This week was full of sports activities, testing the best young Chinese speed skaters and testing a young, very talented race car pilot, two TV-activities: an interview and a talk show about sprinters Asafa Powell …
In an earlier post I distinguished between “breakers”, “blossomers” and “benders” when under pressure. Even with years of preparation and training, some people crack under pressure, while others seem to thrive on pressure and adrenalin. …
As you can imagine, the last few weeks I had a lot of discussions about my opinion over the transfer of the methodology of rehabilitation and fitness concepts into elite sports. And that was my …
I just wrote a rather challenging article (in Dutch): “I don’t give a penny for a talent…..” So what does talent really mean? Being better than your peers at a young age? But that might …
Is an Olympic champion weightlifter fit? To lift weights, definitely. But ever seen one running 10 laps around the track? Is a world class-marathon runner fit? To run long distances, absolutely. But ever seen one …
Last week had the honor to speak at the 2013 SPARQ Performance Summit in Portland. Apart from meeting some long-time friends again, there was also time to have interesting late night talks with international colleagues …
Travelling and lecturing is not a good time for writing a decent post. Next week I will give you my report about the Nike SPARQ Summit. And for the people who where present there, like …
7. Training vs. rest One of the most basic and most often answered questions for any coach is: should we train and how often and how much? There seems to be an easy answer: yes, …
4. Theoretical vs practical. An eternal issue that is easily solved. A Dutch pedagogue, Langeveld, once wrote: “theory without practice is for geniuses, practice without theory is for fools”. The question could be: you can …
Before I start, don’t get me wrong, I really respect people who take a conscious decision not to eat meat, fish, or animal products, in other words adapt a vegetarian diet or lifestyle. Even as …