight, relationships, programme learning and brand value that can strengthen future locations and selected sports.
NEX does not merely operate court hours. It manages the journey that makes participation repeat, deepen and expand.
Lower the barrier to begin.
→Create reasons and relationships to come back.
→Build skills through structured progression.
→Support committed players towards events and higher levels.
→Translate real needs into better products and identity.
→Turn participation into advocacy and new access points.
NEX brings planning, delivery coordination and daily operations into one accountable pathway. Kuching is our first operating chapter — not our geographic limit.
Evaluate usable area, circulation, court mix and player experience against practical operating requirements.
Translate the operating concept into coordinated layouts and project-ready technical information.
Coordinate base preparation, levelling and sports-floor execution against NEX project requirements.
Shape pricing, utilisation, programmes, staffing and revenue logic for the specific location.
Build the systems, service standards and daily disciplines required to run the venue.
Turn court access into recurring programmes, player pathways, events and community participation.