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Next Level started as a goat tying clinic and has grown into coaching for all of youth rodeo. The goal is the same as it was on day one: break the sport into parts a rider can practice, and build athletes who win.
The coach
Stacey has coached goat tyers and trained horses for more than 25 years, and she coaches the Panola College women’s rodeo team.
Before that she taught high school physics and chemistry, which taught her how kids learn, and how differently each one does. That classroom is still in every clinic: each one starts with an evaluation, and every rider leaves with a plan built for them.
She built the online Coaching and Mentorship Program to keep working with clinic students all year long, and her riders have won at every level, from Little Britches to the College National Finals.
In her words
The shortcut is education.Stacey Martin, to Ropers Sports News
The Next Level difference
We don’t just teach you what to do. We teach you how to get better long after you leave.
With many national champions, 5-second goat tyers and a long list of state champions, we know what it takes to compete at the highest level. More importantly, we understand the process it takes to get there.
A clinic is a great place to learn new techniques, correct mistakes and build confidence. But what happens when you get home?
Do you know what to practice? How to practice? Do you understand why you’re making certain mistakes and, more importantly, how to correct them?
More repetitions don’t always mean improvement. Practicing something incorrectly only reinforces bad habits. Next Level athletes learn the mechanics behind what they’re doing, why mistakes happen, and how to make corrections on their own. That’s how you build muscle memory that holds up under pressure.
Our goal isn’t to make you look great for one weekend. It’s to give you the knowledge, drills, structure and resources to keep improving long after the clinic is over. Through the Next Level Coaching and Mentorship Group and private online lessons, the support doesn’t end when the clinic does.
Elite athletes aren’t developed in a weekend. There are no shortcuts to becoming elite, but there is a better way to train. That’s the Next Level difference.
The method
Every clinic teaches the sport in three parts: learning to compete, physical fitness, and the event itself. Riders work in small groups, with several instructors at every clinic.
Drills and slow work build muscle memory. Relays and matches add the pressure of a real run. Dismount and horse training are part of every clinic, with instructors who help with horse issues.
On the road
Next Level clinics travel, from Hawaii to Florida. Here’s where Stacey and her instructors have coached this year.
Clinics held in 2026: Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas
Coming up: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Louisiana, Montana, Tennessee and Texas
The team
Founder and head coach, Goat Tying
Stacey has coached goat tyers for more than 25 years and coaches the Panola College women’s rodeo team. A former high school chemistry and physics teacher, she breaks every run into parts riders can practice, and she builds the mental side right alongside the physical one.
