Grass skiing and transfer
It’s end of august, the grass is green, the sky is blue, it’s 20 degrees Celcius, and I am at 800m altitude, in other words: perfect conditions for downhill skiing. Yes, I watched a Swiss …
Author: Henk Kraaijenhof
Help, my training is not evidence-based …….
Evidence-based practice, the magic words that I have been hearing buzzing around for the last 10 years. “Is your work evidence-based?” “We have to work evidence-based, otherwise……” I heard it from physical therapists, doctors and …
The athlete has a brain, why do we neglect it?
For many years coaches and scientists have spent most of their time studying and working the heart and the muscles as the main “performance organs” of the athlete, and no doubt they are important. They …
Need teambuilding? Use your nasal spray.
I won’t go as far as the people who say that psychology is biology not understood yet, but I came to this subject because an acquaintance of mine recently asked me ‘what is the main …
Strawberry fields forever
Maybe you are familiar with this classic Buddhist story, often used as an example of mindfulness. “Once there was a Buddhist monk who practiced his meditation by walking in the forest each morning. One clear …
Diet – don’t buy it! Part 2
Here are three common wrong assumptions in nutrition: 1. Everybody has the same nutritional needs. Obviously not true, even apart from gender, age, weight, physical activity, every human body is different from the outside, but …
Diet – don’t buy it! Part 1
Ever since I started as a coach I have asked myself: how important is diet (or nutrition and supplementation) for the performance of the athlete. After 40 years of hard work I just don’t get …
From quantified-self to qualified-self. Or: from senseless numbers to useful Knowledge.
This weekend there was an article in the newspaper about the different brands of smart watches, i.e. the combination of watch, heart rate monitor, stride counter and GPS systems. The movement that started this idea …
Autonomic nervous system (ANS) and training
The ANS is an relatively important component of our nervous systems and very important for all aspects of performance. First of all it branches out to almost all organ systems in our body, controlling many …
Seminar Methodology of Training 2.0
Pff, yes, the timing wasn’t great and the preparation time was short, but I think we pulled of a great seminar. We wanted to keep it small 20-25 persons, but in the end almost 60 …